Coming up, a conversation on International Trade relations with chair Jared Bernstein. It is hosted by the council on Foreign Relations. , i am Matthew Goodman , the director of the greenberg i Matthew Goodman, director of studies and as of two seconds ago im the director of the real econ initiative that we are rolling out today here at cfl r. Welcome to those of you in the room and those of you online as we look at reimagining American Economic leadership. Brainchild of mike roman said he wanted to emphasize a number of costcutting and this is the first we are rolling out. Make will have a chance to explain this in his own words, but i think we would agree there were two fundamental premises. It matters for americans and advancing u. S. Interests, but second ramos is a lot of things have changed in the world after world war ii, and American Economic leadership is going to look different over the years and decades ahead. I think of really, as a platform about what the challenges are wh
I think we will go ahead and start. My Ranking Member senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my Opening Statement and maybe we can begin the testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Mr. Pai, just personal like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility we need to strike. I think you will find that in this subcommittee so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Service and general Government Subcommittee for the 115 congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chair pm woman of this subcommittee. I am honored to be serving with senator coons. As we begin the budget request we welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman ajit pai and commissioners Mignon Clyburn and michael orielly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the fccs budget request and the work you are doing to carry out the agencys mission. The commission has requested a total of 322 million. The fcc fund
I think we will go ahead and start. My Ranking Member senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my Opening Statement and maybe we can begin the testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Mr. Pai, just personal like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility we need to strike. I think you will find that in this subcommittee so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Service and general Government Subcommittee for the 115 congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chair pm woman of this subcommittee. I am honored to be serving with senator coons. As we begin the budget request we welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman ajit pai and commissioners Mignon Clyburn and michael orielly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the fccs budget request and the work you are doing to carry out the agencys mission. The commission has requested a total of 322 million. The fcc fund