[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please welcome the executive director and founder for the center of innovation and research, david becker. [applause] thank you all. Welcome here to beautiful International Spy museum in washington d. C. And those of you watching remotely dont get to see the beautiful views that we see in washington on a gorgeous day in may. Its wonderful to see so many people here in person. Many friends and colleagues ive known for a long time and many people i havent seen for years or ever met in person ever. Thank you all for being here today. When i founded ceir almost seven years ago in the summer of 2016, the field of election was different. Cyber threats were at the forefront and experts concerned mainly concerned of foreign actors illegally attempting to access voter bases or spread disinformation overseas. Election officials were not only free from threat of harassment, Election Officials had a hard time getting anyone to notice them or unde
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please welcome the executive director and founder for the center of innovation and research, david becker. [applause] thank you all. Welcome here to beautiful International Spy museum in washington d. C. And those of you watching remotely dont get to see the beautiful views that we see in washington on a gorgeous day in may. Its wonderful to see so many people here in person. Many friends and colleagues ive known for a long time and many people i havent seen for years or ever met in person ever. Thank you all for being here today. When i founded ceir almost seven years ago in the summer of 2016, the field of election was different. Cyber threats were at the forefront and experts concerned mainly concerned of foreign actors illegally attempting to access voter bases or spread disinformation overseas. Election officials were not only free from threat of harassment, Election Officials had a hard time getting anyone to notice them or unde
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please welcome the executive director and founder for the center of innovation and research, david becker. [applause] thank you all. Welcome here to beautiful International Spy museum in washington d. C. And those of you watching remotely dont get to see the beautiful views that we see in washington on a gorgeous day in may. Its wonderful to see so many people here in person. Many friends and colleagues ive known for a long time and many people i havent seen for years or ever met in person ever. Thank you all for being here today. When i founded ceir almost seven years ago in the summer of 2016, the field of election was different. Cyber threats were at the forefront and experts concerned mainly concerned of foreign actors illegally attempting to access voter bases or spread disinformation overseas. Election officials were not only free from threat of harassment, Election Officials had a hard time getting anyone to notice them or unde
In federal farm offering this is about three hours. Good morning. The subcommittee on commodities, Risk Management and trade will come to order. Welcome to all of our witnesses. Senator hyde smith thank you to you and your staff working together with us to organize this hearing today. Chair stabenow and i believe Ranking Member boozman will be with us shortly but it would to thank them for joining us many thanks to the full Committee Staff for all of your help and support with this hearing. Thank you to everyone for attending. This morning is going to be a twopart hearing. Today was on the farm bill, the products title. On thursday will take on title v. The credit title in title 11 the Crop Insurance title. February the full committee the full Senate Committee heard from usda officials their family views of Risk Management and credit. Today we have the opportunity to hear directly from farmers, producers, stakeholder groups that work with farm Safety Net Programs every day. Hearing fro
Before the Senate Finance community, topics include rural melt care and telehealth flexibilities. We are meeting today to discuss with senator becerra, the budget and the department of services. The budget comes down to a simple proposition, helping working families and the middle class get ahead. Reducing the federal deficit, they are not mutually exclusive. Today, we are committed to doing both. When it comes to health care, that means protecting medicare for the next generation by making sure that the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, strengthening medicare, negotiating the cost of medication, and investing and priorities Like Mental Health care, and the health care workforce. Thats sharp contrast to the republican approach to the federal budget. Since the beginning of the year, there has basically been a demand for secret negotiations on unspecified cuts to specified programs wall hosting hostage the full faith and credit of the United States government. Budget chair Committee