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HRG. 117–200  \nSCHOOL REOPENING DURING COVID–19: SUPPORTING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES  \nHEARING  \nOF THE  \nCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE  \nONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS  \nFIRST SESSION  \nON  \nEXAMINING SCHOOL REOPENING DURING COVID-19, FOCUSING ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES  \nSEPTEMBER 30, 2021  \nPrinted for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions  \n(  \nAvailable via the World Wide Web: [http://www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov)  \nU.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 46–780 PDF WASHINGTON : 2023  \nCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS  \nPATTY MURRAY, Washington, Chair  \nBERNIE SANDERS (I), Vermont ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut TIM KAINE, Virginia  \nMAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire TINA SMITH, Minnesota  \nJACKY ROSEN, Nevada  \nBEN RAY LUJAN, New Mexico  \nJOHN HICKENLOOPER, Colorado  \nRICHARD BURR, North Carolina, Ranking Member  \nRAND PAUL, M.D., Kentucky SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine BILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska MIKE BRAUN, Indiana  \nROGER MARSHALL, M.D., Kansas TIM SCOTT, South Carolina MITT ROMNEY, Utah  \nTOMMY TUBERVILLE, Alabama JERRY MORAN, Kansas  \nEVAN T. SCHATZ, Staff Director DAVID P. CLEARY, Republican Staff Director JOHN RIGHTER, Deputy Staff Director  \n(II)  \nC O N T E N T S  \nSTATEMENTS  \nTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2021  \nPage  \nCOMMITTEE MEMBERS  \nMurray, Hon. Patty, Chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement .............................................................................. 1  \nBurr, Hon. Richard, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina, Opening statement ................................................................... 3  \nWITNESSES  \nBecerra, Hon. Xavier, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC .......................................................................................................................... 7  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 8  \nCardona, Hon. Miguel, Secretary of Education, Washington, DC ....................... 13  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 15  \n(III)  \nSCHOOL REOPENING DURING COVID–19: SUPPORTING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES  \nThursday, September 30, 2021  \nU.S. SENATE,  \nCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS,  \nWashington, DC.  \nThe Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:02 a.m., in room 216, Hart Senate Office Building, Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of the Committee, presiding.  \nPresent: Senators Murray [presiding], Casey, Baldwin, Murphy, Kaine, Hassan, Smith, Rosen, Lujan, Hickenlooper, Burr, Paul, Collins, Murkowski, Braun, Marshall, Romney, and Tuberville.  \nOPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MURRAY  \nThe CHAIR. Good morning. We are going to get started. We have a number of votes this morning and a really good attendance at hearing, so we want to get going. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will please come to order. Today, we are holding a hearing with Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and on how we can help schools across the country as they work to safely reopen for in-person learning.  \nRanking Member Burr and I will each have an opening statement and then I will introduce our witnesses. And after they give their testimony, Senators will each have 5 minutes for a round of questions. While we are again unable to have this hearing fully open to the public or media for in-person attendance, live video is available on our Committee website at [help.senate.gov.](help.senate.gov. And)[ And](help.senate.gov. 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