Dollars are well spent. From the standpoint about the concerns of the services provided, we think when you allow states to weaken the standards, and we have seen again, how states have used waivers to, in effect, create a day facto weakening of standards standards. We are deeply concerned. Well, i understand the need for flexzblety. But if the only principle here is that the states can do whatever they want, then they should raise their entaxes to pay for it. Throwing billions of federal dollars at the states with no accountability for the states of how they spend taxpayer money is not what we were sent here to do. So, thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator warren. And i did welcome senator collins to the committee, which i should. Were delighted to have her back. She and senator cassidy are the only two members of the kmiet tee this year. Senator roberts. Number one, weve flipped the seating arrangement here. The lights are a little brighter, the heat is a little warme
Its very helpful to us as senate xxs. And i thank senator murray and the staffs for working and having presented all of those points of views. You all get an a for sticking to five minutes. Well see if the senators do, as well, as the time comes. Ill take my five minutes and senator murray and then after that, senator collins senator warren senator robert, senator bennett will be first four. Well go by first arrival and conclude by noon. My my view theres a clear federal role i have to refresh myself. So seven tests in matt, three for reading once in years three through eight and then once in high school. And then three tests in siensz once in three through five and once in grade 6 through nine and once in high school. And these are 17 tests that must be used by law, as the primary means of determining the yearly academic performance of the state and each School District and school in the state but those righthand turn the only tests that kids take. Thats one spot light we ought to put
Source hardware and software and reexamination and redefinition of the role of humans in the operation of these systems. We note in our report that this Research Program is best carried out by multiple government academic and industrial entities and will require effective coordination at all levels. Civil aviation is on the threshold of profound change increasingly autotonomous systems which often happens. Early adapters sometimes get caught up in the excitement of the moment greatly exaggerating the promise of things to come and greatly underestimating costs in terms of money time and in some cases unintended consequences or complications. Will indeed be great. There should be equally little doubt that getting there will while maintaining the safety and efficiency of u. S. Civil aviation will be no easy matter. We believe that the barriers and the Research Program weve identified is a vital next step and that concludes my testimony. Ill be happy to respond to questions. Thank you, dr.
Lonnie thompson and his team have been risking their lives for over three decades drilling into mountain glaciers ice that has remained frozen for thousands of years. The ice cores they retrieve contain a perfectly preserved record of the earths past climate. Looking toward the future, chris field has created a time machine in a Northern California grassland. The jasper ridge Global Change experiment is subjecting an entire ecosystem to the predicted climate conditions possible 50 to 75 years in the future. Both Research Programs one looking into the past and the other toward the future will ultimately provide us with better ways to predict and cope with earths changing climate. [ wind whipping ] man ive climbed a t of mountains and ive been told that i hold the worlds record for the amount of time a human being has spent above 18,000 feet, which is 3 1 2 years of my life. But ive always had a purpose for going up there. And unlike mountaineers, i am always looking for the simplest, sa
Screeria nigeria. Hearing. Manhattan institute hosted a discussion about education and the future of the africanamerican community. Today the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion about driverless vehicles. Engineers, legal analysts and state Department Officials participated. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. The u. S. Department of state and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the discussion on bringing Driverless Cars from markets and introduce you to the the Deputy Assistant secretary of state for science, space and health, doctor Jonathan Margolis. As a member of the service, dr. Margolis oversees policy programs in the areas of International Science technology, International Health and body of defense and space and advanced technology and also conducted courses at the university of maryland, American University and the Foreign Service institute on these dr. Margolis began his career as antiamerican association of incident of science policy fellow and