Of that down the stage. We will see whether there is down the road, but that is for time to tell. You told the New York Times that you almost did not even run for reelection in part because of treatment from your own party. You said, quote, it is the incoming, the stress, lack of support from your own party, it is your own party thinking you are your own enemy. Do you think other democrats see you as the enemy . Do you think joe biden sees you that way . I do notiocortez believe joe biden sees me that way. And i think that is one of the reasons he won election. There is a marked difference between 2020 and 2016 in how the Democratic Party was able to unify, to joe bidens credit, before the election and get everyone on the same page to make sure we vote donald trump out of office. That being said, there are, at least in the house caucus, very deep divisions within the party, and i believe that we need to really come together and not allow republican narratives to tear us apart. As you m
In this portion a group of Business Leaders discuss the future innovation and competitiveness environment in the u. S. Good morning. Since the councils beginning in 1986, weve seen over and over and time and again how technology has transformed our lives, and unleashed new challenges and opportunities as we think about a new future for the United States. 2003 was such a period of change. 17 years after our founding, our Council Members recognized that the nation stood at a florida infliction point. We needed significant chance to enhance our innovation capacity which lead to the pioneering work of our National Innovation initiative it, and now another 17 years later here we are again, once again finding ourselves at the precipice of transformational change. Throughout the day as debra mentioned in her opening remarks well hear stories about the changes as they are foundational to our Flagship National commission on innovation and competitiveness frontiers. The commission cochaired by t
Cspan2. Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations iran policy before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the president s decision to kill iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Committee chair representative eliot engel threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Subject to limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that todays mr. Mccalls birthday. So happy birthday. Im 35 years once again. Me, too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today, as well. After we invited him, he announced that he would instead be in california. Thats unfortunate whether you agree with this administrations ap
Week on the communicators. Mr. Purdy, what do you do for huawei as chief Security Officer . Guest my primary role is interval although ive been doing more extra things in the last six to 12 months but my responsibilities have to do with sharing a committee of the key parts of the company in the United States that tries to assess and manage and control risk, help support our overall ethics and Compliance Program so we can make sure we protect huawei, protect our customers and continue to do business and manage cybersecurity privacy risk. Host what is huaweis legal and commercial status in the u. S. Right now . Guest its kind of the moving target. We have National Defense authorization act. We have pending rulemaking pursuant to an executive order. Right now we cant sell to the u. S. Government. We cant sell to use contractors, and theres pressure for our small carrier customers, wireless and wireline customers, to rip out huawei gear. So theres legislation pending that would provide fun
Dr. Moline, is there any safe level of asbestos in consumer talcbased products . No. And why is that . Theres no safe level of asbestos period. Its a carcinogen. Its a type 1 carcinogen and there should be no exposure. Dr. Longo, both the fda and the epa agree that there is no safe or acceptable level of asbestos for human exposure, correct . That is correct. In fact, just this past year, Johnson Johnsons ceo was asked in a deposition whether asbestos is safe. He stated, quote, i would agree that asbestos is considered unsafe. Im not an expert geologist or safety expert in that particular area. But generally speaking, we would say, yeah, asbestos is not safe. On october 18th, the fda announced it had detected asbestos in j js talcum powder. Dr. Moline, what is the significance of this announcement . That to this day, theyre finding asbestos when they go off the shelf. In talcum powder. And its putting thousands, if not millions, of people at risk in the future. Dr. Longo . That is corr