Operations budget for the state department and the u. S. Agency for International Development. Committee members asked about the high number of personnel vacancies within the department and hiring from a diverse pool of candidates. This is about an hour and a half. The subcommittee will come to order. We meet today to discuss the state department and u. S. I. D. Fy 2020 operations budget. Without objection, all members may have five days to submit statements, questions, extraneous materials for the record, subject to the length limitations in the rules. Ill now make my opening statement, and then turn it over to the Ranking Member for his opening statement. Ive noticed that the republicans are a little bit faster getting over here after votes. I want to thank the Ranking Member mr. Zeldin members of the subcommittee and our witnesses for joining us for todays hearing for the fiscal year 2020 operations budget, also want to thank the witnesses for being accommodating knowing that our vo
Were very pleased to have you with us this afternoon. Im bob carter. Have the privilege of serving as director of the Wallace Stegner center for Land Resources and the here at the college of law. I should note that were very pleased to be joined this afternoon only with our esteemed speaker, but cspan will be filming todays event. And were very to have them with us us. The customary way that we start these events at the college of law is with the native lands acknowledgment. We acknowledge that this land is named for the ute tribe is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the shoshone. Paiute go shoot and ute tribes the university of utah recognize jesus and respects the enduring that exists between. Many Indigenous Peoples and their traditional homelands. We respect the sovereign between tribes, states and the federal government, and we affirm the university of utahs commitment to a partnership native nations and urban indian communities through research, education and Community Ou
Folks that are here this morning. I have come a long way. Several alaskans have flown down from the north slope to be with us. Recognizing that this is their home, i think its important that theyre here with us today, so we welcome them. I would also like to add just a farewell at the same time that we acknowledge the welcome. We dont see angela shes over there, but angela who is been senator cantwell staff director, i understand is moving back to the west coast, and that this is perhaps your last day on the committee, or last week on the committee. I just, i want to acknowledge the work that you have done. I think that certainly the staffs on our site have enjoyed the working relationship that we have had with you through some interesting and challenging issues, and your leadership has been greatly appreciated. So know that were going to miss you, so thank you. [applause] so lets get to work. We are here to mark up legislation to allow responsible Energy Development in a small portion
Thoughts on the u. S. Military. We have special lines for this question. If you are an active member of the military, call 202 7488000. If you are a retired military service member, call 202 7488001. All others can call 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good morning. Lets start by taking a look at what the president said earlier this month about the state of the u. S. Military during his comments about his National Security strategy. [video clip] dealt isis one devastating defeat after another. The coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost 100 of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and syria. Great job. [applause] really good. Really good. Thank you. Thank you. We have a great military. We are now chasing them wherever they fully. And we will not let them into the United States. In afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines. And we no longer tell our enemie
Looking at key authors in the past year. We will be doing that through tomorrow. Jessica, thank you for joining us today. Callerguest thank you for havi. Host what prompted you to look at this issue . I am a generalist and i have been interested in labor issues for a very longtime in the digital era. Like a lot of journalists, i Read Everything i can get my hands on and was fascinated when i was reading about somebody working in an amazon warehouse, and i briefly met a woman who said, i live in an rv fulltime and i cannot afford to retire. Amazon referring to an program who hires people fulltime on the road to do a lot of the heavy pick and pack labor meeting up until christmas. What i did not know then is that there was a whole world of people who are fulltime on the road living out of vehicles in traveling from job to job. The article was the genesis of the book project. Host and your book, nomad land was noted as a notable book for 2017. In one of the topics of 2017. The book, you a