I just want to remind people that he previously served as the under secretary of treasury under george h. W. Bush, working on financial institutions, the treasury, and between that and his joining the board of governors in 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the department of policy center. Inancial institutions, the treasury, and between that and his joining the board of governors in 2012, he was a visiting scholar at the department of policy center. At the time when fiscal policy is as much or more critical, it is hard to imagine we could have anybody better than jay powell. Thank you for coming back to the peterson institute, chairman powell. Chairman powell thanks. Its great to be back. I have some brief remarks, then i look forward to our discussion. The coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll as it has spread. This is a Worldwide Public Health crisis and healthcare workers have been the First Responders showing courage and determination and earning our lasting g
26. We have confidence in reaching that date, achieving that date. It depends on peoples ability to stay at home. At home, weple stay can hit the date sooner. If people are failing to stay at home and spreading the virus, that date could have to go longer if the deaths continue to pile up. But at this point, based on the data we have and the data that is emerging, we feel confident we can achieve that date and you can achieve that date by staying at home and wearing a mask if you absolutely have to go out. This is also both a wonderful but also a challenging time of year for most of us in different faith traditions. It is Easter Sunday for those in the Christian Faith. Passover starts tonight for many coloradans like myself in the jewish faith. Those who are secular or humanists often celebrate rights associated with the spring equinox that is coming soon, a week after easter. There is orthodox easter for eastern orthodox, Greek Orthodox after the christian easter. We have with us reve
Creating that map took about 12 weeks of engaging with stakeholders, hosting those planning workshops. But the result was that framework that laid out the challenges, the approaches to address them and most importantly specific next steps to move forward. Funding tool kit explains the funding resources, makes recommendations for the best options for troy. Theres 51 different federal broadband loan and Grant Programs. Communities need help actually navigating those complex processes. And as troy moves forward now on its own project, we anticipate that roadmap is going to be a guide for other communities, help correct the nearly 40 of montanaens still without reliability connectivity. We know already in five years that efforts to expand broad band have made a meaningful difference for our montana students. Our future progress on that issue will bring Economic Opportunity then to those Rural Communities, also ensure they have the resources to thrive. This really is an area where i think g
Hello everyone. Good morning and thank you for sticking around we are thrilled to have the governor of colorado back for the second year in a row i am an Energy Reporter at politico. We have a limited time so we will have a speed round on a number of topics for governor hogan. Colorado has very ambitious climate goals. Can you outline those for us. Yes i ran for office with a goal of 100 Renewable Energy by 2040. We already had several communities that stepped up with more aggressive goals the first was pueblo, colorado our industrial heartland with a goal of 100 Renewable Energy by 2035 also to cities that have already achieved 100 aspen and now glenwood springs. We look forward to have the statewide story. We have a variety of utility providers and number of municipals, some are leading the way, some are lagging that were looking forward to work with everybody to achieve that. You talked about 100 renewables in just 20 years but the plan you put forward has no enforcement mechanism s
And now we welcome to the podium ngas chair, governor steve bullock. Gov. Bullock good afternoon, everybody. I hope everyone enjoyed yesterdays policy sessions and social events. We had governors only breakfast. Oh there is governor herbert. Governor herbert, again, i think i could speak for everyone in saying that the tabernacle choir was just absolutely incredible. [applause] gov. Bullock so thank, not you, but the first lady, because i know she did most of the work the last couple days, hosting is at the s i, you have a wonderful office building. Today, we kick off a celebration of americas space program. The one instruction to me about to myannot take this 12yearold son, so i will not touch it, but to get us started, i will recognize my friend and nga vice chair Governor Hogan of maryland. [applause] good morning, everybody. As you know, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. And the moon landing represents one of humanitys greatest achievements. This story is often