Protect our watershed. Were also involved in a project with the Forest Service, bureau of reclamation city and national tore rest foundation to treat the 634,000 acre watershed that drains into the cc craigen reservoir. The projects were currently involved with highlight the need to improve federal policy to more efficiently make progress in restoring our forests and protecting our watersheds. Specifically there is a need to improve both Fire Suppression budgeting and the planning and compliance process for restoration proper skrektss. The cc craigen is a perfect example of why we need to address both issues at the same time. We appreciate the priority of the tore rest service and department of interior have praised on this project, however, despite the significance funding and staff dedicated, it is expected to take at least two if not three years before any thinning can be done on the ground. This is too long to simply hope that a fire doesnt destroy the craigen watershed. We must fi
They are they are becoming a critical partner for International Cooperation as well. One of our most significant cooperative efforts in codevelopment is with the advanced version of the sm3, the 2a, and that is being produced in japan. South korea is obviously has an immediate proximate stake in preventing missile strikes from north korea. Weve worked closely with south korea to ensure that as an alliance we can maintain the capacity to do that. Ive already talked about some of the things we bring to south korea. Patriot pac 3 batteries to defend both our forces deployed there as well as south korean forces, but south korea is also taking steps to enhance its own air and Missile Defense, including sea and landbased sensors, upgrading its patriot missiles and also pursuing its on indigenous korean air and Missile Defense capability. U. S. And australia, long Cooperation Partnership on Missile Defense research and development, most notably with regard to sensors. In the middle east we ha
Priority of the agency now. I have one more question. You recently stated that the sole basis for recommendation to the ban of most widely used chemicals was cumulative Risk Assessment which found the majority of Citizens Advisory Panel recommendation which found the majority of risk associated with chemicals was from another chemical, dehp. Can you explain concerns for using cumulative Risk Assessment as a basis for such regulatory determination . Thank you. The chap and the proposed rule is of great concern to me has been of concern to me since the chap issued its report because i believe the chap report should have been a public should have been subject to public peer review at that point. From that point onto me the system and whole process has been flawed. The cumulative Risk Assessment youre talking about is one of my concerns in that the process thats used, thats not well accepted in the Scientific Community, cumulative Risk Assessment, so i think that goes to the process and va
Because two men in that office came up to me and said we think you could do more than type and file. Do you want to know what we do . They mentored me, took a chance on me, gave me a helping hand. In all my career, all my life people have taken a chance for me. Its also true that its still different for women in some ways. Women in positions of authorities are caricatured differently, scrutinized differently, because its different, its new. Ask that and that sometimes makes it very hard. The way we should think about this is to recognize that Human Potential is the only limitless resource we have in this world. Its also the only resource we need to solve every problem we have and attack every opportunity in a successful way. Women are half the potential of this nation. Women are the majority of voters. If you look around, womens potential hasnt been fully tapped. So that means something for all of us. We ought to be tapping everyones potential and make sure that regardless of what some
To you that with this in mind what actions have you taken in the past year to provide relief to companies with respect to costs of Third Party Testing requirements . Thank you congresswoman. One of the areas we found interesting, and this was discovered by Small Business ombudsman, i dont want to get the commissioner upset since it involves his prior occupation, but we found a lot of Third Party Labs are testing for services that are not required and so our Small Business ombudsman and his Office Provide phenomenal support and assistance working with Small Businesses and i encourage any members with Small Businesses that have issues, reach out to neil cohen of cpsc because he can work with companies to go through testing reports and find out whether or not they really need certain testing. He doesnt actually go line by line, but he says here are general guidances and questions you should be asking. He really does a phenomenal job of empowering a lot of companies. Thats gone a huge way