And just kind of strung up there and the dutch ship, the flagship of this, you know, task force is built to commercial damage control standards, even socalled low threat environment, somebody may get the hands control standards. How do we deal with these problems with the allies not just technically but in terms of what they are able to survive in terms of threats . If i had that answer as clearly as i would like to we would probably say we have the answers. We are in the bit of discovery. I think you are discovering that. You have outlines a few of the things that come about. What kind of equipment and capabilities do our allies have . We need to understand that and you dont really find those issues until you bring them together. We are still coming back the marines come back to sea we welcome them back and they have a capability as they move ahead on ground operations over the years in iraq and afghanistan. We didnt move at the same pace and stay as synchronized as we should have. Th
Average person couldnt have done. He was a very articulate person even though hes not known generally for that and hes a very likable person and a decent person. And eventually he was appointed to the court of appeals to for three years after i had been appointed. And so we find ourselves being often competitors to megatrends. We have conversation about it. Kind of hard to do your regular work without knowing what is going on here. And so we agree to it. Each of us agreed to tell the other one if we heard anything about the nomination. Our opportunity to get the job. So about three or four days after we had that conversation, the friday after text giving, president ford called me up. My secretary was not there. Explain the was going to nominate me. Was very pleased and told himself. He talked for a minute and then he said were going to announce this about 5 00 this afternoon here in washington. He said i asked you not to tell anybody about it. I would like to, mr. President , but i hav
Understanding that we are doing our kids and grandchildren a great disservice if we dont own up to the infrastructure problems we have right now and we work with the governors around the country to move forward on this issue. So mr. Chairman thank you very much. Snack thank you senator. Let me make this comment. We are very proud to have all of you here. We had some al masai think so the full panel was not here but i appreciate very much your coming. Its important i believe when i look at this politically is going to be necessary to have a lot of pressure a lot of pressure from the states in order to get the support necessary to get this through. Its going to be heavy lifting. We know you guys are available and are able to do that. Lets start with opening statements. Thank you sir and good morning everyone. Its a pleasure for me to be with you senator inhofe and senator boxer and i appreciate senator sessions great introduction of may a good friend of my appreciate all the members of t
And local governments have the tools they need. This is a very important topic. We learn a lot when we got involved with Hurricane Center recovery and we are taking the larynx that we derive from that and trying to build into more of our programs routine resilient construction. For instance we found that stoplights needed to be waged in the ground deeper to be more resilient. And when that local leaders in my state are working hard to address whether its new york city or projects to improve sidewalks and crosswalks in upstate new york. Yielding pedestrian infrastructure and how we design our streets safe slice. As this Committee Works to revise map21 we should invest in critical safety programs that protect the safety of pedestrians including the children and the elderly and people with disabilities. What would be the implications of failing to adequately address the safety at the federal level . Its an incredibly important question senator. Between 2009 and 2013 and actually saw an up
Measures, so forth. Theyre talking about the i work for childrens massive implications that they National Health system. See happening. And im wondering if the panel this question is addressed to has any thoughts on this. Dr. Fullman. You mentioned population as one of the things you would have to thanks. Face eventually down the road, double or tripling. Thank you for your question. Has the institute you work with, as i mentioned in my first has it partnered with any Asean Department of health agencies, remarks, aec, asean economic regional, national or local level, with the hope to reduce community, the group asean is the number of consumers and the demand for Energy Consumption . Really influential and very relevant to u. S. Business economies. And so is for all Japanese Business communities. And a you know, the Japanese Companies has made tons of thank you very much. Its very hard for me to address investment, Foreign Direct Investment in asean countries for many, many years in the