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00:00:01FROM NASA AND THEIR PIN SPACE AGENCY
00:00:03WILL COMPLETE THE SPACEWALK TO
00:00:06COMPLETE THE REPLACEMENT OF AN ANTENNA ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
00:00:12WATCH LIVE ON CSPAN3, C-SPAN
00:00:14NOW, AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:00:18>> THE ROAD TO THE CAPITOL RUNS
00:00:23THROUGH AMERICA'S BATTLEGROUND STATES AND C-SPAN IS THERE. OUR CAMERAS ARE ON THE GROUND,
00:00:27FOLLOWING THE CAMPAIGN COME OVER THE TOUGHEST RACES WILL DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN
00:00:31CONGRESS. WE ARE THE ONLY NATIONAL
00:00:34TELEVISION NETWORK PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF UNFILTERED ACCESS
00:00:37TO THE CANDIDATES, THE VOTERS,
00:00:38AND ISSUES SHAPING CAMPAIGN
00:00:422026. NO COMMENTATORS TELLING YOU WHAT TO THINK.
00:00:45THE ROAD TO THE CAPITOL, ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:00:48>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE ABOUT
00:00:54EDUCATION POLICIES ALONGSIDE LINDA MCMAHON.
00:00:56HIS REMARKS RUN NEARLY HALF AN HOUR.
00:01:12♪
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00:01:36>> LADIES, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
00:01:41UNITED STATES. DONALD J. TRUMP. ♪
00:02:01>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT A NICE SETTING THIS IS.
00:02:04THIS IS SOMETHING.
00:02:06WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND
00:02:10THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WHAT A NICE SETTING THIS IS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE SPENT A LOT
00:02:14OF TIME AND EFFORT, RINGING WHITE HOUSE BACK TO WHAT IT COULD BE.
00:02:20NO WORK WAS DONE, IT WAS ON ITS
00:02:23OWN MERIT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXTERIOR, YOU WILL SEE IT IS ALL
00:02:27BEEN REDONE AND IT'S IN PERFECT SHAPE.
00:02:29IT'S GOOD FOR ANOTHER 200 YEARS.
00:02:33VERY IMPORTANT, SUCH A SIMPLE, SUCH A REPRESENTATIVE SYMBOL OF
00:02:36WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT.
00:02:41WE ARE BUILDING OUTSIDE, WE ARE
00:02:42BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL HELIPORT
00:02:46WHICH WAS ASK FOR IT FOR MANY YEARS, THE HELICOPTER WOULD LAND
00:02:49ON WET GRASS, WHICH IS BAD AND DANGEROUS.
00:02:53WE ARE BUILDING A MILITARY COMPLEX AND A BALLROOM THAT WILL
00:02:56BE SECOND TO NONE. ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:02:59WE HAVE PRESIDENT XI COMING IN
00:03:03TWO WEEKS. I WAS OF -- OVER THERE IN CHINA
00:03:07IN -- TWO MONTHS AGO AND NOW WE WILL HAVE A GREAT HALL IN THE
00:03:10UNITED STATES SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE WHITE
00:03:14HOUSE AS WE CELEBRATE BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON IN AMERICA. IT'S A BIG DEAL.
00:03:19WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY MANY CREDIBLE PARENTS, DEVOTED
00:03:23TEACHERS, EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATORS AND STAR STUDENTS FROM ALL
00:03:27ACROSS THE NATION. IN FACT WE HAVE SO MANY STAR STUDENTS I WANT TO MAKE OFFERS
00:03:31SOME OF YOU TO COME AND JOIN US AS SOON AS YOU GET OUT OF COLLEGE.
00:03:36BECAUSE WE WANT STARS. WE WANT SMART PEOPLE. WE LIKE SMART PEOPLE.
00:03:40SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT'S NOT NICE TO SAY.
00:03:43NO, WE WANT SMART PEOPLE. I WANT TO THANK OUR GREAT
00:03:47SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, A FANTASTIC WOMAN, BY THE WAY.
00:03:49OUR FRIEND AND ALL OF THAT, BUT SHE IS A FANTASTIC WOMAN.
00:03:53NOBODY LIKE HER. LINDA MCMAHON.
00:03:56NEBRASKA MAY GOVERNOR JIM
00:04:00TILLICH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:04:04ARKANSAS GOVERNOR SARAH HUCKABEE
00:04:08SANDERS, THANK YOU, SARAH. CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE EDUCATION
00:04:11COMMITTEE, JIM WAHLBERG, THANK
00:04:13YOU VERY MUCH, JIM. GOOD JOB.
