I think as the hearing indicated a couple of weeks ago two highly qualified can dts, truthfully knt be more impressed with the people selected to fill those incredibly important positions. Again, im just very pleased that were voting on two qualified candidates and i certainly support or intend to support their nominations. With that ill yield to my Ranking Member senator mccaskill. Thank you, chairman. Im pleased to support both of these nominees. If theres no further debate, i ask the consent that we consider reporting the nominations en blank. The business meeting is adjourned. For the information of the members, we will begin our hearing once nominations are conseeded. That was quick. This nomination hearing is called to order. We are meeting today for a nomination hearing to consider david j. Glowy to be under the secretary of analysis for the u. S. Department of security and admiral david kousky. These are two incredibly important positions, particularly at this point in time wit
Ms. Castor thank you, mr. Chairman. I will place in the record a brief Opening Statement that i had for this markup. Im pleased to support both of these nominees. Mr. Johnson we are meeting to consider the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis for the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. And admiral to be assistant secretary of transportation administration, t. S. A. , u. S. Department of Homeland Security. These are two incredibly important positions, particularly at this point in time, with all the threats we face to our transportation sector. As well as across the globe and the threats to our homeland. So the secretary the undersecretary for intelligence analysis, the department of Homeland Security, is responsible for leading the department of Homeland Securitys office of intelligence and analysis. And also serves as the departments chief intelligence officer. In these roles the undersecretary is responsible for the streemings of intelligence and analysis, to develop a com
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Yeah. Good morning. And it is Late Afternoon here in chian rai, thailand. This is the hospital where those four boys who were rescued were taken to yesterday. They are getting care right now. They are in isolation as doctors check them out to make sure they arent carrying any sort of diseases or have any other care that they need to attend to. Meanwhile, there is an ongoing operation right now, phase 2. They are trying to get out as many as they can today. If yesterday is any independent occasion that goal would maybe be around four people. The thai governor recently spoke and said he didnt want to put a number on it. He wanted to see how today went. We also know that they will be using the same dive team that successfully rescued four of those boys. They will be sending that same team pack. In they got some rest. They, again, lined the cave, that route with more air tanks. We were told yesterday that every single tank that they used along that route was reduced. It just gives you an i