Morning, everyone, the committee will come to order. Happy halloween. Happy world series. Everybody stayed up late watching the game. Kind of exciting. Kind of exciting. So we are here to talk about good things, recreation, and im going to keep my comments brief because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well but we have three pieces this morning that were considering, s1665, which is the simplifying Outdoor Access for recreation act. Senator heinrich calls it the s. O. A. R. Act. I like the acronym there, pretty good. S1723, the ski area fee retention act from senator gardner. We all love skiing, or we love skiing. I cant wait. S1967, the recreation not red tape act from senator wyden. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focus in improving access, infrastructure and permitting to meet the increasing demands to provide highquality recreation opportunities on our federal lands. So the pro
Undersecretary of state for Economic Growth, energy and the environment, keith cross. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and space administration, jim bridenstine. Chairman. Joint chiefs of staff, general jose joseph dunser. Acting secretary, matthew donovan. Acting deputy of homeland security, david bokosski. Acting intelligence director, joseph mcguire. Acting director of office of management and budget, russ volk. Secretary of commerce wilbur ross. The director of the national air and space museum dr. Ellen stofan. Stofan. Its an honor to welcome the National Space council back to the museum to continue the work of mapping the future of American Space exploration, surrounded here by icons of our nations highest, proudest achievements in space. The council is ensuring our future achievements are fully empowered by the past achievements, the things you will be discussing today will one day be enshrined in this museum and dont forget about us, we need hardware. Last month at our
Thats all the time we have, thank you for joining us and thank you to our panelists. We have an Excellent Program the rest of the day but we will have a quick break before the. Just stay seated and we will get you started. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if everyone could take their seats, we are going to keep the programming rolling. Holy, holy, holy. That was lively and fantastic first panel cover the waterfront the currency, payment nerds to realize, what do you do when you need money . It is the focal. Of our next. The cfpb and whether you agree or disagree what they are doing, they are doing about a massive accomplishment in washington often underappreciated. Time in government is skynet, the ability to effectuate change is what we are to judge by what we think it was for the good or ill but i can few people who are skillful and impactful in their career effectuating change before becoming director confirmed unanimously that the federal trade commission before
Moderated by my good friend frank sesno, George Washington university, dr. Charles, the honorable senator joe leiberman, who were thrilled to get back on campus and dr. Roper. So over to you guys. Thank you, frank. [ applause ] well, good morning, everyone. We are delighted i think were delighted to be hereafter we had the conversation that was such a delight. I think it will be. Its one i think were all looking forward to. I thought what we would do before we actually dive into the topic itself is to connect each of you with the topic area and your areas of interest and focus. Charles, your a bioscientist with the cia. What else can you tell us about what you do on a daily basis . Well, im a scientist who explains Scientific Concepts and technology to nonscientists. So i dont actually practice science in a lab anymore. But i use my skills and background to write and communicate to the policy makers we need to provide warning to about the implication of those technologies. With a focus
Agents and bioinnovation. Addressing these issues requires focus not only from the intelligence can community but also development of national and international strategies, consensus on laws, standards, and authorities. Weve got an Awesome Group to shed some light on these issues moderated by my good friend frank sesno, George Washington university, dr. Charles, the honorable senator joe leiberman, who were thrilled to get back on campus and dr. Roper. So over to you guys. Thank you, frank. [ applause ] well, good morning, everyone. We are delighted i think were delighted to be hereafter we had the conversation that was such a delight. I think it will be. Its one i think were all looking forward to. I thought what we would do before we actually dive into the topic itself is to connect each of you with the topic area and your areas of interest and focus. Charles, your a bioscientist with the cia. What else can you tell us about what you do on a daily basis . Well, im a scientist who exp