00:04:18AND MY PRESS SECRETARY, MOTHER
00:04:22OF TWO, SHE DECIDED SHE LOVED HER CHILDREN MORE THAN SHE LOVE
00:04:26DONALD TRUMP, I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS. SHE HAS TO GO HOME AND SPEND
00:04:30TIME WITH HER CHILDREN. THAT DOES HAPPEN ON OCCASION WITH SOME PEOPLE WHEN THEY LOVE
00:04:33THEIR CHILDREN, AND SHE DOES.
00:04:37CAROLINE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PERFECT NEWBORN.
00:04:40AND SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
00:04:42SHE'S BEEN A GREAT, GREAT PRESS SECRETARY. IF I SAY YOU ARE THE BEST OF ALL
00:04:46TIME, I HAVE SARAH SITTING HERE,
00:04:50BUT LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, THEY WERE BOTH GREAT.
00:04:53OK, IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
00:04:56BUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR COUNTRY, AMERICANS HAVE
00:04:58UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE IS NO JOB MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEACHING OUR
00:05:02CHILDREN TO BECOME HAPPY, HEALTHY, PROUD, PRODUCTIVE AND
00:05:06FLOURISHING CITIZENS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE FOUR YEARS
00:05:09SINCE I TOOK OFFICE, OUR
00:05:13EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ITSELF WAS
00:05:15REALLY, IT WAS INCREDIBLY,
00:05:18BEFORE I GOT HERE IT WAS WEAPONIZE LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
00:05:22EVERYTHING WAS WEAPONIZED AGAINST THE GOALS THAT WE ALL
00:05:25STAND FOR, AND UNDER THE LAST
00:05:29ADMINISTRATION, EXTREME IDEOLOGIES SUCH AS CRITICAL RACE
00:05:33THEORY AND TRANSGENDER INSANITY
00:05:37WERE FORCED UPON OUR CHILDREN. AS YOUNG AS 4 AND 5 YEARS OLD. TRANSGENDER DIDN'T WORK.
00:05:40STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT THAT OUR HEROES ARE VILLAINS.
00:05:43THE F.B.I. WAS USED TO TARGET
00:05:47PATRIOTIC PARENTS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. AND MEANWHILE, FAR TOO MANY
00:05:49GOVERNMENT-RUN SCHOOLS FAILED AT THE BASICS, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO
00:05:53LOOK AT THE CHARTS. THEY WERE FAILING AT A THING
00:05:56CALLED EDUCATION. WITH ONLY 30% OF THE STUDENTS
00:06:00PROFICIENT IN READING AND MATH, THAT WAS UNDER THE LAST
00:06:03ADMINISTRATION. UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE SYSTEMATICALLY ENDING
00:06:07EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE RADICAL LEFT BETRAYALS AND PUTTING THE PARENTS BACK IN
00:06:11CHARGE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT LOVE OUR CHILDREN.
00:06:15THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE IN CHARGE.
00:06:18SO IMMEDIATELY UPON TAKING OFFICE, I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BAN CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND TO BAN TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:06:22THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. WE BANNED MEN FROM PLAYING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. THAT WAS SO EASY TO DO. I DON'T GET IT. THEY'RE STILL ARGUING.
00:06:26THEY'RE STILL FIGHTING. I SAW A DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN THE OTHER DAY FIGHTING AN ANCHOR, AN ANCHOR THAT I WOULD SAY WAS
00:06:29SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT FIGHTING AN ANCHOR ON MEN
00:06:31PLAYING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. WE BANNED MEN FROM PLAYING IN
00:06:35WOMEN'S SPORTS. THAT WAS SO EASY TO DO. I DON'T GET IT.
00:06:38THEY'RE STILL ARGUING.
00:06:39THEY'RE STILL FIGHTING.
00:06:43I SAW A DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN THE
00:06:45OTHER DAY FIGHTING AN ANCHOR, AN
00:06:50ANCHOR THAT I WOULD SAY WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT FIGHTING AN ANCHOR ON MEN
00:06:54PLAYING IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.
00:06:55AND I SAID I HOPE THEY KEEP DOING THAT, BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO
00:06:59BE IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN A RACE POLITICALLY. JUST CRAZY.
00:07:03I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. BUT IT CONTINUES OUT THERE,
00:07:06ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD BIG COURT VICTORIES, AND WE'VE LARGELY STOPPED IT.
00:07:10EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN AMERICA
00:07:11IS NOW ON NOTICE THAT IF THEY
00:07:15TELL A CHILD THAT THEY'RE TRAPPED IN THE WRONG BODY, THEY ARE COMMITTING CHILD ABUSE.
