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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaulb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2018 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:15 a.m. in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Roy Blunt (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Blunt, Alexander, Capito, Lankford, Kennedy, Rubio, Hyde-Smith, Murray, Durbin, Reed, Shaheen, Merkley, Baldwin, Murphy, Manchin, and Leahy. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. BETSY DeVOS, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY BILL CORDES, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VO- CATIONAL ANALYSIS DIVISION DIRECTOR, BUDGET SERVICE OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR ROY BLUNT Senator BLUNT. The Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will come to order. We are pleased, Secretary DeVos, that you are here with us today. Thank you for appearing to talk about your budget and to answer our questions. The 2019 budget request from the Department is 11 percent less than the money that the Congress appropriated for fiscal year 2018 in March. To the Department's credit, you propose eliminating and consolidating programs that may not be working effectively, and we will want to look at those very carefully with you. The budget also includes a $1 billion new competitive grant pro- gram for States and school districts to expand their choice pro- grams. Certainly I appreciate the perspective, the new look, you have brought to the Department. I agree that we should look at pro- grams that are either inefficient or ineffective and prioritize pro- grams that work the best for students. We have a shared priority-your Department and the committee certainly-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe- (1)

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