I want to thank gary for his to improve rts Economic Development and wish im nothing but the best in a elldeserved retirement. Mr. Speaker, i rise to bring attention to kentuckys avoidable economic failures during this very serious pandemic. Unfortunately covid19 has taken a harsh toll on the economies of all 50 states. However, harmful policies from democratrun states have only made the problem worse. At a time when we should be encouraging the safe reopening of our economy, kentuckys governor recently issued an order shutting down schools and indoor dining. Kentuckys restaurants were already suffering from the last round of shutdowns. And this shortsighted order will only cause more pain and suffering. To make matters worse, our governor is producing no data to justify the need to shut down businesses which have dramatically adjusted to the challenges presented by covid19. And in the end of inperson learning will only create more challenges for students and teachers. Furthermore, it
There will be the money to fund it. And we do know there has been a confirmation already from the department of defense that that transition has already begun in order to ensure that u. S. National security remains on track something. That was a grave concern to many of the top Security Officials in the United States. Given the fact that donald trump was dragging his heels and essentially blocking this transition from taking place, they argued putting u. S. National security at risk. The International Air transport association is predicting the industry is on track to lose more than 150000000000. 00. Thats after the number of passengers plummeted from 4 and a half 1000000000 in 2019 to fewer than 2000000000 this year. The theo paean government says to gray and Regional Forces have started to surrender. But to grays leadership says theyre fighting back and have destroyed an Ethiopian Military division, including a helicopter, and 2 tanks. At least 7 people have died in 2 separate car bo
Interview of the new acting director of cisa, the department of Homeland Securitys key cyberofficial branden wells. Ill be back at the end of the day for the summits final session, a covering with three of the top Cyber Security voices on capitol hill. Senator mark warner, representative will hurd and representative lauren underwood. Pie would also strongly encourage you today, take a look at our new report released yesterday by the aspen Cyber Security group that laid out a National Cyber agenda for the Biden Administration and the 117th congress. It outlines actionable steps, the art of the possible, as we call it in the cybergroup. And help build a more secure foundation for the internet and our digital economy. A full report is available at aspenvi aspencybersummit. Org. And many of the key voices that went into writing that report youve heard from at the summit already and today. Im pleased to introduce my friend from npr who will be speaking with fbi Deputy Assistant director tan
And that they might have actually changed the outcome of the election. That would be a regretful conclusion to reach in many months so it would be good cspan3 is live with the acting director of Cyber Security, brandon wales. And i want to thank intel and proof point for making this weeks summit possible and helping organize these conversations and let us talk with a great and diverse set of speakers today, along with acknowledging blue vector, cigma and the American Gas Association for their additional support. Im here for the next 30 minutes with brandon wales, the acting director of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency for what i hope is going to be a fascinating conversation about the election, about the covid pandemic, about the state of Cyber Security and infrastructure security and Critical Infrastructure across the country. Brandon, thanks so much for joining us today. Garrett, thank you so much for the invitation. I am very happy to be here and talk about the
Thank fire eye intel and proof point for helping to make this summit possible, along with blue vector and the American Gas Association for their Additional Support and turn it over to my colleague, john carlan. Sorry, i had a bit of an audio issue. I want to welcome our guests and also to remind folks that the please submit questions and i will try to read them as we get towards the end of our session today. Weve just heard from cisas cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Acting director and we will have with us today i think hes joining a little bit later, senator warner is the vice chair of the intelligence committee, representative will hurd who is the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on intelligence modernization and readiness and on the house intelligence committee, and representative underwood, from the subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure and protection and innovation. And i thought we would start where we just ended which is we just heard from the cybersecurity a