00:07:19AND AS WE REMOVE THE FAR LEFT
00:07:22EXTREMISM FROM THE CLASSROOM, WE'RE HISTORIC ACTION TO ENSURE
00:07:25THAT EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA HAS
00:07:28ACCESS TO A FIRST-CLASS EDUCATION.
00:07:32THE UNITED STATES SPENDS MORE MONEY ON EDUCATION THAN ANY
00:07:35OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BY DOUBLE. AND OUR RESULTS SHOULD BE BETTER
00:07:38THAN THEY ARE. I WOULD LOOK AT LISTS WHERE
00:07:42WE'RE RATED AT A 40 TOP NATIONS,
00:07:44WE'RE RATED NUMBER 38, 39, AND NUMBER HOE WITH ALL THE MONEY WE
00:07:48SPENT. BUT LINDA HAS CHANGED THAT SO
00:07:50RAPIDLY AND SO DRASTICALLY.
00:07:52AND FRANKLY, IT'S SHOCKING HOW
00:07:55FAST IT'S GONE UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.
00:07:57ONE YEAR AGO, AS PART OF THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, WE PASSED
00:08:00THE EDUCATION FREEDOM TAX CREDIT, THE LARGEST EVER
00:08:04EXPANSION OF SCHOOL CHOICE, AND
00:08:07WE WANT -- THANK YOU.
00:08:10AND WE WANT EVERY PARENT TO HAVE
00:08:11THE POWER TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO A HIGH ASSAULT SCHOOL THAT
00:08:15SHARES THEIR VALUES. IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
00:08:19WITH US TODAY ARE CALEB AND
00:08:22JOCELYN AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY FROM STATESVILLE, NORTH
00:08:25CAROLINA, A GREAT PLACE. THEY HAVE THREE BIOLOGICAL SONS
00:08:29AND TWO FOSTER CHILDREN. SCHOOL CHOICE AND EDUCATION
00:08:33FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GOING TO GIVE THESE KIDS MORE
00:08:37OPPORTUNITY THAN EVER BEFORE,
00:08:38AND I'D LIKE TO ASK DAY LEBRON
00:08:42AND JOCELYN TO COME UP AND SAY A
00:08:43FEW WORDS, PLEASE.
00:08:59>> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF SPEAKING TODAY.
00:09:02I'M PASTOR CALEB GRIFFITH, AND
00:09:04I'M JOINED BY MY FIVE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, TWO OF
00:09:08THEM CAME TO US THROUGH FOSTER
00:09:10CARE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
00:09:12BUT MY CHILDREN, ONE OF THEM HAS AUTISM, AND ONE HAS
00:09:16DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS. AND ALTHOUGH THEY QUALIFY FOR AN
00:09:20I.E.P., BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET THEM.
00:09:23SO WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO ACCESS THE SUPPORT AND HELP THEY NEED
00:09:26TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND WE'RE BLESSED TO BE FROM A
00:09:30STATE THAT OFFERS SCHOOL CHOICE,
00:09:32AND IT HAS HELPED PART OF OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
00:09:35I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN THE BENEFIT OF THE OPPORTUNITY
00:09:38SCHOLARSHIP FOR MY FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL MY CHURN TOLD,
00:09:43CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
00:09:46BUT IT'S THANKS TO GREAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PARENTS FOR
00:09:49EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM WHO HAVE
00:09:51HELPED 105,000 FAMILIES JUST LIKE MINE ACCESS THE OPPORTUNITY
00:09:55SCHOLARSHIP. AND NOW BECAUSE OF YOU,
00:09:57MR. PRESIDENT, AND BECAUSE OF YOU, SECRETARY MCMAHON, THE
00:10:00EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM TAX CREDITS
00:10:01WILL GIVE MY CHILDREN THE ACCESS
00:10:05TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MOST
00:10:08FORMATIONAL YEARS OF THEIR LIVES. I WANT TO TELL YOU, WE ONLY GET
00:10:11ONE CHANCE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, AND OUR CHILDREN ARE
00:10:15THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. THE BIBLE SAYS TO TRAIN UP A
00:10:18CHILD IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO, AND THAT'S TO PARENTS, AND THIS
00:10:22ALLOWS PARENTS TO DO THAT. SO ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND
00:10:25EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA THAT WILL ACCESS THIS, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND GOD BLESS
00:10:29AMERICA.
00:10:30[APPLAUSE]
00:10:38>> WHAT A GREAT JOB. BEAUTIFUL.
00:10:41BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
00:10:43HE MADE IT.
00:10:47AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, NO ONE
00:10:52CARES MORE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN THAN OUR GREAT FIRST LADY.
00:10:55SHE WORKS HARD AT IT, LOSSES IT, AND LOSSES THE CHILDREN.
