Good afternoon everyone im robert doar and im very glad to welcome you all to super power in peril. A conversation with David Mccormick this event is part of a ise edward and Helen Hintz Book Forum series where we bring in the authors of new and books and we are very grateful to ed and helen for their generous for this mission which makes talks like these possible. Now David Mccormick is the author along with James Cunningham of super power in peril, a battle plan to renew america, which was recently published by Center Street press. David is the former ceo of bridgewater associates, the Worlds Largest hedge fund. He served in the George W Bush administration as the of treasury for international and under secretary of commerce for industry and security. A graduate of west point. He served in the United States army and saw combat during the gulf war and he also was a candidate for, the United States senate, in last years senate race in pennsylvania. Im very proud to welcome david here t
Catch washington today for a fastpaced group work for stories of the day. Listen to cspan any time, tell your Smart Speaker play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. Announcer next, testimony on the origins of covid19 with the former director of National Intelligence, john radcliffe, he testified before the House Committee on the pandemic with other government officials. They talk about the intelligence gathered by the u. S. And the roadblocks to the investigations. The hearing is 2. 5 hours. Next testimony on the origins of covid 19 with former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe. He testified before the select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic with other government officials. We talk about intelligence gathered by the us and roadblocks to those investigations. The hearing is 21 2 hours. The select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. Welcome everyone. With objection the chair may declare recess at any time for the committee on oversight an
Next the hearing from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist party, an alleged human rights abuses against the uyghur population. A mostly Muslim Minority in a country in the northwest. The testimony from human rights advocates and people detained in prison camps in the region. Its about three hours. And the select committee will come to order. At this beginning of ramadan, as muslims around the world commemorate Prophet Muhammad receiving the first revelations of the quran, we are here to say a horrifying truth. The uyghurs, many of whom matt practice the muslim faith, are being erased. Genocide is occurring. This time, at the hands of the Chinese Communist party. We are privileged to have with us many members of the weaker community. We are deeply grateful for your bravery. We know that it comes at a great cost. We prepare to hear firsthand testimony from the ccp concentration camp. I would like to turn to alicia we sell, whose father, auschwitz survivor and Nobel Laurea
Biomedical research. 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
The Senate Budget Committee Looked at her House Republican approved proposal that raised the National Debt limit to spending cuts. The chief economist and others testified, watch that tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Also on our free mobile video app or online at cspan. Org. Next the acting director of the nih testifying on the president s 2024 budget request for the agency and discussing youth Mental Health, the Opioid Crisis, and diversity and in Biomedical Research. 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 le