The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,
The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,
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