00:10:58THROUGH HER FOSTERING THE FUTURE INITIATIVE MELANIA IS HELPING
00:11:02TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGING OUT OF
00:11:05THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. AND SHE'S BRINGING HOPE AND
00:11:09COUNTLESS, AND YOU HAVE TO SEE, SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY PHONE
00:11:13CALLS, SO MUCH WORK, BUT REALLY
00:11:14BRINGING HOPE TO COUNTLESS
00:11:18FAMILIES, NUMBERS OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, AND IT'S REALLY
00:11:20SOMETHING TO SEE. IT'S SO DIFFICULT. THEY GO THROUGH FOSTER CARE, AND
00:11:24THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE RELEASED INTO THE WORLD.
00:11:27AND YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON. BUT THEY DON'T.
00:11:31THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO THEIR PARENTS FOR A LITTLE HELP OR FOR
00:11:35STAYING OVERNIGHT OR STAYING FOR YEARS IN SOME CASES.
00:11:38AND IT'S A VERY, VERY TOUGH.
00:11:40SO I WANT TO THANK MELANIA.
00:11:43SHE TAKES IT SO SERIOUSLY. SHE'S DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB, SO
00:11:47EFFECTIVE, THANK YOU.
00:11:48AND AS PART OF THE ONE BIG
00:11:51BEAUTIFUL BILL, WE HAVE
00:11:53MASSIVELY EXPANDED 59 EDUCATION
00:11:56SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, TREMENDOUSLY. THE ANNUAL WITHDRAWAL CAP FROM
00:12:00K-12 EXPENSES TO $20,000 A YEAR.
00:12:04AND ALLOWING FAMILIES TO SAVE
00:12:06THE EDUCATION AND MONEY FOR
00:12:10EDUCATION AT THE PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL OF YOUR CHOICE,
00:12:13SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, NOBODY COULD
00:12:16EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING IT, THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENED NOW.
00:12:20AND IT'S LARGELY LINDA AND HER REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE DONE
00:12:24THIS. AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,
00:12:26FAMILIES CAN ALSO HAVE THEIR 529
00:12:29ACCOUNTS TO SUPPORT HOME SCHOOL
00:12:32EDUCATION.
00:12:36AND THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS OF ALL IS WHAT'S HAPPENED
00:12:39WITH THE TRUMP ACCOUNTS, WHERE KIDS WILL HAVE MONEY.
00:12:43I MEAN, EVERY CHILD IS GIVEN AT
00:12:46BIRTH NEWBORN, $1,000.
00:12:48AND YOU CAN WATCH THAT MONEY GROW.
00:12:51PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL AND SUSAN
00:12:53DELL HAVE PUT UP A TREMENDOUS
00:12:56AMOUNT OF MONEY, OVER $6 BILLION.
00:12:59BUT WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ON AN ENTIRE
00:13:02STATE, LIKE THE STATE OF INDIANA
00:13:07BY A VERY, VERY FANTASTIC FRIEND OF MINE. BRAD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:13:11AND SOME VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE AND VERY WEALTHY COMPANIES ARE
00:13:15PUTTING UP TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY. THE TRUMP ACCOUNTS IS BEING
00:13:17TALKED ABOUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:13:19IT'S VERY GOOD, AND VERY HOT.
00:13:22JOINING US TODAY, MARINA AND HUBERT FROM JACKSONVILLE,
00:13:26FLORIDA. THEY'VE BEEN HOME SCHOOLING THEIR THREE CHILDREN FOR 11
00:13:29YEARS AND WILL BENEFIT ENORMOUSLY FROM THE NEW POLICY,
00:13:33THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY'RE GETTING IS SOMETHING THAT THEY
00:13:37CAN VERY MUCH USE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T HAVE
00:13:40HAPPENED WITHOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SO MARINA AND HUBERT, PLEASE
00:13:44COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
00:13:57>> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
00:14:00I HAVE WITH ME MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND MY WIFE, MARINA.
00:14:03WE HOME SCHOOL OUR THREE KIDS. WE'VE BEEN HOME SCHOOLING FOR
00:14:06THE LAST DECADE.
00:14:09MY OLDEST SON IS GOING INTO NINTH GRADE. MY DAUGHTER GOING INTO SIXTH.
00:14:12AND MY YOUNGEST SON IS GOING YOU INTO THIRD GRADE.
00:14:15HOME SCHOOLING IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME.
00:14:18BACK IN 1988, MY PARENTS MADE
00:14:20THE DECISION TO HOME SCHOOL ME.
00:14:23SO I WAS HOME SCHOOLED FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH
00:14:27THE 12TH GRADE.
