Live coverage here on cspan. Needless to say, our committee has been working very diligently on a lot of transformational policy. While were waiting for our colleague here, i think ill thank senator wicker again for his work on the chips and p science act. I think people may not remember but this committee i dont know how many amendments we processed. Sen. Cantwell ity know it was in the hundreds. It might have been in the 300s. But i definitely believe that that kind of regular order process was good for the institutioned good for institution, good for the debate about science, and hopefully people will continue in todays hearing to understand that and understand much of the debate that maybe wasnt as clear in a big public perspective as it was to all of us who were working behind the scenes daily to try to figure this policy out. Ok, well go ahead and get started and when my colleague gets here, hopefully hell be here soon, we will let him make his opening statement. But welcome, sec
And whether anyone was hurt. Our crews are going to be live there at the scene and were going to bring you more details and well update you as soon as we learn more. Welcome to the four. Im claudine wong. And im alex savage. This afternoon, the fighting in the middle east rages on. Israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who is vowing victory against hamas for its deadly attack over the weekend. Hamas will understand that by attacking us, they have made a mistake of historic proportions. We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and israels other enemies for decades to come. Newly released aerial images are showing the increasing airstrikes on the gaza strip by Israeli Military forces. One day after the country formally declared war. Israel Officials Say those bombings are targeting sites linked to hamas, while the terrorist group is threatening to execute civilian hostages if innocent palestinians are killed. Now, hamas claims to be holding more than 130 soldiers and ci
Live coverage here on cspan. Needless to say, our committee has been working very diligently on a lot of transformational policy. While were waiting for our colleague here, i think ill thank senator wicker again for his work on the chips and p science act. I think people may not remember but this committee i dont know how many amendments we processed. Sen. Cantwell ity know it was in the hundreds. It might have been in the 300s. But i definitely believe that that kind of regular order process was good for the institutioned good for institution, good for the debate about science, and hopefully people will continue in todays hearing to understand that and understand much of the debate that maybe wasnt as clear in a big public perspective as it was to all of us who were working behind the scenes daily to try to figure this policy out. Ok, well go ahead and get started and when my colleague gets here, hopefully hell be here soon, we will let him make his opening statement. But welcome, sec
Broadband access. The hearing runs two hours. Two hours and 40 minutes. [bangs gavel] good afternoon. The Senate Commerce committee will come to order. I thank my colleagues, many have been in this room for many hours already today doing double duty on both an aviation hearing, and now, a very important conversation about the implementation of the chips and science act which we are committing a pretty big role in. Less to say, our community has been very diligently working on a lot of transformational policy. While were waiting for our colleague here, i think i will thank senator wicker again for his work on chips and science act. I think people may not remember, but this committee, i dont know how many amendments we processed. It was in the hundreds, it might have been in the 300s, but i definitely believe that the regular process was good for the institution, good for the debate about science, and hopefully people will continue in todays hearing to understand that, to understand much
We are going to leave it now as lawmakers are holding a hearing to examine software and how it plays a role in innovation. You are watching live coverage on cspan three. We expect the systems and code that we rely will work when needed. Despite this criticality, we see a department that struggles in peerk operating and prioritizing software. Congress, do know when something is gone and something is right or when something is working or not working. We see the reports, we read the studies, findings that are remarkably consistent from the 1980s to today. We know that some things are fundamentally amiss. My hope for today is for the witnesses to not only describe the problem but contextualize where possible what is being done to date and what the largest barriers have been in a meaningful manner. To help with that task that im about to introduce. Dr. Richard murray, professor of control and dynamics systems and bioengineering at caltech and cochair of the 2019 defense, innovations, boards