Among the issues they addressed were the government's role in disaster relief, the federal role in civil rights, health research and air safety. After their remarks they answered questions from the students. Following are excerpts from the program. Oh, it's way under-estimated . . . The federal government, by pushing Title IX, advanced civil rights in that and other areas.
People take air safety for granted, medical research into illnesses . . .
I'm also not sure how well schools are teaching civics anymore . . . Come see real people at work and ask them real questions it gives you a whole different perspective. That's getting a real civics lesson, and I don't think they're doing that as well as they used to. It kind of moves in cycles. That was it, that was my charge.