Commerce, science and transportation committee, topics included critical mineral supply chains, manufacturing of Semiconductor Chips, workforce shortages and Rural Broadband access. The hearing runs two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, the Senate Commerce committee will come to order. I think my colleagues who have been in this room for many hours already today doing double duty today on aviation hearing and very important conversation about the chips in science act, which are committee played a big role in, needless to say are committee has been working diligently on a lot of transformational policy but while we are waiting for our colleague here i think i will thank senator wicker again for his work on chips in science act. People may not remember but this committee, dont know how many were processed. It was in the hundreds. Might have been in the 300s but i definitely believe a regular order process is good for the institution, good for the debate abou
This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something Crystal Clear to the international committee. To the u. S. Foreign policy community, to the nations allies and adversaries. As the Committee Moves forward we will continue our work on behalf of the American People as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, its members and a staff play a Critical Role meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. And as i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to the support of our members, thanks to the support of the Ranking Member and thanks to our dedicated and hardworking committee staff, we will continue to advance our values and National Interests on the global stage. My priority is simple, to strengthen americas diplomacy. To make sure our diplomats have the tools they need and congress provides the approp
This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something Crystal Clear to the international committee. To the u. S. Foreign policy community, to the nations allies and adversaries. As the Committee Moves forward we will continue our work on behalf of the American People as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, its members and a staff play a Critical Role meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. And as i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to the support of our members, thanks to the support of the Ranking Member and thanks to our dedicated and hardworking committee staff, we will continue to advance our values and National Interests on the global stage. My priority is simple, to strengthen americas diplomacy. To make sure our diplomats have the tools they need and congress provides the approp
The critical thing and we should visit when we have more time. Let me just say the reports about because way are incredibly disturbing and i cant count on the investigations but we take every threat seriously and investigate to the fullest wherever we think theres some incredible allegation that a company has done an end run around your export controls. We need different tools, im supportive of the guard act which would and the restrict act which would codify our itcs authorities. We need that to have a comprehensive approach to go after connected apps. We would need resources additionally to do that. I think we need Additional Resources around enforcement to do exactly what youre talking about. Candidly we need the threat is different today. The threat from china in 2023 is different than the cold war threats of decades ago. It is technology and a. I. And it is moving fast so i would welcome a broader discussion with you around how we modernize what we do and how we properly fund what
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