This morning. Im maria bartiromo. It hope youre having a good tuesday morning. It is tuesday, march 12, you 7 00 a. M. On the button on the east coast. Time for the hot topic of the hour. President biden unveils a 5 andahalf trillion dollars of new and higher taxes package in his massive 7. 3 trillion, 2025 budget. Taxpayers are Stuck Holding the bag after all of the president s spending led to 40 year high inflation. The wall street journal reporting that more americans are treating their 401ks like cash machines. A record share of account holders reportedly taking early withdrawal from accounts last year. Credit card debt is now at a record high of 1. 3 trillion but the president continues to tout his economy. Watch. 15 million new jobs creat, thats a record, growth is strong, wages are rising, inflation is down, we reduced the federal deficit. Inflation keeps coming down, Mortgage Rates will continue to come down as well. Maria luke, the committee for a responsible federal budget is
Good morning. Good morning. This hearing of the Senate Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the National Security components of the president supplemental funding request. Were glad to have secretary austin and secretary blinken with us to talk about the challenges were seeing around the world and the urgency of providing the necessary resources to meet these challenges, support our allies and make the word and our country safer. At our First Full Committee Hearing earlier this year on outcompeting china, both secretaries made a strong case for why passing our full year appropriations bill was robust investments in america and avoiding perpetual cuts was so crucial of keeping the United States on the world stage. As the two of you return to this committee, i think every member understands and takes many of the messages we brought to you in the last hearing. These are difficult times and American Leadership and support will be critical as we f
[inaudible] i might just wait for good afternoon, welcome to the committee of the 118th congress. I am pleased to welcome all of you here for this testimony on the military and civilian personnel programs at the department of defense, and the military services and review of the Administration Defense authorization request for fiscal 2024. All of my brothers served in the military, supporting the military, a military families means a lot to me. I am particularly pleased to be chair in my first hearing as an Armed Services subcommittee chair. I am honored to chair at the subcommittee, and i look forward to continuing its long history of bipartisanship and working as a partner with Ranking Member scott, and with all of our members, on both sides of the aisle, to improve the lives of our Service Members, of retirees, military families, and the civilian workforce. Our annual posture here provides the department the opportunity to discuss their personal priorities for the coming year. This y
Community center . No, it is way more than that. Comcast is partnering with 10 Community Centers to create wifi enabled li zones, so students from low income milies can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports cspan as a Public Service. Along with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. The director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency, jen easterly, testified for a house subcommittee on a range of technical challenges facing the u. S. Artificial intelligence, and concerns about the chinese government. And information sharing. [silence] the committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on Cyber Security and Infrastructure Protection will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is received testimony from jen easterly, director of cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency. We now recognize Ranking Members for the purpose of seeking unanimous consent. Thank, you chairman, i asked for unanimous consent
Homeland security subcommittee on cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony from jen easterly, director of cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or cisa. I now recognize Ranking Member swalwell for the purposes of seeking unanimous consent. Mr. Swalwell thank you, chairman. I ask unanimous consent that the gentlelady from new york, ms. Clarke, be permitted to participate in todays hearing. Mr. Garbarino without objection, so ordered. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Welcome back for our second subcommittee hearing of the congress. Last month, we hosted Industry Leaders to give their perspective on the state of american cybersecurity and particularly how the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or cisa has developed since its creation five years ago. Im glad that well hear directly from cisa director jenest easterly on. Director easterly and i have had a fantastic relationsh