Communication across vast distances this is an interesting t. V. And Technology Facts the innovations are changing our lives and they are part and parcel to an enormously important portions of our Global Economy so with Technology Companies who are the largest but you can guess number one. Yep apple tops the list they have more than two hundred billion dollars in annual sales and made a profit of forty five billion dollars last year according to forbes fifteen of the top twenty five Tech Companies are from the United States with eight in the top ten including apple course microsoft alphabet i. B. M. Intel Cisco Systems oracle and facebook as we head into the new year is a good time to reflect on the power of our own imagination and how a vision of a Brighter Future back in the star trek days has changed the real world in which we live. On tuesday President Trumps nominee for president of the Us Export Import Bank was rejected by democrats and several republicans on the Senate Banking c
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning to this roundtable of the secretary of affairs will come to order. I want to welcome our participations we will call them, witnesses, where we have the honorable elaine duke, claire brady, george scott and john kelly from dhs, as well as the office of Inspector General. This roundtable is to discuss the attempt to reauthorize dhs, the house is past their bill and they had a memorandum of understanding to consolidate that entire process under the department or committee of Homeland Security in the house and its been a little more messier here in the senate which is not unusual in the Commerce Committee was taken up in past authorization of tsa and coast guard and we have a number of components and my staff keeps telling me the summer of 40 or percent and that is what we are here to talk about today. I think its accurate to say that with the house authorization does is and this is what we do in the
We are welcoming you to this special event. It is an honor for me to introduce our speaker tonight Susan Wharton gates. Dr. Gates as editor and compiler of credit risk data for the of freddie mac top lobbyist and primary writer of testimony serving as Vice President and Corporate Strategy the fascinating book with the insiders view thats dr. Gates has worked as an academic for a Public Administration and policy at the college of business also a Consulting Firm that helps firms and nonprofit san governments manage their policy claims. If that isnt tough behalf she earned her ph. D. From the seven rePublic Administration. [applause] welcome to means a lot to be here and all those other people i am meeting just today at this event with that global forum on resiliency is fascinating so how do we insure resiliency in our communities economic and social perspective . So just in case you are wondering bestseller movement of resiliency and around the world what can we learn about that . So day
Afghan government is taking to identify trends among Afghan Military personnel being trained by the u. S. This House Oversight subcommittee hearing is just under an hour and a half. I would note for the record, the mysterious tax reform bill is still not unveiled to us. We are waiting breathlessly for that. I would like to ask, i note the presence of our colleague from california, and ask unanimous ssa be allowed to fully participate today. Radical islamic terrorists killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children. These terrorists used afghanistan as a safe haven and refuge. These terrorists spent years in afghanistan plotting, waiting for the chance to strike us at home. Throughout the 1990s, the American People watched as the United States suffered terror attacks in new york city, in east africa, and against our uss cole. The failure to act in the runup to 9 11 caused a more devastating attack. It had become a useful staging ground. American forces responded to the al1 attacks
Throughout the history this highest court you would that in 2012 the Supreme Court in the Affordable Health care said that the federal government cant put a financial gun to the head of state and local governments . True no matter who is in charge in washington, d. C. Tried to turn the city and state employees into federal officers that is unconstitutional no wanting o president to take the federal government beyond unlawful President Trump order undermines the trust hard work and open communication the citys are the loobtsz of innovation the engine and heart of this country this is where the American Dream happens theres a reason more than 4 hundred cities and counties across the country with every major city from new york to los angeles has sanctuary policies recognize when San Francisco first recognized 28 years old that undocumented victims were too scared to report their attacks before us they feared being deported sanctuary policies encourage the undocumented to report crime thes