Effectiveness of us communication with others, other republics and other countries. We have with us today im speaker will be assistant secretary of state and senior artificial in a euro of Public Affairs, and were glad you could joinus today. We look forward to this event. She joins the state department in every third 2018. But in the year later she became, she was already assistant secretary but took on the responsibility of the undersecretary ofstate. For Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Two of which were united under the nine, she has led one of the largest restructurings in 20 years so this is a very ambitious, interesting effort which is not created the bureau of Global Public affairs which she is the head. Welcome, she was Global Corporate Communications Senior Vice President for the waiver set of new york and she has also previously in washington worked for Newt Gingrich and as a lead member of his medications team. And communications survey. She holds a masters degree in po
Good morning, and welcome to the heritage foundation. It is a true pleasure to welcome you to our distinguished panel today. We are going to be talking about Public Diplomacy in the trump administration. Significant changes have been taking place within the state department in this field, yet at least i think, as someone who studies this extensively, not enough has really been coming forth about the extent of those changes and the effects they are having on the effectiveness of your communication with other publics in other countries. We have with us today, our main speaker will be the assistant secretary of state and a senior official in the bureau of Public Affairs. Were thrilled you could join us today. We look forward to this event. She joined the state department on february 3, 2018, and a year later became she was already assistant secretary, but took on the responsibilities of the undersecretary of state for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. She has led one of the largest res
State Department Officials talk about the trump administrations approach to Public Diplomacy, including a reorganization of the Public Affairs arm of the state department. The Heritage Foundation hosted the hourlong event. Good morning, and welcome to the Heritage Foundation. It is a pleasure to welcome our distinguished panel. We will be talking about Public Diplomacy, in the trump administration. Significant changes have been taking place, with the state department in this field, and i think, as someone who studies this extensively, not enough has really been coming forth about the extent of those changes and the effects they are having on the effectiveness of your communication with other publics in other countries. Mainve with us today, our speaker will be the assistant secretary of state in the bureau of Public Affairs. Thrilled you could join us today. She joined the state department and a year 3, 2018, later became, she was already assistant secretary, but took on the responsibi
Fast act provides a certainty and reforms necessary to improve our nations infrastructure and spur economic growth. The fast act was a significant bipartisan achievement showing once again the senate is back to work for the american people. This committees work, which accounted for more than half of the text of the bill, helped to enhance safety, increase transparency, reform regulatory structures and improve planning for free with reforms covering everything from railroads to cars to trucks to ports as well as research and technology, this legislation was a True Team Effort to reduce congestion, protect passengers and improve our nations multimodal supply chain. Protect lives on our nation roadways by promoting Greater Consumer awareness and Corporate Responsibility for safety. Im please that had the whistle blower act is now the law of the land. This law which i introduced with Ranking Member nelson and others incentivize to blow the whistle when manufacturers sit on important safety
Changes provided for under the fast act including processing procedures and an application dashboard. And finally something that goes hand in hand with all of the departments efforts is research and innovation. In march we began the competition for utc grants which allows students and faculty to Work Together towards innovative transportation solutions. Weve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. Im proud of the work the department has accomplished in such a short period of time. But this is just the beginning. And it would not be possible i would like to repeat without the work of this congress on a bipartisan basis. We will continue our aggressive schedule to execute the reforms you put into place because if our nations going to have the type of Transportation System tomorrow that is better than it had today, wasted time is something none of us can afford. So with that, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you and i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Secretary. A