Of this live right now. Reporter absolutely. Ana, what youre hearing is it will be almost 3,000 names that will be read this morning and for as long as it takes, sometimes it goes into the early afternoon. It is of those people who died here on 9 11, not only those who died here but also six people who were killed when the World Trade towers were attacked in 1993. In addition for the four moments of silence we have had here, there will be a Moment Of Silence as you point out for when there was the attack on the pentagon and another one for when the plane, flight 93, plowed into the field in shanksville, pennsylvania. And behind me what you see behind vaughan and i, that is whats called The One world observatory. It is in the footprint of where the World Trade towers stood. As one woman said to me as she was taking her children in a couple years ago for a visit, to tour, and to learn about what happened here, she said that for her its a symbol of power, strength and resilience. This is
We are going to get started. The subcommittee hearing will come to order, without objection, the chair has authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This briefing extension of several hearings we have had, discussing Climate Change. We are focusing on the Economic Impacts of global warming. I will defer the Opening Statement for myself. When we spoke earlier in the holding area, i mentioned the fact that we would be trying to do a hearing. This is a briefing. We do have time for your Opening Statements. What i would like to do is afford each of you the opportunity to do so. Let me introduce the four of you and then we will move to you, mr. Gomez. We have alfredo gomez, director, Natural Resources environment team, Government Accountability office. Dave jones, senior director for environmental risk at the Nature Conservancy, institute of Economic Freedom and the heritage foundation. Dr. Michael greenstone, Milton Friedman distinguished Service Professor of economics a
Held by a house to oversight subcommittee, this is an hour and a half. All right, good morning, everyone. And welcome to our hearing in oversight and information subcommittee on energy and commerce. Finish the subcommittee convenes its hearing today to examine unimplemented recommendations by the Environmental Protection agencys office of Inspector General and Government Accountability office. Acting on these recommendations would improve epas ability to carry out its core mission. Protecting human health and the environment. This mission is never more important than during times of National Disaster Natural Disaster like the one in the gulf coast or experiencing right now in Hurricane Harvey or about to hit with another hurricane in the florida coast. First of all, on behalf of the committee i want to express my son sincere sorry to everyone impacted by the storm. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst National Disasters the United States has ever faced, and its still too early to tell
Market. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Hello . Ok. Good morning, everyone. With the American Enterprise institute. I want to welcome everyone in our Conference Room and everyone watching through electronic means to a Conference Today addressing the general and specific questions, also of stabilizing the Health Insurance market on the Affordable Care act. Proposal made a by your group of eight governors who will be following the panel. Why we have the governor speaking after us. The reason is travel considerations. Fortunately, although this panel is not obligate it to can find , fortunately the governors to put out a letter last week that is easy to summarize. I will start by summarizing their points so everyone has a basic rounding on what the governors are talking about grounding on what the governors are talking about and what we will be talking about. Identify three categories of actions that could be taken. Actions toederal and than the markets other types of reforms that cost an
We convene today to examine recommendations by the Inspector General and gla. Gao. This mission is never more important than during times of natural disasters, like the one in the gulf coast we are experiencing now in Hurricane Harvey with another hurricane about to hit the florida coast. I want to express my sincere sorrow to everyone impacted by the storm. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst natural disasters the United States has ever faced, and still too early to tell the devastation that has displaced thousands of people. Members on both side of the aisle present in sichuans who have experienced loss as they begin to rebuild their lives from this national tragedy. During the storm and in the aftermath, epa plays a Critical Role in the federal response to Hurricane Harvey. While epa is in the midst of initial response efforts, their work is on the begun. We look forward to monitoring their response and learning the full extent of the Environmental Impact and the challenges ahead.