Compete with. Lucius. And staying silent for now mollys opposition agrees to stop protests calling for the president to step down. An Intelligence Report has found the British Government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in u. K. Politics it says the government failed to make action even after evidence emerge of moscow trying to influence the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum the authors say its hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the. Referendum but the u. K. Was still to recognize the threat and the report warns russias cyber capability pauses what it calls and immediate threat to Britains National security while the u. K. Government insists its not being complacent when it comes to the flow of illegal russian money into the country but members of parliament the Parliamentary Committee didnt agree. What we do know about russian influence in the u. K. Is that is the new normal successive governments of welcome russian oligarchs and their money with ou
At the end of that war, a Hunger Strike began here in ukraine, and my uncle ended the war in latvia. He invited my father and mother there, and i was born in latvia. I moved to the city of kherson in 2003. My parents are buried here. This is my homeland. I was working at a kiosk and selling bread on february 24. I had to go to work. I lived in a communal apartment at the time. I went out into the corridor and there was a neighbor and zhanna said she had to start. Tears flowed because it was so unexpected. I could never imagine that i could serve, such trouble is terrible. I went to work and the clients left, then they started saying that tanks are already driving through the garden, russian tanks are already driving through the garden, how did all the glory come together, flags , ukrainian songs, they had and hung theirs , they published a newspaper we could only know from the newspaper that there was no television, there was nothing , this is the only source from which we could find a
Estimate of cost of 2020 census which does not conform best practices. Quality cost estimates can help an agency manage complex activities as well as help Congress Make funding decisions and provide sufficient oversight however, cost estimate only partially met characteristics of best practice and min malely met other best practices well documented incredible. Bureau has not public released update to 2015 cost estimate yet several events since then including changes requirements and procedures, the life cycle cost would be substantially higher than original estimate of 12. 5 billion. The bureaus preparation for 2020 have been further complicated by ongoing vacancies in the positions of census director and Deputy Director. Active leadership has since been named, turnover makes it difficult to ensure accountability and continuity as well as to mitigate risks and control costs over the long term. This concludes my prepared remarks, i will turn it over to my colleague who will discuss the
Okay, second panel. Yall ready . And just like before, start out with Opening Statements from all the panelists followed by questions from members and i recognize thomas fanning. President and ceo of Southern Company. Hes here on behalf of electricity sub sector counsel. Tom, you have five minutes for your opening statement. Microphone please. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is tom fanning. I am the chairman, president , and ceo of Southern Company and past chairman of the Edison Electric institute, the association that represents all the u. S. Investorowned electric companies. Im addressing you today as my role as one of three cochairs of the council. We collaborate closely with our colleagues from public power utilities and rural cooperatives on escc. Im pleased to address the subcommittee and to chair the steps the electric Power Industry is taking to make Energy Infrastructure smarter and more resilient. Allowing us to continue delivering affordable a
President trump tweeted out that for everyone of these ceos on the Manufacturing Council, that would leave, he would have another one that would take their place. A few hours after that, here inside of trump tower was asked about the ceos they were leaving, he contended they were quote leaving out of embarassment he says, because they were making their products outside of the country. Now the president has a different take on this essentially, trying to contend or trying to suggest at this point that he is doing them a favor by ending not just the Manufacturing Council but also another wider policy group. Here was his tweet to that end a little while ago. He says, and i quote, rather than putting pressure on Business People of Manufacturing Council and strategy policy and forum, i am ending both. Thank you all was his parting message. Now the president has yet to dom meant today on his remarks yesterday from inside trump tower about charlottesville, how he said there is blame to go aro