Weekly Update: 2/24/20
President and Administration
Today, 2/24, President Trump was offered a warm welcome during his first trip to India and announced that the U.S. and India would sign a defense deal for New Delhi to purchase more than $3 billion in American helicopters and other military equipment.
The Ad Council, which was behind the Smokey Bear and “Just Say No” campaigns for the U.S. government, is set to launch a national advertising promotion for postsecondary education and training alternatives to the four-year college degree….
Education
On Monday, 2/10, Secretary DeVos and senior officials from the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice met with families from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at the White House and launched the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse at SchoolSafety.gov….
Eight universities in California are embarking on an experiment to help students pay for college through public service….
Congress
On Wednesday, 2/13, the House approved a resolution to eliminate a deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The resolution would ban discrimination on the basis of sex and guarantee equality for women under the Constitution….
The House will vote this week on H.R.2339 - Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019, a bill aimed at reducing youth vaping rates by banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes….
In January, House Democrats presented the “Moving Forward Framework, a proposal to invest $760 billion over five years in the nation’s roads, bridges, transit systems, railways, airports, ports, inland waterways, wastewater and drinking water systems, brownfields, and broadband….
The President included an infrastructure proposal in his budget, released 2/4, and provides $1 trillion in direct Federal investment….
On Thursday, 2/27, the House Committee on Small Business Contracting and Infrastructure Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Moving America’s Infrastructure Forward.”