Now if we take a look at the impact of wildfires on the u. S. Electric grid, mitigation technology, Forest Management and power system reliability. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. Last hearing of the year here. Theres a lot going on this morning so i think we will have people popping in and out but we do have a pretty hard to stop at 11 00 oclock this morning. A series of votes that are beginning at 11 00 a. M. And we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock, we are told. It will be the first time in Senate History but that is the goal. We want to be able to hear from everyone this morning and have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of our electric grid and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase good resiliency. In recent years devastating wildfires and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn National Attention to the chal
The National Security commission on Artificial Intelligence conference. We hear from the chief Technology Officer for the u. S. And talks about the importance of Artificial Intelligence and some of the potential pitfalls. We will resume so that everyone can get over to the alcohol as soon as possible after mac i should note since this is being filmed that that alcohol was not purchased with Government Funds but instead was the funds of a Catholic University so you know its an open bar. [laughter] we are really honored to close out the day with one of my heroes, chief Technology Officer of the United States and i want to go over a few of the things that michael has achieved in the last month. I use as my . In the last six months i think i watched half a season of breaking bad and then got antsy and read the rest of the plot summaries on wikipedia. Here is what michael has achieved in the last several months. Ai executive order in february and in may the oa cd ai principles and in june t
Fdacurrent ambassador, and commissioner. You can see live coverage on cspan. This week, the Top Republican of the energy and commerce committee, thank you for being here. Rep. Walden thank you. Also with us as a congressional reporter. Go ahead. Thank you for being here today. We know nancy pelosi is plowing ahead with impeachment. It does not look like a single republican will be joining democrats in voting for the articles of impeachment. We do have testimony from a part of these witnesses like colonel vindman, who was on the july phone call, fiona hill, who was in a meeting between Gordon Sondland and ukrainians, who testified they raised concerns about the conduct regarded ukraine. Do you share any of those concerns . Do you think anything you have seen or heard from these fact witnesses is alarming and inappropriate . Rep. Walden i dont think that is the question. The question is does this deserve to have a resident removed. That is the threshold for impeachment. When i read throu
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote . On this the vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 40. The nomination is agreed to and confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actions. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of Lawrence Vandyke, of nevada, to be United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of Lawrence Vandyke, of nevada, to be United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit shall be brought to a close . The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the rol
I want to mention a couple of upcoming events. On december 4th we have a news maker with Sheldon White house and on december 9th a headliners coffee and conversation with lonnie bunch. And i would like to present miss abrams with down of the most highly coveted items in washington d. C. A National Press club coffee mug. And finally, before your race, one of the things you were known for was writing romance novels. Is there another novel in the works . Oh im glad you asked. I technically still have to write the third novel in the trilogy that i stopped writing when i became democratic leader. Im going to get that one done, because i dont want to hear from my mom or sister again about this. Im working on a new legal thriller, and that should be coming out sometime in the near future. But its going to be under stacey abrams, because the other name is kind of known. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for having me. And we are adjourned. good morning, everyone. The committee will come t