Implement it going forward. Okay. Im going to skip mr. Baker because my questions were about rock fish and striped bass. And i think you mentioned that on the one hand, you know rock fish are back. But on the other hand whats happening in terms of Climate Change could severely impact them. Did you want to add to that . One of the being concerns is a wasting disease. There is no real absolute knowledge as to what causes it. But we know that when fish are stressed, theyre more prone to disease. So the general thinking is that a fish under stress has a lot more problems than one that isnt. And certainly, the population is starting to dip again. Okay. Let me then go to lastly to dr. Ekwurzel. Because the noaa recently released the state of the climate in a 2014 report that represents data from scientists around the globe and i know you stressed you gave us a lot of information about annapolis and maryland. But i if i could just go, you know, beyond that you know, according to the state of
Asked to be chairman of the subcommittee, and im grateful to chairman row for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look forward to working with ms. Elizabeth esty from connecticut as our new Ranking Member, under Committee Rules ms. Julia brownley is still the subcommittees acting Ranking Member. My understanding is that the full committee will schedule a business meeting to familiarize the subcommittee, im sorry, formalized the subcommittee assignment at our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. Since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also come and would also want to make sure that we know that we have been joined by the Ranking Member, mr. Tim walsh, and we thank him for being here. I want to ask anonymous consent for the Ranking Member walsh for representative esty and salon be allowed to set at the dais and escalation. I also want to ask unanimous consent that ms. Esty be prepared or permitted to serve as Ranking Member for this hearing, pending her rati
We need to know what to expect weatherwise. It is. Across the atlantic, active. We had Tropical Storm julia. Ian is posttropical. Just late last night. Tropical storm karl developed. Let me focus on julia. We have the latest information in. Its still sitting off the coast of carolina, still a Tropical Storm as of 11 00 this morning and will sit over there the next tuesday, it heads out and dissipates. Now we talk arable Tropical Storm karl. It will head west and gain strength. By the middle of next week, it is a category one hurricane. The track is pushing north, which is great news. Bringing back home, has a tropical feel to the air, uncomfortable level of humid still. In our headlines, today and on sunday. No relief from the heat. Upper 80s to low 90s for the rest of summer, stacie. There are questions about a massive sinkhole this morning on top of a mosaic gypsum stack. Eagle 8 flew over it. Take a look at it. In the middle is a waterfall. Its about 40 feet across. No one is. Its c
Make is that also critical to dealing with these set of enduring challenges is the continued economic and technological leadership of the United States, which as former secretary gates and others have said, is National Security imperative for us. Now i would like to talk a little bit about the relationship between intelligence and National Security. We always say its the first line of defense. This time going forward, we really do mean it. The benefits that it gives us is it informs our National Security policy. If youre the president and top advisers and trying to make sense of this wide array of challenges, intelligence is the first thing you need to have to understand the world in which youre dealing with. Then for our operators and war fighters, our intelligence capabilities enable what we call Intelligence Driven precision operation. When directed by the president , the Intelligence Community provides additional options in between diplomacy and the overt use of military force. The