00:14:28AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE
00:14:32OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME FOR MY FAMILY.
00:14:35BACK IN 1988, HOME SCHOOLING WASN'T POPULAR, AND THERE WAS
00:14:39NOT, I DON'T THINK A PRESIDENT WHO WAS SUPPORTING US.
00:14:43AT THIS TIME, TO SEE YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THAT
00:14:45YOU'VE DONE FOR HOME SCHOOLING FAMILIES, NOT ONLY MEANS THE
00:14:48WORLD TO ME, BUT TO ALSO ALL THE
00:14:52OTHER HOME SCHOOLING FAMILIES OUT THERE. WITH THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL,
00:14:55THE EXPANSION OF 529, OFTENTIMES
00:14:57WITH HOME SCHOOLING WE WERE
00:15:00ONE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS BECAUSE I'M WORKING AND MY WIFE IS
00:15:02SCHOOLING THE KIDS. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE EXTRA
00:15:06RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THEIR NEEDS AND ALSO THE OPTION TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN IN THE
00:15:10WAY THAT WE SEE FIT MEANS THE WORLD.
00:15:14I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
00:15:18>> GREAT PARENTS. YOU HAVE GREAT PARENTS.
00:15:22THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEAUTIFUL.
00:15:24BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
00:15:27THANK YOU.
00:15:30WELL, I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
00:15:33ACHIEVED MORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN IN LESS THAN
00:15:37TWO YEARS THAN MOST ADMINISTRATIONS DO IN MANY YEARS.
00:15:40EIGHT YEARS OR FRANKLY YOU CAN TAKE TWO OR THREE
00:15:43ADMINISTRATIONS, PUT THEM TOGETHER, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
00:15:45TO DO WHAT WE DID.
00:15:47AFTER DECADES OF RACIST POLICIES
00:15:50AND ILLEGAL QUOTAS, WE BROUGHT
00:15:51BACK THE MERIT SYSTEM INTO EDUCATION.
00:15:55WE'RE BACK ON THE MERIT SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHAT MADE OUR COUNTRY
00:15:58GREAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:16:03SO OUR CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS BE JUDGED BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS, NOT
00:16:06BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR ANY OTHER REASON.
00:16:09WE ISSUED A GUIDANCE FOR
00:16:11PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PRAYER,
00:16:13AND WE NOW PROTECT PRAYER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:16:17THEY'RE TOTALLY PROTECTED. AND LAST YEAR I SIGNED A HISTORIC EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
00:16:21BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
00:16:24EDUCATION, GETTING THEM OUT OF
00:16:28WASHINGTON AND BRINGING EDUCATION BACK TO THE STATES,
00:16:30THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
00:16:38AND WORKING WITH ME ON THE COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS,
00:16:41WE'VE PROUDLY BROUGHT BACK A WONDERFUL TRADITION, THE
00:16:46PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS TEST. I SIGNED THE WHOLE MILK FOR
00:16:49HEALTHY KIDS ACT, WHICH PEOPLE LOVED, AND THE FARMERS LOVE IT,
00:16:52BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW GOOD IT IS, MORE THAN ANYBODY.
00:16:56BUT THE WHOLE MILK FOR HEALTHY
00:16:58KIDS ACT, THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE WHOLE MILK. THEY COULD HAVE ANYTHING ELSE,
00:17:02BUT THINK COULDN'T HAVE GREAT MILK, THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO
00:17:06BE, PAVING THE WAY FOR MORE THAN
00:17:0930 MILLION CHILDREN WHO DRINK WHOLE MILK IN SCHOOL, AND WE
00:17:12INTRODUCED THE REAL FOOD PYRAMID
00:17:16AND REFORM VACCINATION TO
00:17:19PROTECT AMERICA'S YOUTH. WE'RE MAKING AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.
00:17:22WE'RE STRONGLY REQUESTING EVEN TELLING PEOPLE WHEN YOU GET YOUR
00:17:26SHOTS FOR YOUR YOUNG CHILD, THIS
00:17:28HAS TO DO, WE THINK, WITH PREVENTING AUTISM, THAT YOU GO
00:17:32TO THE DOCTOR FOR FIVE SMALL
00:17:34SHOTS INSTEAD OF ONE BIG MASSIVE SHOT.
00:17:37YOU DO IT IN FIVE DIFFERENT SHOTS.
00:17:40FIVE DIFFERENT SHOTS.
00:17:43SMALL LITTLE SHOTS WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BODIES CAN HANDLE IT.
