Oversight of the department of Energy Research and development enterprise. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Were 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 much more frequently from now on, 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 draconian cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs, most actually fared 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 subst
Test. Test. Test. And part of that reason is because of the research that is going on at our National Labs. And im going to, again, ask paul to share with you, just because hes fresh out of seeing some of this and has to do with the Battery Storage. And the progress being made on Battery Storage is really fascinating. And ive always said that Battery Storage is the holy grail. If were able to get to that point where we can use our renewables, solar and wind in particular to power these batteries that have long time storage, and what were finding now is that the the elements that are being used to create some of these batteries are not Rare Earth Minerals and theyre elements that we have right here in the United States, so were going to be in control of our future substantially more on the Battery Storage if you just kind of give them a glimpse of whats going on here and i think thats pretty exciting stuff. So a couple of examples, the complex, r d business, beyond lithium ion batteries
Good wednesday morning, welcome to squawk alley. Im carl quintanilla, obviously a big day for earnings were watching the hill, the ftc and facebook is the big news a News Conference on that 5 billion fine over data privacy issues is going to start in awe if moments. Were going to take you to washington when that begins, but the swirl of agencies circling the company, ftc, who knows what the doj has in mind and well get a clearer picture of what the quarter looks like tonight. I dont know why it feels like something shocking is happening. Weve known this fine is coming for a long time, a big fine, but somehow to see 5 billion written down then more interesting to me, the restrictions and the oversight, the committee within facebook that looks like maybe its been structured in a way where Mark Zuckerberg doesnt have total control over this piece, you know, the ftc making the case that Mark Zuckerberg has to certify this privacy compliance every quarter, and this time if he slips up, ther
Well, good afternoon, everyone. Kent lassman im the president at Competitive Enterprise Institute. I want to welcome all of our viewers for another of ces book forums today. Ill be joined by todd myers. Hes an expert in environmental policy. He is the author of a brand new book out this week called time to think small how, nimble Environmental Technologies can solve the planets biggest problems. He comes to us more than two decades of policy experience. Hes been a leader at the washington, the state of washingtons department of natural. He lives in the heart of the Cascade Mountains with more than 200,000 honeybees as part of the puget sound salmon recovery council. And he works day to day with our friends at, the washington policy center, where the environmental director, as a reminder, sir, we want to get you involved in. This conversation for our friends join me live. I encourage you to use the chat function at the bottom of your screen enter questions those will be sorted and said
Well, good afternoon, everyone. Kent lassman im the president at Competitive Enterprise Institute. I want to welcome all of our viewers for another of ces book forums today. Ill be joined by todd myers. Hes an expert in environmental policy. He is the author of a brand new book out this week called time to think small how, nimble Environmental Technologies can solve the planets biggest problems. He comes to us more than two decades of policy experience. Hes been a leader at the washington, the state of washingtons department of natural. He lives in the heart of the Cascade Mountains with more than 200,000 honeybees as part of the puget sound salmon recovery council. And he works day to day with our friends at, the washington policy center, where the environmental director, as a reminder, sir, we want to get you involved in. This conversation for our friends join me live. I encourage you to use the chat function at the bottom of your screen enter questions those will be sorted and said