Continue on funding for u. S. Coronavirus response in house and Senate Negotiators are working on a total Funding Amount and the house is exciting to see a bill early this week with the Senate Taking it up after the house. Gary shapiros president and ceo of the Consumer Technology association and he is our guest this week on the communicators. Esther shapiro, what is the cpa and what do you represent . Guest is great to be back here. Thank you. The Consumer Technology association represents over 2000 American Technology companies and we produce the greatest, honest, coolest most amazing event in the world and that is the ces in las vegas. Host and will we will get to ces in a moment but who are some of the Member Companies . Guest everyone you check to see when you walk into your local best buy, walmart, but we also have sony and apple and you name it. 80 of our companies are Small Businesses but the 20 of the big ones we have everywhere from google to air b b to lift and the disruptor
For the warm welcome and the honor of being here today to present the state of the state. It was not too long ago that i stood here and laid out a bold plan for the future of missouri. Back then, many were worried about the direction of our state. Some of you were probably worried about how your new governor would lead and address the problems within missouri. But because i love this state and the people of this state, i knew i was ready for that challenge. And with your help, ready to chart a new path for missouri. A path that would push us to the fo forefront of the nation, providing more opportunities for our citizens and make missouri a destination for others around the country, ready to embrace our showme way of life. I also want to thank the many of you in this room and the thousands around the state who had confidence in me, supported my vision, and offered me patience at a trying time for missouri. Even though it was a challenging time, it was also an opportunity to do things d
I am not a smart political operative. Smart political operatives would not share his real views about a cabinet secretary. But there were many cabinet secretaries in the Bush Administration and i am seated next to the very best one. Elaine chao. Thank you. Ive got evidence of it. I actually worked for secretary chao at the Labor Department and on my very first day she gave me the single best Mission Statement the cabinet secretary has ever given. Dan, i want you to scour the country, find the most effective conservatives who can fight and win. Youve got six months to recruit them and bring them to the department. Her first assignment to me was to get gene scalia confirmed as the solicitor at the Labor Department. Or at least appointed. He at that time was considered the finest labor lawyer in the land. Today, he is the secretary of labor. So to my right it is my distinct privilege to have an two extraordinary secretaries, secretary of transportation and secretary of labor. Thank you fo
Schedule, but were going to not cut these guys short, so were going to move into fortifying our future, states becoming more resilient. All of our states, whether theyre located on the coast, in the noounz, in the midwest, or anywhere in between, have struggled to meet the challenges that come with the disasters that impact the nation and our states. And next well have an important discussion own how to meet those challenges and how we as governors can prepare our citizens for the resiliency challenges of the future. Well have governor mills of maine, Governor Newsom, and governor mills will lead the discussion with the governors. [ applause ] i thought they were going to put chairs up here. I guess well do it from the thing. Im not in charge of moving the seats. Thank you, Governor Hogan. Welcome to all of you to this discussion about fortifying our future. Let me start by talking about my own state. Im getting wroo ready. For the august meeting in portland maine. My state has 1. 3 Mi
President s budget request is just that. It is a request. It does start the annual budget process and gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it carry them out. But ultimately its up to us to determine what kinds of programs to fund and what levels. This years budget request is far from perfect i agree the priority must be on Fire Management and improving the health of our forced. Im encouraged the administration is proposing to invest significantly and hazardous fuel reduction and other active Forest Management activities. We know such investments pays dividends hopefully well see this important work plan and carry it carried out without any disruptions. Thanks to our work on the consolidated preparations after 2018 which provided new Budget Authority to fight wildfires. And this budget request would make use of it for fy 2021. The 2019 fire season was relatively mild in the lower 48 with few notable exceptions, but in alaska, la