Good morning. This hearing will come to order. This is the hearing of the title is resources needed to protect and secure the homeland. We will review the budget of Homeland Security. We have acting secretary of Homeland Security, the honorable Kevin Mcaleenan here to testify. I want to first of all appreciate and thank you for your long service to this country. And in particular at this moment where we are grappling with so many issues. The aftermath of an unprecedented level of disasters with hurricanes and fires in california, hurricanes, you know, obviously in the gulf coast, the dister that aster oct the border right now. If we could quickly put up our chart. I think ee hawe have our chart. Not only do we have it on the chart, but we had an event in oshkosh over the weekend that required a giveaway. I produced a chart. It shows how out of control the problem is. In the first seven months of this year we have over 300, the total is actually 312,000 individuals coming either as over
We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,
Im peter erwin at the new york times, also author of the new book how to win in a winner take all world. Im presiding over todays discussion. Its a great honor to have jerome h. Powell with us today. He joins us today at a fraught moment for the World Economy and for the fed. Previously, he was a fed governor. Before that, he worked for the bipartisan policy center, carlisle group, and the u. S. Treasury department. Well begin with a few prepared remarks by chairman powell. [ applause ] thank you, neil, and good afternoon. Its a pleasure to be here today. So im going to begin with a Progress Report on the broad public review my Federal Reserve colleagues and i are conducting of the strategy, tools, and communication practices we used to achieve the objectives that congress has assigned to us by law. Maximum employment and price stability. The dual mn datmandate. Then i will discuss the outlook for the u. S. Economy and Monetary Policy. I look forward to our discussion that will follow.
Questions from the house intelligence committee. Both open sessions. Mr. Muellers report into russian interference in the 2016 election will air live on cspan3, online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. And now education secretary betside voy devos on her educat freedom scholarships initiative. She spoke at the fund or american studies here in washington, d. C. , and also talked about the cost of Higher Education and free speech on college campuses. If i could please have your attention, please finish your meal of your dessert quietly. Thank you, all, for being with us this afternoon. Im roger ream. President of the fund for american studies. I know i said hello to a lot of you, but i, again, want to say thank you to those of you who generously support our Educational Programs and our work with high school and College Students around the world. Its my distinct pleasure and privilege on behalf of our port of tru board of trustees, ask you to join me in welcoming pres
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