Cable Television Company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Host representative Yvette Clarke is a democrat from new york. She is vice chair of the energy and Commerce Committee and is also cochair of the smart cities caucus. She is our guest this week on the communicators. Congresswoman clark, thank you for being here to be too be with you, peter. Host what is the smart city caucus and how you envision smart city . Guest we decided to establish a bipartisan smart city caucus originally darrell [inaudible] was my chair and it is now congresswoman from indiana. We knew that already technology is a major part of our lives. Its a utility we can use to make sure that we are economically feasible going into the future. That we are efficient in our use of energy and it enables socie society, i think, to be far more productive then our 20th century industrial age. We were looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected and
Rep. Clarke well, we decided to establish a bipartisan smart cities caucus. Originally, darrell issa was my cochair. Its now a congresswoman from indiana. Peter susan brooks. Rep. Clarke susan brooks, exactly. And we knew that already technology is a major part of our lives. Its a utility that we can use to make sure we are economically feasible going into the future, that we are efficient in our use of energy, and it enables our society, i think, to be far more productive than our 20th century industrial age. So, were looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected. And what our smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how were connected. One is connectivity, the other principle being sustainability, the other being mobility, and then the workforce. And how all of those components Work Together to make sure that in the 21st century, our Civil Society is given the opportunity to really reach its full potential utilizing the technol
That already technology is a major part of our lives. Its a utility we can use to make sure that we are economically feasible going into the future and that we are deficient in our use of energy and it enables our society to be far more productive than our 20th century Industrial Age so we are looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected and what are smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how communities are connected. One is connectivity and the other principal being sustainability and the other being mobility and then the workforce. How all of those components Work Together to make sure that in the 21st century our Civil Society is given the opportunity to reach its full potential utilizing the technological advantages that we have had in this age. Your first to it as a utility and do you see it as a utility like plumbing or electricity and streets . Guest it is something we use but its more an infrastructure. I think for ma
Host representative Yvette Clarke is a democrat from new york. She is vice chair of the energy and Commerce Committees, and she is also cochair of the smart cities caucus. She is our guest this week on the communicators. Start with that smart cities caucus. And how doat is it, you envision smart cities . Rep. Clarke we decided to establish a bipartisan smart cities caucus, originally darrell issa with my cochair. It is no congresswoman from indiana. Peter susan brooks. Rep. Clarke susan brooks, exactly. Technologyt already is a major part of our lives. Uses a utility that we can to make sure we are economically feasible going into the future, that we are inefficient in our use of energy, and it enables our society to be far more centuryve than our 20th industrial age. We are looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected. And what our smart cities caucus does is it looks at four we arent areas of how connected. One is connectivity. The other principal b
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