00:17:46AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE
00:17:50RATE OF AUTISM, WHICH IS LIKE AN
00:17:53EPIDEMIC WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH AUTISM. THIS YEAR, AS WE CELEBRATE THE
00:17:57250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA'S
00:18:00FOUNDING, WE'RE ALSO BRINGING
00:18:02BACK PATRIOTIC EDUCATION FOR OUR
00:18:05YOUTH THROUGH THE FREEDOM 250 MOBILE MUSEUM.
00:18:09STUDENTS FROM OVER 3,750 SCHOOLS
00:18:13ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE HEROES WHO HAVE MADE AMERICA THE MOST
00:18:16EXCEPTIONAL NATION IN HISTORY, AND WE'RE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN
00:18:19TO LOVE AMERICA, NOT TO HATE AMERICA. THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE GOING ON
00:18:23RIGHT NOW.
00:18:24OUR COUNTRY HAS NEVER DONE THIS
00:18:28WELL. WE HAVE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING,
00:18:31MONEY POURING IN AT THE RATE OF
00:18:33NOT EVEN BILLIONS, BUT TRILLIONS, OVER $19 TRILLION
00:18:37BEING INVESTED IN AMERICA RIGHT
00:18:42NOW. LAST ADMINISTRATION HAD LESS
00:18:45THAN ONE TRILLION IN FOUR YEARS. WE HAD MORE THAN 19.2 TO BE EXACT.
00:18:48AND THAT'S OVER A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS.
00:18:51WE HAVEN'T EVEN INCLUDED THE
00:18:53ADDITIONAL FIVE MONTHS. THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE
00:18:57THAT IN HISTORY, AND NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS EVER
00:18:59HAD INVESTMENT LIKE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW BEING MADE T. WHICH IS
00:19:03BUILDING FACTORIES, CAR PLANTS, EVERYTHING, ALL OVER, A.I., ALL
00:19:07OVER THE COUNTRY.
00:19:12AT LEVELS THAT NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. IT'S A REVOLUTION, A POSITIVE
00:19:16REVOLUTION. SO IN EVERYTHING WE DO, WE'RE
00:19:19EMPOWERING OUR NATION'S PARENTS.
00:19:21WE'RE RESTORING HIGH STANDARDS. THE PURSUIT OF COMMENTS, WE'RE
00:19:25PROVING THAT THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA EDUCATION IS JUST
00:19:29BEGINNING, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
00:19:32I KNOW SO MANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
00:19:34BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR WHO'S JUST
00:19:37AN OUTSTANDING PERSON, AN
00:19:40INCREDIBLE WOMAN, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, LINDA MCMAHON.
00:19:43PLEASE, COME UP, LINDA, THANK
00:19:48YOU.
00:20:01>> GET IT DOWN TO MY SPEED, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN I COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
00:20:04WE HAVE IT ADJUST IT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR
00:20:07ASSEMBLING THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT THIS AFTERNOON, BECAUSE NOTHING
00:20:11IS MORE IMPORTANT IN OUR COUNTRY THAN EDUCATION, EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS.
00:20:15PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND
00:20:18STUDENTS, HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON. THIS SCHOOL YEAR MARKS A RETURN
00:20:22TO COMMON SENSE IN AMERICAN EDUCATION. AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO THE
00:20:25LEADERSHIP OF OUR PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. I REMEMBER WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:20:29CALLED ME SHORTLY AFTER THE
00:20:31BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 2024
00:20:35NATION'S REPORT CARD SCORES WERE RELEASED, AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS
00:20:38ANGRY AND HE WAS ALSO EMBARRASSED BY WHERE THESE
00:20:42SCORES WERE. WE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT A TRAVESTY
00:20:45IT IS THAT AMERICANS HAVE INVESTED $3 TRILLION IN A
00:20:49FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
00:20:51MEANT TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND YET ONLY 30% OF
00:20:54OUR STUDENTS CAN READ OAR DO
00:20:56MATH PROFICIENTLY.
00:20:59THIS IS WHY TRUMP DEMANDED A
00:21:02HARD RESET TO OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, WE ARE
00:21:05DELIVERING IT. WE ARE TAKING VERY DELIBERATE
00:21:09AND THOUGHTFUL STEPS TO RETURN
00:21:11EDUCATION TO THE STATES.
00:21:15THIS SCHOOL YEAR AMERICAN PARENTS AND STUDENTS HAVE SO
00:21:18MUCH TO BE EXCITED ABOUT, BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
00:21:20IS STEERING EDUCATION BACK TO
00:21:23ITS RIGHTFUL FOCUS, SERVING STUDENTS, SO THAT THEY ARE
00:21:28PREPARED FOR SUCCESSFUL FUTURES.
