RESPONDING THE SAME WAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
ASH, THANKS.
>>> THERE IS NO PLAN IN PLACE TO
REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS AND GET OUR
CHILDREN BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS,
IT’S NOT THERE.
CONGRESSWOMAN ASHLEY HINSON IS A
REPUBLICAN FROM IOWA AND JOINS
ME NOW.
CONGRESSWOMAN, YOU HAVE A PLAN
THAT WOULD DENY FUNDING TO
SCHOOLS THAT WON’T REOPEN AND
GIVE THE MONEY TO SCHOOLS THAT
DO REOPEN.
I LOVE IT.
A WONDERFUL IDEA.
WITH YOU 100% BUT YOU’RE UP
AGAINST THE TEACHERS UNION, THAT
IS A VERY HARD TO BEAT THEM.
>> YEAH.
IT IS SAD, STU, OUR CHILDREN
HAVE BECOME IN ESSENCE A
POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN THIS GAME.
I’M A MOM TO SCHOOL AGE KIDS
MYSELF.
IN MY WAA MY KIDS GOT ON THE
SCHOOL BUS THIS MORNING.
WE’RE LEADING THE WAY IN IOWA.
I HEARD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
HAVING A ROAD MAP.
WE GOT THE ROAD MAP.
WE KNOW IT IS SAFE FOR OUR KIDS
TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL.
THE DATA SAYS IT.
SO MY BILL, THE REOPEN SCHOOLS
ACT DOES EXACTLY THAT, IT TIES
THE $54 BILLION TO
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE WANT SCHOOLS TO HAVE A PLAN,
MAKE SURE WE’RE GETTING KIDS
BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.
IT IS TOO IMPORTANT AN ISSUE.
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS
SUFFERING.
THEY’RE FALLING BEHIND.
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
CHALLENGE WE’LL HAVE TO DEAL
WITH FOR YEARS TO COME, STU.
STUART: THIS $1.9 TRILLION COVID
RELIEF BILL INCLUDES IN IT
$129 BILLION FOR THE SCHOOLS.
THAT’S ON TOP OF THE
$113 BILLION FOR THE SCHOOLS
WHICH IS SO FAR BEEN UNSPENT.
NOW THAT IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF MONEY AND I DON’T THINK YOU
CAN STOP IT.
I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO GET IT.
>> WE’RE WORKING ON THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE MARKUP AS YOU KNOW
TODAY.
I SERVE ON THAT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION AND POINTING OUT,
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY
UNSPENT FROM THE PREVIOUS
PACKAGES.
IN IOWA I WAS ON THE ROAD IN THE
DISTRICT TRAVELING, TALKING TO
SUPERINTENDENTS HOW THEY USED
THE PAST MONEY FROM THE PREVIOUS
RELIEF PACKAGES.
THEY HAVE DONE IT.
THEY HAVE GOATEN OUR SCHOOLS
OPEN SAFELY IN IOWA.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT MODEL.
THERE IS YOUR ROAD MAP.
WE CAN DO IT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
TOO IMPORTANT AN ISSUE TO KEEP
MOVING THE GOALPOSTS ONE DAY A
WEEK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
SAYING THAT IS THEIR GOAL.
FOR MANY STUDENTS, BROADBAND IS
AN ISSUE, NOT AS SIMPLE WALKING
DOWN THE STAIRS HOPPING ON THE
COMPUTER.
I HAVE STORIES OF CONSTITUENTS
OF MIND, TO DRIVE TO LIBRARIES
TO GET ON A HOT SPOT TO DO THEIR
WORK.
THAT IS UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE TO
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
IT IS A TAXPAYER ACCOUNTABILITY,
STU.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY
IS SPENT FOR WHAT IT SHOULD BE
SPENT FOR, REOPENING OUR
SCHOOLS.
STUART: I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY
ORIGINAL STATEMENT.
I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE GOT A
PRAYER FOR DOING IT.
I WISH YOU WELL, I’M 100% BEHIND
YOU.
YOU CAN’T BEAT THE TEACHERS
UNION.
LAST WORD TO YOU.
>> WE’LL TRY, STU, IT IS TOO
IMPORTANT OF AN ISSUE, I WANT TO
LEADERSHIP, SCALISE HELD A PHONE
CALL BIPARTISAN.
WE’RE LISTENING TO PARENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
PARENTS TO GET THE KIDS BACK IN
THE CLASSROOM.
DEFINITELY A PRIORITY FOR ME.
AND MYSELF.
STUART: I HAVE CIVICS KIDS AN 10
GRANDCHILDREN.
BIG PRIORITY FOR ME, TOO.
ASHLEY HINSON, REPUBLICAN FROM
THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING