The president and ceo of the national 9 11 memorial and museum. On behalf of of everyone associated with the memorial and museum, i want to express a warm our sincere gratitude for your steadfast commitment to the security of our nation. We are honored to have secretary chertoff, napolitano, and johnson here with us. The decision to hold this public field hearing here, within a space find by the remaining foundational structure of the World Trade Center at what was the epicenter of ground zero 18 years ago this week makes todays program especially meaningful. Theow many of you toured museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, the lives we remember, and the aspirations we embrace for a world free of this scourge of inextricably linked to the topics he will discuss today. Here at the 9 11 memorial and museum, we testified to the largest inextricably linked lossoflife from a foreign attack on american soil and the single greatest loss of rescue personnel in
And so today it is important to us. We thank you for the invite. And inviting us out. So, as elaine just mentioned, we come from a background known as the National Protection and programs director. Say that ten times fast. Bonus points if you even knew what that meant. But today with a name like the u. S. Cyber security infrastructure security agency, we have that Value Proposition. We understand before we even walk in the door what the value is that were going to bring to the table. So, the name like that, while we still pass around business cards, while we still create relationships, theres still a recognition today with a name like cisa were here to help both in the Cyber Security mission and also protecting Critical Infrastructure. And that mission has changed over time as well. Today, as we move further and further away from 9 11, and that antiterrorism, post9 11 mission is gravitating towards domestic terrorism. Its gravitating towards nation state actors looking to cause damage
It will include cspan video and reflect different points of view. Information to help you get started is on our website studentcam. Org. Of the Tech Industry. Want to show you a clip that is where we are today. This is last year with mark zuckerberg. Car Companies Face a lot of competition, if they make a defective car, they will stop buying the car. Theyll buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook in the private sector . Mark yes, senator. The average citizen uses eight different apps to stay in touch ranging from senator graham the different . Mark it overlapse. Senator graham you dont think you have a monopoly . Mr. Zuckerberg it certainly doesnt feel like that to me. Would you share us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . [laughter] mr. Zuckerberg no. If you messaged anybody this week would you share with us the names of the people you messaged . Mr. Zuckerberg no, senator. I would choose not to do that publicly here. I think thats what this is all about, you
Reauthorizing the special Diabetes Program before it expires on september 30th and supporting more research. This is about an hour, 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning, everybody. Its wonderful to welcome all of you here to washington, d. C. This is our 11th childrens congress. Its always a privilege to work with jdrf families whose commitment to promoting lifechanging research to prevent, treat and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes inspires me. I want to welcome not only our Ranking Member senator casey and senator scott from florida, but also we have a special guest, that is the cochair with me of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, senator Jeanne Shaheen of new hampshire. Thank you for joining us here today as well. Let me shorten my opening comments this morning because we do have votes beginning at 11 00. And i want to make sure that we have time to hear from all of our witnesses. As i said, i want to begin by welcoming the more than 160 children who have traveled to wa
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa