They are out of session for the entire month of june. The Democratic House of in town. It is critical to fighting the war against terrorists. The. Its most important funding the military. It is a piece of legislation the senate will process during the upcoming weeks in a month of june in fact it would probably take a good week to move across the floor of the senate. Theres nothing more important or critical to the National Security of the United States. We are passing a major parks built that will help fund the backlog and a model for National Parks for Many Democrats here in the chamber for a long time. Those that are cosponsoring a piece of legislation that would be called up later this weekend before next week something thats been around for a while as a legislative accomplishment that will w be a bipartisan accomplishment when it passes. So, i would just say that the fact that we are not doing the things he wants to do doesnt mean the senate isnt very busy. And the thing he wants t
Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
Lemonis new york city has a ton of energy, and its always been a place for dreamers. But when you get on the ferry, and you land on Staten Island, it may be less hectic, but theres still a real sense of possibility. Its one reason that im excited about today. For two years, sammy lazoja has been bombarding me with emails asking for my help. Hes been hyping this restaurant and how unique it is. And how it sets the standard. But to be honest with you, its kind of ordinary. Sammy marcus. Its a pleasure to meet you. Lemonis are you sammy . How you doing . Nice to meet you. Sammy its a pleasure. Lemonis weve been emailing for what is it, two years now. Sammy two years. Lemonis . Youve been harassing me . Sammy marcus, this is my dream. This is this is it. Lemonis well, come around front. Sammy i originally did the buildout. I put a lot of my funds in here. I put my life savings in here. Lemonis how much have you put in . Sammy around 250,000. Covello sammy sammy this is my partner joe covel
Introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we have to do something about this. Weve made a number of attempts and quite honestly we made a fair amount of progress. My own sense is the bad guys, the people and often always have
Senate it is my honor to welcome you here. We are going to have a conversation about the intersection of Early American History and contemporary political issues. If this is your first visit to the institute, i want to welcome you to our fullscale replica of the United States senate chamber. We arekennedy institute, committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life and conversations like tonight that bring American History into focus. Partnerery proud to with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud together together a group of panelists for the Program Including our moderator, fred tice. He covers news related to politics in Higher Education at sincehere he has been 1988. Serving as a trusted source of tru