00:21:30OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT
00:21:32BILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR RADICAL
00:21:34D.E.I. PROGRAMS AND REDIRECTED
00:21:36THOSE DOLLARS TO TEACHERS, CLASSROOMS, AND RESULTS,
00:21:40SUPPORTING EVIDENCE-BASED
00:21:43LITERACY INSTRUCTIONS, POURING FUNDING INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND
00:21:46ENERGIZING WORKFORCE TRAINING.
00:21:49KEY DECISIONS THAT ONCE SAT WITH BUREAUCRATS HERE IN WASHINGTON,
00:21:52D.C. ARE MOVING TO WHERE THEY BELONG, TO THE HANDS OF
00:21:55EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND LOCAL
00:21:57LEADERS WHO KNOW THESE CHILDREN BEST.
00:22:00SIX STATES NOW HOLD THE FIRST-EVER RETURNING EDUCATION
00:22:04TO THE STATE WAIVERS, FREEING
00:22:06OVER $100 MILLION FROM FEDERAL MICROMANAGEMENT.
00:22:09THESE WAIVERS ALLOW STATE LEADERS TO DIRECT FEDERAL
00:22:13DOLLARS TOWARDS WHO MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THEIR STUDENTS,
00:22:17AND NOT WHAT WASHINGTON THINKS IS BEST FOR THE STUDENTS.
00:22:20ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD 25 STATES
00:22:22ARE EXERCISING AUTHORITY, WHICH
00:22:25ALLOWS THEM TO IMMEDIATELY FREE THOUSANDS OF LOCAL SCHOOL
00:22:29DISTRICTS FROM MOUNTAINS OF RED
00:22:30TAPE WITHOUT FIRST HAVING TO RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE
00:22:35DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
00:22:39LEADERSHIP, WE ARE RESTORING PARENTS' SACRED ROLE AS THE
00:22:42FIRST DECISION MAKERS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
00:22:45CHILDREN BELONG TO THEIR PARENTS.
00:22:47NOT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
00:22:52AND THROUGH THE EDUCATION FREEDOM TAX CREDIT, PRESIDENT
00:22:55TRUMP HAS DELIVERED THE LARGEST
00:22:57NATIONAL EXPANSION OF EDUCATION
00:23:00FREEDOM IN HISTORY, FOR OVER 50
00:23:03MILLION ELIGIBLE CHILDREN, GIVING PARENTS UNPRECEDENTED
00:23:06FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE PATH THAT
00:23:08IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILD. SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT OVER
00:23:12HALF OF OUR NATION'S STATES,
00:23:14BOTH RED AND BLUE, HAVE RACED TO
00:23:16THIS HISTORIC CHOICE OPTION,
00:23:19BENEFITING FAMILIES WHETHER
00:23:23THEIR CHILD ATTENDS PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOL.
00:23:25PARENTS CAN ALSO REST ASSURED WHEREVER THEIR CHILD GOES TO
00:23:28SCHOOL, THIS ADMINISTRATION IS RIGOROUSLY PROTECTING THEIR
00:23:31RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED INSIDE THOSE WALLS.
00:23:35AFTER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED SCHOOLS TO SECRETLY
00:23:39TRANSITION STUDENTS WITHOUT THE
00:23:42PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEFEND BEING PARENTAL
00:23:45RIGHTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
00:23:47AT HIS DIRECTION, WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:23:50JUSTICE TO ENSURE NO SCHOOL
00:23:53DISTRICT EVER HAS MORE POWER OVER A CHILD THAN THEIR OWN
00:23:57PARENTS.
00:23:58THANK YOU.
00:24:04WE HAVE EXPOSED STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA OR FOR SOME OF THE
00:24:08MOST WIDESPREAD OFFENSES AND PUT SCHOOLS ON NOTICE.
00:24:11IF THEY SUBJECT CHILDREN TO RADICAL EXPERIMENTS AND
00:24:15SIDELINED PARENTS, THEY WILL LOSE THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING.
00:24:17NEVER BEFORE HAVE PARENTAL RIGHTS BEEN ENFORCED AT THIS
00:24:22SCALE AND PARENTS ARE BACK IN THE DRIVER SEEDS WHERE THEY
00:24:25RIGHTFULLY BELONG. ACROSS EVERY FACET OF EDUCATION,
00:24:29THESE REFORMS ARE TRULY DRIVING
00:24:31THE PROGRESS THAT MANY PROMISED
00:24:34BUT ONLY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DELIVERED.
00:24:36WE ARE BREAKING THE GRIP OF THE EDUCATION MONOPOLY IN D.C. AND
00:24:40PUTTING THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN BACK INTO THE HANDS OF
00:24:44THOSE WHO KNOW THEM, LOVE THEM, AND OUR BEST POSITIONED TO HELP
00:24:47THEM REACH THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL.
