A half. By the American Enterprise institute, welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Im a Senior Vice President for foreign and defense policy studies here and i am genuinely delighted that we have senator rubio here with us today to help us rule out the new report here. It is the product of the working group on transnational organized crime run by the visiting scholar. I dont think marco rubio needs a bath of introduction to this audience, but im going to give a word or two nonetheless and then hand things over and do a little housekeeping. Marco rubio is the senator from florida elected in 2010 and 2016 is a member of the committee on appropriations and the committee on Foreign Relations and has a resume much longer that im not going to keep reading but to us he has been a leader on International Affairs and somebody who increasingly a country turns to hear where we should be going on these issues and for us today i know we are very proud that hes been a leader on issues of ex
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Will come to order. The update on first net and this exciting effort to deploy the nationwide interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network. Im glad to convene a hearing and an accord tuesday a attendants from a good friend ended 2012 bin that to lead the development of that Public Safety Broadband Network. With those communication failures in the other National Emergencies including Hurricane Katrina it with those Reliable Communications network to support the essential work. So with those firstsp responders across multiple jurisdictions to provide lifesaving Emergency Services. In to establish the broad base and network. And how it intended to meet the needs of each state of the regular Access Network. In with reliable coverage and into a number of murders of the subcommittee. Subcommi so those with user fees would be affordably priced to First Responders since the time much has happened to open the innovation and test lab with those new applications to be used by c First Responders.
Att and the Virginia Office of Public Safety. This is an hour and 40 minutes. It is precisely 10 00 a. M. Good morning and the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. The subcommittee comes to order. The exciting efforts to deploy the nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network. Im glad to convene this hearing and i look forward to the attendance and a moment to from my different friend and Ranking Member mr. Schatz. In 2012 congress created the First Responder Network Authority to lead the development of a nationwide interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network in the United States. With the Communications Failures that plague Recovery Efforts during 9 11 and other National Emergencies including Hurricane Katrina there was and still is a clear need for a Reliable Communications network to support the central work of our Public Safety officials such a network would improve coordination on First Responders across multiple jurisdictions and enhance the ability of First Responders
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