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"What the President was saying this morning is, that if there are aspects of the CDC’s recommendations that are prescriptive, or that serve as a barrier to kids getting back to school, we want governors and local officials and education leaders to know that we're here to work with them. Every American knows that we can safely reopen our schools. I have to tell you the best expert I know on this topic is my wife, Karen, and she spoke at the summit yesterday very compellingly about how a lot of our kids are hurting out there. They’re struggling with loneliness, with social isolation. The American Academy of Pediatrics spoke about that, a very forceful statement from pediatricians across the country that said we got to get our kids back into school.” – Vice President, Mike Pence, "It's not a matter of if, it simply is a matter of how. Schools must fully open and be fully operational and how that happens is best left to education and community leaders. I appreciate something reiterated yesterday at the White House, the Surgeon General's prescription for health care. First, ask yourself your individual serve stance. Are you or someone in your home vulnerable? Second, what is going on in your community? Third, think about the kind of school activity that you are thinking about how to accommodate into deal with. What needs to be in place for things to be successful. They needed new data for education and communities and weigh the risk. I have thought hard about how to expand education for all students. America always was and is a country of doers. We are confident that with grit and determination, we can and will do what is right for all the students in our nation." –Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, both during Coronavirus Task Force Briefing, July 8, 2020 [Esquire/C-SPAN] . . . GIF 2020 × 2020px 2020 (638945)