All the News Coverage is part of infrastructure week. Our committee seems determined to make it science week. We have two people, the undersecretary and the office of science. We are here to discuss the role in the offices of science. I hope our witnesses will expand on the discussion. The office of science carries out the basic scientific research that underpins nearly all of the departments activities. At the core of the office of science are the 10 national labs stewarded by the office. Facilities such as Berkeleys Advance Facility are examples of what the u. S. Does at its best. These unique and expensive facilities surpass the investment any one institution can muster on its own and provide shared access to worldclass instruments based on the scientific merit of their projects. These facilities offer a platform foR Discovery and to bring together researchers from different crowds and different approaches. It turns out the collaboration is as vital as it is or legislative ones. The
Technology committee. Its just under three hours. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to make note that today the committee is meeting virtually. I want to announce a couple of reminders to the members about the conduct of the hearing. First, members should keep their Video Feed on as long as theyre present at the hearing. Members are responsible for their own microphones. Please also keep your microphones muted until you are speaking. Finally, if members have documents they wish to submit to the record, please email them to the committee clerk, whose Email Address was circulated prior to the meeting. Good morning to everyone, and thank you, Madam Secretary, for appearing before us today. It is so great to see you. As you know, this committee has jurisdiction over all of the department of energys essential Science And Energy Research And Development activities. Their laboratories and facilities. So i very much look forward
Speaking. Finally, if members have documents they wish to submit to the record, please email them to the committee clerk, whose Email Address was circulated prior to the meeting. Good morning to everyone, and thank you, Madam Secretary, for appearing before us today. It is so great to see you. As you know, this committee has jurisdiction over all of the department of energys essential Science And Energy Research And Development activities. Their laboratories and facilities. So i very much look forward to working with you throughout this conference. Were Meeting Today at a critical time in history. Unfortunately, climate change remains a growing threat across the world. Many of us have heard firsthand and have seen firsthand the devastating effects it can have in our communities. We are going through some of them right now in my community with lots and lots of rain. Especially our front line and disadvantaged communities are suffering at the same time. This novel coronavirus has substan
For technical analysis or to with technical tools, seeing the effects we could have on the Battle Space come sing the fruits of your Labor Winter behind a computer and actually having kinetic effects of different in the global war on terror. That was something that stoked my interest in technology. Then i was later recruited from a position at the pentagon still working on Counter Terrorism and counterterrorism policies and intelligence to help start the Counterterrorism Analysis Program and global security facebook. I moved to the Bay Area. Originally from california so not much of a departure but ended up working at the locus of energy where the Tech Space was concerned in Silicon Valley, and just loved it. Youre right in the middle of everything and able to Dream And Innovation anything and then facebook with their resources and their prodigious Engineering Talent we were able to make it happen. National security it seemed to party much move seamlessly into the Tech World into the B
united states. runaway inflation devastating family budgets now. crime waves terrorizing our cities, the fentanyl explosion killing thousands of americans every month, millions of illegal aliens brazenly walking across the border and our own homeless population is exploding. how could this be happening in america? we keep asking night after night, how low can present abiding go in the polls before his team or schumer or pelosi admit it s time for a course correction? a political party that s actually interested in success and results you know, that whole making life better for the average person thing, would know by now that it was time for a change. but apparently that time still hasn t come. instead, they stick with the same antigrowth, pro-crime policies that have driven biden to a staggering 33% approval in the latest quinnipiac poll. and i guess they think that they can turn this around by, i don t know, appearing to feel your pain? we understand some realities happe