Y jan schakowsky. This hearing is carried by schakowsky. Good morning everyone. Thanks for joining. Us today the subcommittee will hear about potentials for automobile technologies to improve lives and enhanced safety. Let me state upfront, innovation and revolutionary transportation technologies do not have to come at the expense of our workers or the domestic manufacturing. Hundreds of thousands of americans are employed in the Automobile Manufacturing sector, and more than 4 million americans work as drivers. As we head into the next era of automobile technology, including autonomys vehicles, we must ensure we must ensure economic security for the critical workforce and their families. We also must ensure that these vehicles are safe and accessible to improve route 2020 was the worst year of our generation of fatalities and injuries despite a dramatic decrease in the number of cars that are on the road due to, and i think it is likely due to the fact that, drivers have been more rec
The committee will come to order. Today, we are considering three nominations. Robin carnahan who is joining us remotely to be administrator of the general Services Administration. Gsa. Jen easterly to be director of the cyber Security And Information Security Agency. Or cisa within the department of Homeland Security. And Chris Englis to be the first ever national director. Welcome to you and welcome to the family members joining us here today. Congratulations on your nominations and thank you for your previous service and for your willingness to take on these important and new roles. The agencies are offices you have been nominated to lead, each play a critical role in strengthening our national security and ensuring the federal government is operating both effectively and efficiently. The general Services Administration provides a wide range of including managing federal property and the federal Fleet And Offering cost savings, acquisition programs and technology services. In short,
in brazil, cnn is there as the health care system in the largest country collapses. the ever given nightmare, how to move a stuck ship that is as long as the empire state building is high. welcome everyone, and incredulous u.s. president took stock of the sunning new election law in georgia and announced it an atrocity, biden saying he will do everything to block it and said the u.s. justice department will look in to it. he did not mince words as he slammed this new state law. it s an atrocity. the idea, if you want any indication that it has nothing do with fairness, nothing to do with decency, they pass a law saying you cannot provide water for people standing in line while they are waiting to vote? you don t need anything else to know that this is nothing but punitive designed to keep people from voting. now, critics say the intent of the new georgia law which was fast tracked to the governor s desk is to discourage voter turn out, particularly among minoritie
going to be necessary to rebuild our infrastructure. which is also one of the biggest opportunities we have for job growth moving forward. two more. sure. administrator, one to you and one toast secretary, if i may. we hear from some corners of the criticism why are we doing this now when we re already in an economic crisis. you look at the state of new mexico where one-third of the state s budget is funded by oil and gas. so, why not let the country get back on its feet before we do this? well, the issue in new mexico is that somebody reported a bit incorrectly well, maybe not as precisely enough that this wasn t about impacting existing permits and fracking. this was about new leases on federal lands. so i think that the opportunity for the states to continue to accrue the royalties from both coal and oil and natural gas that is properly done on federal lands is going to continue. and there s even an opportunity in the review of that program to look at the royalty
going to be necessary to rebuil our infrastructure, which is also one of the biggest opportunities we have for job growth moving forward. administrator, if i may, you may hear from some corners of criticism are why are we doing this now when were already in a economic crisis. look at the state of new mexico on one third of the state s budget is funded by oil and gas parade why not let the country get back on its feet before we do this? the issue in new mexico is that somebody reported bid incorrectly, or not may be precisely enough that wasn t about impacting existing permit and tracking, this was about ne leases on federal land. i think that the opportunity fo the states to continue to approve the royalties from both coal, oil, and natural gas, if properly done on federal land will continue, and it s even an opportunity in the review of th program to look at the royalty issues, look at the job growth opportunities, look at a variet of things to make sure that the things