Including drones, missiles, armored vehicles, and communications systems. A Senate Homeland subcommittee set to examine which committees are producing the technology. And how russia has been using export controls to get it. The hearing of the permanent subcommittee on the investigation will come to order. Welcome everyone, particularly to the chair blumenthal the hearing of the permanent subcommittee on the investigation will come to order. Welcome everyone, particularly to the witnesses, some of you have come along way. And we greatly appreciate it. Just three days ago i sat across from president zelenskyy in ukraine along with me colleague senator hassan and three other members of the United States senate. As i sat across from him, what i saw was a steely determination to continue to fight, and that determination is shared by the ukraine people, overwhelmingly. President zelenskyy handed me a folder that i took from him then. It was the result of a conversation i had with him a week
Aa plus. Notes [no audio] good afternoon. Im harrison smith, director of the enterprise digital team at the Internal Revenue service. Im excited to be here today at 22nd technologies, with one of six sites on multiple partners scanning forms for us. It is my great honor to induce introduce janet yellen, sworn in as the secretary of the treasury engine january of 2000 21, the first person in American History to have led the council of economic advisers and the treasury department. She began her federal career in 1976 at the reserve board and in 1980 she joined the faculty in berkeley and remained there until she was appointed by president clinton to the Federal Reserve board of governors in 1994. Three years later he named her chair. 2004, secretary yellen began her third tenure as president of the Federal Reserve bank of San Francisco and in 2010 president obama appointed her vice chair of the Federal Reserve, nominating her to be the chair of the Federal Reserve were she was the top a
In his annual state of the commonwealth address Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin discusses test scores, Opioid Crisis and need to improve the foster care system. Governor youngkin and was born in richmond has been serving as governor since 2022 his speech at the kate State Capitol is about 45 minutes. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] thank you. Thank you. [applause] okay. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, madam president , Lieutenant Governor earl sears, attorney general, members of our General Assembly, chief justice a good one and the justices of our supreme court. Members of my cabinet and my fellow virginians, what an honor it is to be with you this afternoon. Today we gather and our commonwealth capitol. Not as republicans, not as democrats, but as virginians. And what an honor it is to welcome 54 members of the haGeneral Assembly that are in their new seats. [applause] and as we open this next chapter we mark a yet another trailblazing
, there has been a lot of weird climate events over the last couple of months and beyond. You have asked, not only just recently, but for the last couple of years, for President Biden to declare a Climate Emergency. What do you mean by that . What would you like to see . Quick certainly the impact of the summer has been very clear. July 4, the hottest day in human history. The last nine years, the hottest nine years in human history. And we see all sorts of other impacts in terms of trauma and loss of snowpack and stronger storms. So when you look at that collective impact, this is a global emergency, its the biggest threat humanity has ever faced. Even before biden was inaugurated, i was arguing in that first speech to layout the challenge that the United States has to set the example and has to work in lead other countries there put less country in the outlets less carbon in the atmosphere. We have to have an example lead and help the world take this on. But instead, what we have see
Span as a public service, along with these oer television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Senate minority leader mitch mccowill be stepping down as republican leader in november. He served as partyr since 2007, the longest sent incident history. Until his current term expireste in january 2027. Here is the announcement heave from the senate floor. Sen. Mcconnell as some of you may know, this has been a particularly difficult time for my family. We tragically lost elaines younger Sister Angela just a few weeks ago. When you lose s one, particularly at a young age, theres a certain introspection that accompanies the grieving process. Perhaps it is gods way of reminding you of your own lifes journey to prioritize the impact of the world that we will allâ– inevitably leave behind. I turned 82 last week. The end of my contributions are closer than id prefer. My career in the United States revolution. The truth is, when i got here i remembered my name. President reagan