Now it is my absolute pleasure to introduce our guest speaker. Jennifer pahlka is the founder of code for america, former deputy chief Technology Officer under obama. Her book, recoding america why government is failing in the age and how we can do better was recently called one of the best policy books ive ever read. And the book i wish every policymaker could read by New York Times ezra klein, who, as probably all know, has quite, quite a big reach. Her book, a bold call to reexamine how government operates it goes beyond a call for more money or fancy or technology and into root cause analysis of the improvements that need to be made to end growing bureaucratic dysfunction, governments simply must start better delivering for citizens or populism will be the end result. Youll more about the poor implementation of healthcare. Gov of the federal level and then the appalling 32 billion in fraud losses at californias Employment Development department. Jen importantly is optimistic throug
We are funded by these Television Companies and more. s supporting cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Energy secretary on clean energy any factoring investments modernizing the system and helping the u. S. Better compete with china. Our testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is about two and half hours. The committee will come to order i want to welcome everyone. The chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Madam secretary i want to thank you for being here today before the committee. After traveling to saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates last week. I am sure you are well received abroad. I hope the purpose to booster foster fuels. Especially what President Biden and his administration of the department of energy. Getting to make it less independent. President biden in the secretary should not be prioritizing
Unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula as indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditional is the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in the traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland, and we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestor elders and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. So now i believe we need to move into the vote to excuse current and future absences. Laura, if you have any guidance around this, are we going to use the current ones . So its just if anyone needs to flag a future one. Okay. Is there any future absences that need to be okay . Thank you so much. Okay. All right. So well move to item number two. It
Unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula as indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditional is the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in the traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland, and we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestor elders and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. So now i believe we need to move into the vote to excuse current and future absences. Laura, if you have any guidance around this, are we going to use the current ones . So its just if anyone needs to flag a future one. Okay. Is there any future absences that need to be okay . Thank you so much. Okay. All right. So well move to item number two. It
The leaders. Largest us defense companies, all unanimously give out interviews with calls to defend democracy in ukraine. Performance about america about the world at large outside our borders is incredibly different from the perception inside our borders. I think you know that our media is lying to us. Every person in america told me for a year and a half that ukraine would win if we just give it more weapons. But the rest of the world thinks its crazy. Its not even about politics russia has 100 million more people than ukraine, russia is the largest country in the world, with huge Energy Reserves and industrial potential. Ukraine has none of this, and you tell me, that with the help of nato, which actually does not exist in the form the americans imagine it to be, it can defeat russia. No matter how much you want it, it wont happen. It worries me that we cannot understand obvious things, and this is deathlike. Its very worrying what were doing, this didnt happen under trump, the 45th