We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,
Another sobering record set overnight, more than 3,700 american lives lost to coronavirus the second day in a row. Weve said thats the same scale as 9 11 each day, which is really hard to wrap your mind around. Heres a sense of whats ahead. This chart of cases looks bad. Looks terrible. That was the spring. Zoom out for a chilling view of the viruss escalation, bad now, and getting worse as we head into the colder indoor months. The u. S. Toll far outpacing other countries, the cdc now projects up to 434,000 deaths in this country by january 23rd. Thats 4,000 americans every single day. The vaccine rollout still behind expectations. Officials now admit it has been too slow. Medical experts are concerned about longer term strategy now. Its over promising in the first place. Its also not having a National Strategy but instead throwing up our hands and basically saying now the federal government has done their job, its just with the production and initially distribution with the states, r
Effects that illegal immigration is having on our country is absolutely staggering. Now, the Pew Research Center estimates that over 11 million Illegal Immigrants now live in this country, not respecting our laws and sovereignty. The federation for American Immigration reform calculates the u. S. Spends get this over 113 billion per year on illegal immigration. States and local governments, theyre feeling the brunt of that cost and are shelling out over 84 billion per year. Now this includes over 49 billion for education, 10. 8 billion for medical care, 9. 6 billion on general expenses, 8. 7 billion on justice expenditures, and 5. 3 billion on welfarerelated costs. Now, Illegal Immigrants make up 5. 1 of the u. S. Labor force. Over 8 million illegals now are working or looking for work. By the way, we have 95 million americans out of the labor force right now. The migration policy institute, they have an estimate that says of the 11 million Illegal Immigrants now living in the country,
Effects that illegal immigration is having on our country is absolutely staggering. Now, the Pew Research Center estimates that over 11 million Illegal Immigrants now live in this country, not respecting our laws and sovereignty. The federation for American Immigration reform calculates the u. S. Spends get this over 113 billion per year on illegal immigration. States and local governments, theyre feeling the brunt of that cost and are shelling out over 84 billion per year. Now this includes over 49 billion for education, 10. 8 billion for medical care, 9. 6 billion on general expenses, 8. 7 billion on justice expenditures, and 5. 3 billion on welfarerelated costs. Now, Illegal Immigrants make up 5. 1 of the u. S. Labor force. Over 8 million illegals now are working or looking for work. By the way, we have 95 million americans out of the labor force right now. The migration policy institute, they have an estimate that says of the 11 million Illegal Immigrants now living in the country,
Effects that illegal immigration is having on our country is absolutely staggering. Now, the Pew Research Center estimates that over 11 million Illegal Immigrants now live in this country, not respecting our laws and sovereignty. The federation for American Immigration reform calculates the u. S. Spends get this over 113 billion per year on illegal immigration. States and local governments, theyre feeling the brunt of that cost and are shelling out over 84 billion per year. Now this includes over 49 billion for education, 10. 8 billion for medical care, 9. 6 billion on general expenses, 8. 7 billion on justice expenditures, and 5. 3 billion on welfarerelated costs. Now, Illegal Immigrants make up 5. 1 of the u. S. Labor force. Over 8 million illegals now are working or looking for work. By the way, we have 95 million americans out of the labor force right now. The migration policy institute, they have an estimate that says of the 11 million Illegal Immigrants now living in the country,