Sentences with phrase «recent budget testimony»

I was proud to speak at a recent budget testimony about a vital education program that the UFT supports: the Positive Learning Collaborative.

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During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

Cuomo's budget - which de Blasio gave mixed reviews during recent Albany testimony - ties a $ 1.1 billion increase in education spending to a number of reforms opposed by teachers unions and their allies.

During his recent testimony before the House Education Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan blasted House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R - WI) FY13 budget proposal to slash federal spending, which the White House estimates would result in a more than 5 percent cut -LRB-- $ 784 million) to Title I grants (currently $ 14.5 billion) in FY13 and a 19 percent cut -LRB-- $ 2.7 billion) inBudget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R - WI) FY13 budget proposal to slash federal spending, which the White House estimates would result in a more than 5 percent cut -LRB-- $ 784 million) to Title I grants (currently $ 14.5 billion) in FY13 and a 19 percent cut -LRB-- $ 2.7 billion) inbudget proposal to slash federal spending, which the White House estimates would result in a more than 5 percent cut -LRB-- $ 784 million) to Title I grants (currently $ 14.5 billion) in FY13 and a 19 percent cut -LRB-- $ 2.7 billion) in FY14.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed more optimism about the economy in his most recent testimony Friday to the Senate Budget Committee, while also defending the Fed's controversial plan to buy an extra $ 600 billion in government bonds to keep recovery moving forward.