Minutes. This hearing will come to order but welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing regarding the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request. I welcome director Shalonda Young director of Office Management and budget. Thank you for being here. I have enjoyed working with you. You are one of the most likable people on capitol hill and in my experience in politics and kudos to you. As ive said before i like you a lot i do not like the president s budget im going to outline that with respect. But probably some sharp criticism. But i appreciate your service to our country as a former staff person here on capitol hill and now in this very important job as the director of omb. Welcome back to capitol hill and thank you for your time this morning. Im going to yield such time as i may consume for an Opening Statement that you thought that was my Opening Statement. Im not going to read my statement, i just want to talk to you i want to talk to my colleagues i want to talk to the Americ
Broadband access. The hearing runs two hours. Two hours and 40 minutes. [bangs gavel] good afternoon. The Senate Commerce committee will come to order. I thank my colleagues, many have been in this room for many hours already today doing double duty on both an aviation hearing, and now, a very important conversation about the implementation of the chips and science act which we are committing a pretty big role in. Less to say, our community has been very diligently working on a lot of transformational policy. While were waiting for our colleague here, i think i will thank senator wicker again for his work on chips and science act. I think people may not remember, but this committee, i dont know how many amendments we processed. It was in the hundreds, it might have been in the 300s, but i definitely believe that the regular process was good for the institution, good for the debate about science, and hopefully people will continue in todays hearing to understand that, to understand much
Minutes. This hearing will come to order but welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing regarding the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request. I welcome director Shalonda Young director of Office Management and budget. Thank you for being here. I have enjoyed working with you. You are one of the most likable people on capitol hill and in my experience in politics and kudos to you. As ive said before i like you a lot i do not like the president s budget im going to outline that with respect. But probably some sharp criticism. But i appreciate your service to our country as a former staff person here on capitol hill and now in this very important job as the director of omb. Welcome back to capitol hill and thank you for your time this morning. Im going to yield such time as i may consume for an Opening Statement that you thought that was my Opening Statement. Im not going to read my statement, i just want to talk to you i want to talk to my colleagues i want to talk to the Americ
Commerce, science and transportation committee, topics included critical mineral supply chains, manufacturing of Semiconductor Chips, workforce shortages and Rural Broadband access. The hearing runs two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, the Senate Commerce committee will come to order. I think my colleagues who have been in this room for many hours already today doing double duty today on aviation hearing and very important conversation about the chips in science act, which are committee played a big role in, needless to say are committee has been working diligently on a lot of transformational policy but while we are waiting for our colleague here i think i will thank senator wicker again for his work on chips in science act. People may not remember but this committee, dont know how many were processed. It was in the hundreds. Might have been in the 300s but i definitely believe a regular order process is good for the institution, good for the debate abou
The critical thing and we should visit when we have more time. Let me just say the reports about because way are incredibly disturbing and i cant count on the investigations but we take every threat seriously and investigate to the fullest wherever we think theres some incredible allegation that a company has done an end run around your export controls. We need different tools, im supportive of the guard act which would and the restrict act which would codify our itcs authorities. We need that to have a comprehensive approach to go after connected apps. We would need resources additionally to do that. I think we need Additional Resources around enforcement to do exactly what youre talking about. Candidly we need the threat is different today. The threat from china in 2023 is different than the cold war threats of decades ago. It is technology and a. I. And it is moving fast so i would welcome a broader discussion with you around how we modernize what we do and how we properly fund what