Welcome, everyone across myriad platforms and around the world and live on cspan2 to Atlantic Council front page 4 the hash tag for the twitterratti among you. Its our honor to host the 70th secretary of state mike pompeo, former director of the Central Intelligence agency, former member of congress, former u. S. Army officer, finished first in his class at west point, Harvard Law School graduate and of course, much more. Im fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council and mr. Secretary, this is a heroic day. Israel and bahrain are set to sign an accord, first such agreement between israel and an agreement in more than a quarter century. And theyll sign with the u. N. And ba bahrainy foreign ministe. We have a lot to discuss in the half hour. The china issues, but lets start with the middle east although i know you have a few prepared comments. My first question would be, looking at the longterm implications for the u. S. And the region of this accord. How does the u. S. Allian
Remarks and then i will ask questions. You can submit questions as well. But first your opening remarks. Welcome. Thank you for the introduction but i want to welcome aei for inviting me to be here today earlier this month i have reflections on the last 50 years of the epa and laid out our plan for its future at the Nixon Library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past four years how we will get to this future. It is incontrovertible today the environment is in better shape under President Trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution in this country has fallen 7 percent. Last year superfund sites the most in a single year since 2001 and b will list another 27 this year the epa is trying to finance more than 40 billion of clean Water Infrastructure supporting 7100 projects and 27000 jobs during President Trumps first term and they have recovered more criminal and civil appointees them the Obama Biden Administration did and their first term. The
Myriad of platforms and around the world and live on cspan2 to Atlantic Council front page. Its our premiere live ideas platform for global leaders. Its our honor today to host the 70th secretary of state mike pompeo. Former director of the Central Intelligence agency, former member of congress, former u. S. Army officer, finished first in his class at west point, Harvard Law School graduate and much more. Im fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council. This is a historic day. Israel, the uae and bahrain are scheduled to sign the abraham accord the first such agreement between arab countries and israel. The president will attend and Benjamin Netanyahu will sign. Secretary pompeo, we have a lot to discuss. China and your recent trips to europe and their connection to china issues. Lets start with the middle east, though i know you have a few prepared comments. My first question would be looking at the longterm implications for the u. S. In the region of this accord, how does th
The administrator of the United States Environmental Protection agency andrew wheeler, this marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of president nixons creation of the epa. The epas work he paralyzes the challenges of modern administration, challenges of expertise and democrat accountability, regulatory responses, rules of law, government power and conservation and innovation, discuss the epas mission, its record in the road ahead, opening remarks and have some questions. You can have questions on the event page and our youtube page. By email to elaine. Alan. Epa. Org. Welcome. Thank you for inviting me to be here today. I provide reflections of the past 50 years of the Environmental Protection agency and layout plans for its future. Today i would like to explain based on what we accomplished over the last few years. It is incontrovertible that today the environment is in better shape under donald trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution has fallen 7 . Last year epa delisted 27 sites, th
Anniversary of his agency. Admin. Wheeler the air quality is much improved. The air is much cleaner than it was decades ago. Today, President Trump holds a campaign trail admin. Wheeler our air and our Water Quality is its core mission. Over the past 50 years, the agency has expanded beyond the core mission. Too bureaucratic and burdensome, which negatively impacts Economic Growth. , i Obama Administration served as the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the epa. During those years, i found myself constantly reminded that administration does not does not take a bigger bureaucracy to clean up our environment. Our tax dollars are much better spent replacing a Diesel Engine, an old Diesel Engine on a school bus rather than paying for another bureaucrat in washington, d. C. Thankfully, the Trump Administration has adopted a similar albaghdadi reforecast the agency, a similar outlook and reforecast the agency and refocused the agency. We have an epa that no