too big, too small or just the right size? i ll talk to two of the world s foremost economists, larry summers and paul krugman. then, what is the quad? president biden met with the leader of japan, india and australia, a new block focused on deterring china. will it work? i ll talk to an expert. and the biotech revolution brought us to the covid 19 vaccines more swiftly than anyone imagined possible. it is given us the ability to edit genes to cure diseases and the innovations on the horizon are even more extraordinary. i will ask walter isaacson to describe what is next. but first, here is my take. within hours of being inaugurated, president biden began to roll back donald trump s most egregious immigration policies including the so-called muslim ban which biden called a stain on our national conscience. he signed six actions geared toward a more humane and generous policy and outlined a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for mor
the goldilocks question. is it too big, too small or just the right size? i ll talk to two of the world s most foremost economists, larry summers and paul krugman. then what is the quad? president biden met with the leaders of japan, india and australia, a new bloc focused on deterring china. will it work? i ll talk to an expert. and the biotech revolution brought us covid-19 vaccines more swift than anyone thought possible. it s given us the ability to edit genes to cure diseases and the innovations on the horizon are even more extraordinary. i will ask walter isackson to describe what s next. but first, here s my take. within hours of being inaugurated, president biden began to roll back donald trump s most egregious migration policies, which biden called a stain on our natural conscience. he outlined an ambitious proposal for comprehensive reform, including a battle for citizenship living and working in america. literally hundreds of other rules, regulations and fees
And combine forces command. You can see the last few minutes at cspan. Org. Now urban Affairs Hearing on diplomatic actions as the u. S. Seeks to deter north Koreas Nuclear program. We have asked each of our witnesses to shorten their Opening Statements to a couple of minutes each so we can get to opening request wes. I will ask the senator to follow the fe minute allocation for their questioning. Lets proceed. Thank you. Distinguished members of the committee im honored to appear before you to discuss the Treasury Departments strategy the destabilizing and repressing actions of north korea. Today i will share with you aspects of our strategy which we are executing at a pace. We are foe cussing on key financial vulnerability. It can be used to support directly oirn directly its Weapons Development programs. So a key part of our strategy is by targeting the regimes most profitable including coal, labor and sale of weapons and other goods. We represented dunzs that support these lines of
One of our witnesses, ms. Thosht needs to leave by 10 30 in order to join secretary tillerson on a trip to china and we have a vote at 10 30. In order to allow more senators time to ask their questions, senator brown and i have agreed to submit our Opening Statements for the record. And we have also asked each of our witnesses to shorten their open statements to just a couple minutes each so we can get right to the questions. Obviously, im also going to ask the senators to be very careful to follow the fiveminute allocation for their questioning. First we will receive testimony from the honorable siegel, the undersecretary of for terrorism and crimes. And following her Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs. Without anything further, lets proceed. Undersecretary, please proceed. Thank you. Chairman crapo, distinguished members of the committee, im honored to appear before you to discuss the Treasury Departments strategy to combat the prov
Cspan 2 and watch anytime on cspan. Org. And listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on the future of u. S. Trade policy and current trade Protection Measures proposed by President Trump. Well hear from former clinton and obama trade officials as they talk about protectionist policies. The role of the u. S. In the World Trade Organization, and President Trumps proposed renegotiation of the north American Free trade agreement known as nafta. This is an hour and a half. Glad to see everyone here. I am john mayo, a professor of economics, business and Public Policy at Georgetown Universitys Mcdonough School of business. I am also the executive director of our Host Institution for today, the Georgetown Center for business and Public Policy. I will tell you that we are delighted today to have a discussion on something very important, near and dear to the Georgetown Center, and that is the subject of trade policy. And in particular, we are going to examine the issue of whether