Good morning, mr. Chairman. I think the witnesses for coming this morning. An incredibly issue an incredibly important issue we need to care about and make a policy on. Your meeting to discuss the state of cybersecurity and the grid and the continuing threats facing Americas Energy infrastructure. We continue to see increasing threats to the grid originating both at home and abroad. And glad to see the doe firm and others taking steps. Our energy grid serves as the backbone to our economy, Touching Every aspect are our lives every aspect of our lives. Reliable grid is crucial to the National Security and a clean energy future. For lawmakers to enable innovative advancements that we can improve the security and reliability of our electric grid, we must work on a bipartisan basis. And, actively engage with leaders as we are doing today. The modernization and innovation of our Energy Infrastructure is already underway. What was once a oneway Delivery System has evolved to a Dynamic Networ
The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protecting american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years, we have hearings on frauds and scams we must find ways to combat those who steal billions from our seniors and block moving and robo calls. Callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number source to 48 billion. Alone, residents received 93 million robo calls last year. Of 73 callsverage to each person in our state. So far, scammers are on pace to generate more than 58 billion billion unwanted calls. Scammers are initiated by offshore robo callers using new theirlogies to perpetuate schemes. We will focus on a practice called spoofing. Scammers to mask their identity by replacing their caller id with one that fits their story. See the internal sheriffservice or department pop up, they understandably understand answer the phone. They are worried
The hearing will come to order appeared good morning. Those g people from is a central goal. Frauds and scams targeting our seniors. Theg the phone and internet, fraudsters have proven to be relentless. To protect our nations seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who still literally billions from seniors, but also to find new and more illegale ways to block spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year, robo colors generated more than 26 alien dollars more than 26 billion unwanted callers that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. Residentslone, our received an astonishing 93 million robo calls last year. That is an average of 73 calls to each person in our state. This year, scammers are on pace billionate more than 58 unwanted illegal robo calls targeting american consumers. These scammers are overwhelmingly initiated by offshore robo callers using new technology to perpetuate their schemes. Today,
In the house of representatives, a lot going on today. If you want to find out more about the activity, go to our website at cspan. Org. We now take you to the house. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] rage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 17, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the ouse of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders fo
Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. Again, hundreds of millions of people across the world watched as history was made. Five times more nasa astronauts landed on the moon and returned home safely. President kennedys promise that our great democracy could achieve these hard things became a reality. As we watch those days in july, 0 years ago, dreams began to form. Every person watching the succes