Customers a day. Host you will have to leave it there. We appreciate your time. We will now bring you to the Senate Homeland security and Government Affairs committee. They are looking at the bureau of oversight. And the challenges facing the federal prison system. You can see the chairman, ron johnson, who will be gathering there shortly. Senator johnson good morning. This hearing will come to order. I am looking forward to this. I was telling the witnesses, i have read all of the testimony, and i generally do that to the best of my ability, sometimes the testimony can be a little dry and will put me to sleep when im reading later at night. In this case, not whatsoever. The testimony was fascinating partly because i am new to the issue. I will keep my Opening Statement brief. I know senator booker wants to make an Opening Statement and he is been involved longer than i have. Being a business guy i am dated driven data driven. The data on this with a high level incarceration rates are
This panel will look to what we can and are doing at home and internationally to counter those threats. Specifically, the panel will explore questions the rise of these threats and the parallel rise of the new world of ubiquitous connectedness and the internet of everything raise for policymakers. How do we protect connected societies . Whos responsible for what . What are the rules of the road . What are the ways where we think it a place where normative behavior is agreed upon internationally . Moderating the session we have john, probably the longest and oldest reporter covering this, going back to the 1970s. Writing the same stories until most recently. A reporter in the science section of the new york times. Part of a group of reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2013. He has a book coming. Request for Common Ground between humans and machines. [applause] thank you, everyone. My panelists to my left, the director of the National Security agency. Suzann
Down and say, can we do both . What about our allies and other countries . That is the debate. It is not an easy answer. You can see both sides of the issue. Aside. E to set that one we have to solve that problem. Without it, we are going to have something bad happened. Security, that is a different issue. How networks are secure. We should talk about that. It is not the same as communications. If i look at that particular use case. What it tells me, Security Issues are only going to become more and more personalized in our society. The situation where you have terrorist organizations recruiting people on twitter. Ofis a pointer to me technology becoming a more personalized aspect of our lives. In particular, the upcoming generations. I think is going to be important for us, not just a focus on what is happening Technology Becomes more personalized and a part of what we are doing, we have to think around what are the indications of that from a policy perspective. A security perspective
Up next, you will hear conflicting testimony on how women are treated in the federal prison system. Charles samuels of the federal theau of prisons testifies system does not practice solitary confinement, while p kerman totally a different story. This is three hours. Not so in this case whatsoever. I think the testimony was fascinating, partly because i am somewhat new to this issue. I will keep my Opening Statement somewhat brief, because i know senator booker would like to make an Opening Statement. I am happy to have him do so because he has been involved in this issue longer than i have. I just want to make a couple of brief remarks. Being a business guy i am pretty data driven. The data, the statistics, on this particular problem the severe prison sentence with a high level incarceration rates are pretty stark. In 1980, there were 25,000 people in the federal prison systems. Today there are 29000, a 736 increase as our population has only increased 40 . In total, there were 500,00
Our roundtable focuses on the issue of the border adjustment tax, which is being talked about as a way to offset the growing deficit. And adam pozen will be here tomorrow morning for your calls and comments. The nations governor meeting here in washington, d. C. , will be at the white house tonight for a dinner hosted by the president and first lady. Live coverage on cspan from washington, d. C. , the winter meeting. We have a lot of good work to do. I am torticollis, first lady i am dorothy, first lady of virginia and chair of the south Leadership Committee and it is my pleasure to welcome you all to this very special winter meeting, joint session for today, we are talking about ending child hunger, improving lives and investing in american future. I want to thank all the governor here and their spouses and all the many Partner Organizations who are in attendance. It is my i will say understanding it has been several years since there has been a joint session at the nda nga, so we are