After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
Svetlana lukinyuk from the oval hall. The missile attack on the consulate building of the Islamic Republic in damascus was discussed in new york, and a Security Council meeting was convened at the initiative of russia. Moscow strongly condemned the actions israel. As russias permanent representative vasily nebendya stated, such behavior leads to further escalation of the middle east conflict. China also condemned the strike, calling it out. Iran in damascus, among the dead are syrians and iranians. It is noteworthy that not a single western country condemned israels actions during the Security Council meeting. Moreover, france blamed iran for the escalation of the conflict in the region. The number of children killed as a result of the terrorist attack in cityhole near moscow has increased to six, five are still in hospitals, two are in serious condition. Condition, let me remind you that the terrorist attack took place on march 22, terrorists in camouflage burst into the crocus buildi
Autonomous systems within the next two years. Ms. Hicks spoke about the program and other emerging technologies in defense at a National Defense Industrial Association conference in washington, dc. [applause] ha thank you. The job of the deputy secretary of defense is widely known to be one of the most difficult in government. It is, after all, the chief operating officer for largest employer in the world. Beginning her Government Service as a president ial management intern and spending time both in and out of government, doctor Kathleen Hicks was quite familiar with the demands of the job before she was sworn in and she was well prepared to take the my. Just prior to her current position, she was the Senior Vice President , Henry Kissinger chair and director of International Security at csi. At least her current title is a little shorter than that. She was sworn in as the 35th deputy secretary of defense february 9, 2021. I think it is interesting that the title of her dissertation a
And good afternoon everybody. It has been a wonderful day and i was energized by the panel and the networking so thank you all for hanging in with us through a long and very full day. To reduce myself to those of you who may have been here this morning my name is wade warren and im the chief Strategy Officer for development in the chair of the u. S. Chapter of the society for International Development. I am very excited about the panel we are about to have. You cannot come in. Where is alice . I was more excited that the panelists were here. Let me tell you a little bit about this panel. We wanted to have an important plenary here at the end of the day to feature the Millennial Corporation which we have not a lot of time talking about today and will have a fireside chat with Alice Albright who is the ceo. Let me tell you a little bit about them. Ill start with chizi igwe. Chizi igwe is a heartbreaking much appreciated member of the westport she started out leading in our Youth Working