Can you please call the roll . [ roll call ] clerk you have a quorum. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Approval of the minutes from the october 6 regular meeting. Can we open up the line for Public Comment on the minutes from the october 6 meeting. You have zero questions remaining. Well pause 20 seconds. If no one comes on the line, well move along. Clerk if members of the public wish to address the board on the meeting, please dial 10 to join the queue. And the number is available on the screen, should anyone want to join. You have zero questions remaining. Then well close Public Comment. Directors, are there any additions or amendments to the minutes . If not, may i hear a motion. Motion. Is there a second . A second. Please call the roll. [ roll call ] clerk 50. Item 5, communications. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held virtually and all members of the public and staff are participating via video conference. This will
Senior fellow and director of the Chinese Energy at the huston institution. Hudson institute. Hes a distinguished defense and policy advisor, a former highranking Government Official andauthor of numerous books and reports on china. I can tell you definitively that might has really changed the us militarys thinking. Back a number of years ago he was sent to china to collect Chinese Military writings and he was the First American official who revealed that what the chinese were telling themselves militarily behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public about how they wanted to be friends with the world and it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the militaries view of the peoples republic ofchina. His book is a landmark book. His most recent book is the hundred year marathon, chinas secret strategy to replace america as a global superpower. This book is really a fascinating look and is probably one of the only places in public where youll find inf
And id like to first introduce our panelists including myself. Doctor Michael Pillsbury is one of the foremost china experts in the world. Hes currently a senior fellow and director of the chinese strategy at the hudson institution. Hes a distinguished defense and policy advisor, former highranking governorofficial and author of numerous books and reports on china. I can tell you definitively that mike has really changed the us militarys thinking back some number of years ago he was sent to china to collect Chinese Military writings and he was the First American official who revealed that what the chinese were telling themselves militarily behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public about how they wanted to be friends with the world and it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the militaries view of the peoples republic ofchina. His book is a landmark book. His most recent mark is focused hundred year map marathon, chinas hundred year strategy t
Making more ppp loans than one of the Major National banks did nationwide. That is just the success of the ppp, but it is because of the engagement. Before i go, i have two questions. I would like to respond to something my colleague from california brought up about the recovering economy. There are areas of the country the economy is recovering strong , the state of georgia is one of those. Our revenue reports came out over a week ago. The tax revenues for 2020 r. 7 higher than 2019 because instead heavyhanded government putting longterm restrictions on the people, we decided to trust the people they would be safe and secure and opened our economy. I think of other states would like to see that type of economic recovery, maybe they should address the way their states are being governed. I know the Federal Reserve is looking at ways of broadening the main Street Lending program, which we all realize needs to be broadened. Areas i would like to see us take a look at. That ishose industr
First, i would ask all members on the webex platform to keep themselves muted when theyre not being recognized. This will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. Members on the webex platform are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except where a member is not being recognized and there is inadvertent background noise. Members on the platform are reminded they may only attend one remote hearing at a time. So if you are participating today please remain with us during the hearing. Members should try to avoid coming in and out of the meeting particularly during the question period. If during the hearing members wish to be recognized the chair recommends that members identify themselves by name so as to facilitate the chairs recognition. I would also ask that members be patient as the chair proceeds given the nature of the Online Platform the committee is using. In addition the chair informs