The hearing took place. In the national 9 11 memorial and museum in new york city, just ahead of the 18th anniversary of the attacks. You, chairman johnson, Ranking Member peters and Committee Members, my name is Alice Greenwald, resident of the ceo of the 9 11 memorial museum. On behalf of everyone associated with the memorial and the museum, i want to express our sincere gratitude for your commitment to securing the safety of our nation. We are honored to have secretaries chertoff, napolitano, and johnson here with us. And i want to thank each of you for your service to the nation. The decision to hold this public field hearing here, within a space defined by the remaining foundational structure of the World Trade Center at what was 18 years ago this week, the epicenter of ground zero, makes todays program especially meaningful. I know many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. Museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, he lives
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C the select committee will come to order. Welcome everyone to the select Committee Hearing or the leveling the Playing Field how to counter the Chinese Communist party or economic aggression. Who when i looked at the staggering economic relationship thats a word that comes to mind. One small example the American Pacific northwest salmon are frozen sent to china to feed tboned by hand and refrozen and shipped back to u. S. Grocery store sometimes miles from where the fish were copied the economical links between the u. S. And china are dizzyingly complicated that theres another word that comes to mind. Naivete. There were prescient dissenters for the last 25 years or both parties largely made the same naive bet on china that Economic Engagement would lead the Chinese Communist party to political liberalization. Beijing saw our quintessentially american optimism is an opportunity to exploit and their treaties and International Commitment are but not for me. I will enter video into the r
This means providing our scientists with what they need to conduct cutting edge to discover and develop treatments to help patients fighting disease. As i happen to be the granddaughter of an nih funded scientist, my grandparents raised me and i understand what an Important Role Biomedical Research plays, not just in treating and curing disease, but also in bolstering our Economic Growth and ensuring that america is a Global Leader in innovation. We cannot afford to have nihs potential limited or even worse, have its legs cut out from under it yet. That is precisely what the House Republicans have proposed to do with their fiscal year 2024 budget caps in the bill that they passed last week. Cutting spending as they have proposed would mean slashing approximately 22 from programs next year that support a range of programs including supporting our veterans, keeping our communities safe and healthy and doing Vital Research to find cures for illnesses and diseases. It would mean a cut of o