00:24:51WE WILL REMEMBER THIS AS A
00:24:53TURNING POINT IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE THINGS TO PRESIDENT
00:24:57TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP, AMERICAN EDUCATION BEGAN TO RECLAIM ITS
00:25:01PLACE AS THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD.
00:25:04THANK YOU, ALL, AND HAVE A GREAT AND WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR!
00:25:09THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:25:14>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:25:18I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO DO THIS BUT I WILL BE WALKING
00:25:22DOWN HERE IN TWO MINUTES TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE HELIPORT.
00:25:26YOU WILL SEE RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF
00:25:28IT, THE GREAT STRUCTURE RISING ALONGSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AND
00:25:31THAT WILL BE THE BALLROOM/MILITARY COMPLEX.
00:25:35IT IS INCREDIBLE. NOW, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO WALK WITH ME.
00:25:40I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY BIG EVENTS HAPPENING NOW.
00:25:43I DON'T THINK SO.
00:25:45IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW ME,
00:25:48THE KIDS WOULD LOVE CONSTRUCTION. WHEN I HEAR ALL OF THAT BANGING
00:25:52OUT THERE, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT IS TOO BAD BUT I SAY, I LOVE IT.
00:25:57IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW
00:25:59ME, IT WILL BE A LARGE GROUP BUT IT IS A LARGE POD AND YOU WILL
00:26:03BE ABLE TO SEE SOME VERY HARD-WORKING PEOPLE.
00:26:07THEY ARE WORKING HARD AND MAKING A LOT OF MONEY AND DOING SOMETHING GREAT FOR AMERICA.
00:26:11THEY HAVE NEEDED A HELIPORT HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
00:26:13WE ARE GETTING IT ALL DONE. THINGS THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE
00:26:17FOR MANY YEARS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW ME
00:26:21WITH YOUR CHILDREN, FOLLOW ME.
00:26:24COME UP HERE AND THEN WE WILL WALK DOWN. GOOD. THANK YOU.
00:26:27♪
00:26:32♪
00:26:38♪ ♪ YOUNG MAN
00:26:43THERE IS NO NEED TO FEEL DOWN
00:26:48YOUNG MAN, PICK YOURSELF OFF THE GROUND
00:26:50THERE IS NO NEED TO FEEL UNHAPPY
00:26:54YOUNG MAN, THERE IS A PLACE YOU CAN GO
00:26:59I SAY, YOUNG MAN, WHEN YOU ARE SHORT ON YOUR DOUGH
00:27:04YOU CAN GO THERE AND I'M SURE
00:27:06YOU WILL FIND MANY WAYS TO HAVE
00:27:10A GOOD TIME
00:27:11OH, IT IS FUN TO STAY AT THE
00:27:15YMCA
00:27:17IT IS FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA
00:27:22THEY HAVE EVERYTHING
00:27:27YOU CAN HANG OUT WITH ALL THE BOYS
00:27:38>> THIS WEEK ON C-SPAN2, WE ARE
00:27:43BRINGING YOU A TALK RADIO SIMULCAST FEATURING VOICES FROM ACROSS AMERICAN POLITICS.
00:27:48THE MICHAEL PROGRAM CHALLENGING
00:27:51BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AND AT NOON, TOM
00:27:55HARTMAN HOST THE TOM HARKIN PROGRAM. GET HIS TAKE ON THE DAY'S
00:27:59BIGGEST POLITICAL STORIES.
00:28:00AT 3:00, HOWIE CARR OPPOSED TO
00:28:04HOW WE CAR SHOW WITH HIS TAKE ON POLITICS, CULTURE AND THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
00:28:07WATCH LIVE THIS WEEK ON C-SPAN2,
00:28:12C-SPAN NOW, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:28:21DISCOVER AMERICA'S STORY WITH C-SPAN'S NEW AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE POSTER.
00:28:24THIS LARGE FOUR POINT FOOT WIDE
00:28:27POSTER EXPLORES THE LIVES AND PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS OF EVERY
00:28:30U.S. PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS, LANDMARK
00:28:34SUPREME COURT CASES,
00:28:35CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, AND MAJOR TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES
00:28:39THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY. THE POSTER ALSO FEATURES A
00:28:42SPECIAL AMERICA 250 SECTION, HIGHLIGHTING THE COUNTRY'S
00:28:45FOUNDING AND THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:28:49BRING AMERICAN HISTORY HOME WITH
00:28:52C-SPAN'S AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE POSTER. SCAN THE CODE OR VISIT
00:28:57C-SPANSHOP.ORG.