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Good afternoon. I call this meeting, i called the string to order. Without objection that shares authorized to declare recess at any time. We have a number of numbers participating remotely. Welcome. Before we proceed i like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if you are having or expensing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participate in remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing unless they expand connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member unable to participate, to fully participate on camera. It is at the committees, it is Committee Policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning her microphone on or off during an in person hearing. This is at a courtesy to all members on the committee and so that
Order your copy today wherever books or ebooks are sold. , the senateoday Homeland Security Committee Approved a subpoena for documents and deposition from lucerne strategies, a Consulting Firm that worked with a Ukrainian Gas Company when hunter biden worked on their board. The vote was along party lines. I note the presence of a quorum. I want to thank members for coming and providing a quorum word i want to announce we will not be voting on brian miller, who was nominated to be the Inspector General pandemic recovery. I appreciate the cooperation we got from the Ranking Member and majority. We fully support oversight efforts. I worked with senator peters on a different version of oversight and we certainly appreciate that as well. We will be able to discharge the nominee from our committee hopefully to get him confirmed before the holiday weekend. To getd be nice oversight efforts started as quickly as possible. The other item is the motion to subpoena lou starr. Januaryna for docum
Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
Again i want to think the members for coming here and providing a quorum, i do want to announce we will not vote on brian miller who is nominated to be the special Inspector General for the pandemic recovery. I appreciate the cooperation that we got from the Ranking Member and then one order he this is an important position and oversight of the cares act, massive spending bill and will fully support those oversight efforts. I worked with senator peters on a different version of oversight on this to pass the care act, and a appreciate that as well. We will just be able to discharge the nominee from our committee and hopefully get him confirmed for the Holiday Weekend would be nice to get the oversight efforts starting on the cares act as quickly as possible. The other business item will be conducted is a motion to subpoena a blue star and no blue test strategy for documents of generally first 20132 presently to work for burisma or those associated with burisma in the attendance of the c