Can help Companies Operating the electrical grid, Pipeline System and infrastructure. This hearing is an hour and 35 minutes. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I apologize. A little later start than i had hoped. Over the years, we have conducted a number of hearings designed to examine the vulnerabilities of our nations electric grid system. This congress we held hearings focused on cybersecurity, electromagnetic pulse at both the full and subcommittee levels. We will add to that by looking at advanced and emerging cyber technologies developed in our National Labs and private sectors. These are technological improvements and sometimes breakthroughs that could be used to protect the grid as well as other future sectors from future Cyber Attacks. I have mentioned outside the committee around the country, sometimes we get the sense that folks believe in this Immaculate Conception theory of energy, that it just happens. We all recognize, i think, there is a lot more
Can help Companies Operating the electrical grid, Pipeline System and infrastructure. This hearing is an hour and 35 minutes. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I apologize. A little later start than i had hoped. Over the years, we have conducted a number of hearings designed to examine the vulnerabilities of our nations electric grid system. This congress we held hearings focused on cybersecurity, electromagnetic pulse at both the full and subcommittee levels. We will add to that by looking at advanced and emerging cyber technologies developed in our National Labs and private sectors. These are technological improvements and sometimes breakthroughs that could be used to protect the grid as well as other future sectors from future Cyber Attacks. I have mentioned outside the committee around the country, sometimes we get the sense that folks believe in this Immaculate Conception theory of energy, that it just happens. We all recognize, i think, there is a lot more
Half. [applause] everybody have a seat. So, what has been going on while i have gone . [laughter] it is wonderful to be home. It is wonderful to be at the university of chicago. It is wonderful to be on the southside of chicago. It is wonderful to be with these young people here. What i want to do is maybe speak very briefly at the top about why we are here and then i want to spend most of the time we are together hearing from these remarkable young people who are representative for some amazing young people in the audience as well. I was telling these guys that it was a little over 30 years ago that i came to chicago. I was 25 years old, and i had gotten out of college filled with idealism and absolutely certain that somehow i was going to change the world. I have no idea how, or where or what i was going to be doing. I worked first two payoffs and student loans, and then i went to work at the city college of new york on their harlem campus with some student organizing. Then there wer
Roll back begins with the fed. Chair janet yellen on the hill. Rate hikes, Balance Sheet, strength of economy. Speaking of yellen who might be the next fed chair . Carey co00s name getting another boost. And apple bringing down targets for iphone sales. Will it be a delayed launch for the 8. Futures up modestly after sell off sparked by donald trump jr. s release of email exchange. Yellen will testify before the house. She says gradual rate hikes will be needed to sustain economic expansion. Regarding Balance Sheet see says the committee anticipates reducing quantity to a level below recent levels. What got peoples attention is the idea that rates may not have to get as high as they were in prior cycles. I think what that is saying to people is we are going to take them up but you are not going to get inverted yield curve. There have been a lot of recession talk of late which i dont get. There is no recession on the rise from the companies. This does take that off the table. What it do
After a lot of soul searching this congressional interview available on our website cspan. Org. We will interrupt it for live coverage of Calista Gingrich for ambassador to the vatican. Mrs. Calistal. Gingrich is the president s nominee to be ambassador to the vatican. Mr. George edward glass is the nominee to be the u. S. Ambassador to portugal. And carl c. Rich to be secretary of state for counselor affairs. I want to congratulate the nominees and thank you for your willingness to serve. We have congressman rooney here supporting mrs. Gingrich. Congressman rooney was the ambassador to the holy sea during president bushs term. The senior senator from oregon, ron widen and an esteemed member of this committee, senator portman from ohio. Mr. Chairman, thank you for your courtesy. As senator portman knows, we are right in the middle of debating tax reform, i know a topic of great interest to many senators here. Im trying to help out chairman hatch. I will make this a filibuster free oppo