MCKEON WINS EDUCATION POST POLITICIAN TRIUMPHS IN HIS BID FOR HOUSE CHAIR APPOINTMENT.Byline: Daily News Rep (programming) REP - A directive used in IBM object code card decks (and later PTF Tapes) to REPlace fragments of already assembled or compiled object code prior to link edit. . Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk. P. ``Buck'' McKeon McKeon is a surname, and may refer to
McKeon, a committee member since 1993 and chairman of the Subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee n. A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee. subcommittee Noun on 21st Century Competitiveness since 1995, based his campaign for the chairmanship on a pledge to address the ``new realities'' of the global economy. ``The edge that America brings to the table is innovation and adaptability a·dapt·a·ble adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. a·dapt  a·bil ,'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, said in a statement
after his appointment late Wednesday. ``If we lose that then we will
lose not only our standard of living, but our position of global
leadership.''
Specifically, McKeon has said he wants to improve the quality of American education, train the work force to adapt to a high tech global economy and make regulations that are more streamlined and less costly. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce and its five subcommittees oversee education and work-force programs. McKeon succeeds Rep. John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, who was elected House majority leader, replacing Tom DeLay, who faces money-laundering charges in his home state of Texas. ``John gave me a good foundation on which to build. We have taken steps to transform our industrial age education and job training systems, but we still have a long way to go and not a lot of time to get there,'' McKeon said. ``I can't wait to get to work.'' |
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