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Transportation secretary elaine chao joins the governors in a discussion on infrastructure. This is an hour. [crowd noise] [crowd chatter] good afternoon. I am terror of the development and Congress Commerce committee. Today is closing the plenary session. I want to thank all of the governors for joining us and making time in your agenda. Lets get started. States continue to be the debaters of innovation and innovative policy. No place is that more true than policies that states are pursuing to prepare for the nations transportation networks. As new and Innovative Technologies truly revolutionize the sector. As we see change occurring at an amazing rate, the governors are reshaping how states consider Infrastructure Investments. We will examine the challenges and opportunities for states and Innovative Technology as it becomes an integral part of the nations infrastructure. Im hoping this conversation will provide a chance to examine policy solutions, spurring the safe transition and i
Thank you. I hope you will still talk to me after tonight. The panel is extremely esteemed. So, please, forgive me for reading. Mark gold burg is the director of the Seed Institute which is a campus without walls housed at the university of california, los angeles. He is a plant molecular biologist who specializes in the area of plant genomics. Then we have wes parsons who is the author of the book how to read a french fry, how to pick a peach book. He is a member of the James Beard Foundation and a winner of multiply general journalism awards. Most of you probably know him as the former food editor and columnist in the Los Angeles Times which was his home for 25 years. Then we have ted parson. The professor of environmental law and the faculty codirector of the emmitt instustute on Climate Change and climate at ucla. His professional roles including serving as an advisor to institutions including the white house pascience and Technology Policy and the privy Council Office of the gover
Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. What happened . What happened . Hi, jade i, jade is that mom youre hearing . Yes what happened . Mama right. I understand uhhuh it opened up. Rose helen keller once said blindness separates us from thing but deafness separates us from people. Hearing loss affects 48 million americans. That is 15 of the population. Most of those cases are currently untreated. In recent years there have been break throughs in the treatment of hearing loss. Ingeborg hochmair helped Pioneer Development of the cochlear implant. The device stimulates the main auditor nerve that sends message to the brain to signal hearing. She recently received an award for her work and she joins me along with one of her patients, max. Max received the implant at the age of two. He is now 19 years old and about to begin college. Also joining me, a distinguished group of scientists, david corey of harvard university, frank lin
Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. What happened . What happened . Hi, jade i, jade is that mom youre hearing . Yes what happened . Mama right. I understand uhhuh it opened up. Rose helen keller once said blindness separates us from thing but deafness separates us from people. Hearing loss affects 48 million americans. That is 15 of the population. Most of those cases are currently untreated. In recent years there have been break throughs in the treatment of hearing loss. Ingeborg hochmair helped Pioneer Development of the cochlear implant. The device stimulates the main auditor nerve that sends message to the brain to signal hearing. She recently received an award for her work and she joins me along with one of her patients, max. Max received the implant at the age of two. He is now 19 years old and about to begin college. Also joining me, a distinguished group of scientists, david corey of harvard university, frank lin