Oversight of the department of Energy Research and development enterprise. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Were delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities so i hope we see you much more frequently from now on, and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make draconian cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs, most actually fared well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a subst
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[applause] mr. Delaney thank you. Thank you. I love the iowa nice part. This is an iconic american experience. This is my second time doing it. I did it last year. Similar setting, we had a full crowd. I looked over to my left and i noticed a gentle man who i recognized, and he was wearing a very crisp golf shirt and he was very tan and he was looking a cigarette, and i realized it was speaker john boehner. I looked at him and i said, mr. Speaker, nice to hear me talk. He said, delaney, i cant get away from politics. It goes to show you what it is like being here in iowa and what amazing privilege you all have. Im so impressed how seriously you take it, because you do, to play such an Important Role in our democracy. [indiscernible] [inaudible] ] if you didnt do what you did, which is to figure out what is not only in our head but what is in our hearts, which by the way is as important why do we want to be president of the United States . What is motivating us, is it about us or about
Good morning. This hearing will come to order. This is the hearing of the title is resources needed to protect and secure the homeland. We will review the budget of Homeland Security. We have acting secretary of Homeland Security, the honorable Kevin Mcaleenan here to testify. I want to first of all appreciate and thank you for your long service to this country. And in particular at this moment where we are grappling with so many issues. The aftermath of an unprecedented level of disasters with hurricanes and fires in california, hurricanes, you know, obviously in the gulf coast, the dister that aster oct the border right now. If we could quickly put up our chart. I think ee hawe have our chart. Not only do we have it on the chart, but we had an event in oshkosh over the weekend that required a giveaway. I produced a chart. It shows how out of control the problem is. In the first seven months of this year we have over 300, the total is actually 312,000 individuals coming either as over