Chair calling this meeting to order. Please be seated. Good gracious. It should be us standing for you. You should all be aware of several things. One, even though there is not a Committee Room of people that you can see that is full, we are zooming this to a majority of the Commerce Committee, which is a large committee. There is a Staff Member for every Commerce Committee member, and every senator watching, not to mention millions watching at home. [laughter] or not. I should give fair warning, this is my first Committee Hearing that i get to chair as the chair of the Space And Science subcommittee of the Commerce Committee. So you will have to take your own risks with that. When they told me i was going to get to chair this committee, my communications staff, i should not say it, but i was over the moon. [laughter] this is important not only to colorado, it is something i have had a passionate interest in for a long time. It is ironic this first meeting is on Space Trash, which soun
Chair calling this meeting to order. Please be seated. Good gracious. It should be us standing for you. You should all be aware of several things. One, even though there is not a Committee Room of people that you can see that is full, we are zooming this to a majority of the Commerce Committee, which is a large committee. There is a Staff Member for every Commerce Committee member, and every senator watching, not to mention millions watching at home. [laughter] or not. I should give fair warning, this is my first Committee Hearing that i get to chair as the chair of the Space And Science subcommittee of the Commerce Committee. So you will have to take your own risks with that. When they told me i was going to get to chair this committee, my communications staff, i should not say it, but i was over the moon. [laughter] this is important not only to colorado, it is something i have had a passionate interest in for a long time. It is ironic this first meeting is on Space Trash, which soun
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] call this meeting to order. Please be seated with good graces. In my opiniond it should be as standing for you. You should all be aware, while several things, one that even though theres not a full committee room, you can see we are assuming this to i think the majority of Commerce Committee which you can see is a large committee, are looking and i think every step but theres a Staff Member from every congress committee, not to mention millions at home. [laughing] or not. I also should give fair warning that this is my first Committee Hearing that i get to chair as the chair of the Space And Science subcommittee, the Commerce Committee, so you have to take your own risks with that. When they told me i was going to get to chair this committee, my communications staff, i should not say this, but i was the moon. [laughing] this is something thats important not only to colorado, something ive had a Passion And In
Row seat to democracy. The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space And Science held a hearing on how to manage Space Traffic and debris. Witnesses were asked about space and the role of private industry in Space Travel. This is an hour and a half. [inaudible] call this meeting to order, please be seated. In my opinion it should be us standing for you. You should all be aware while several things, one that even though theres not a full committee that we cansee , we are assuming this to i think the majority of the congress so its going to be a large committee. Were looking at i think every Staff Member from every Commerce Committee and a number of other sectors watching not to mention billions at home. Were not. I also should give fair warning this is my first Committee Hearing that i get chair as the chair of the Space And Science subcommittee so you take your own risks with cothat. They told me i was going to get to chair this committee, my communications staff, i should not say it but i
live inside ukraine after new that a russian invasion could be imminent. and we ll also go inside the biden administration s new plan to provide free covid tests and n95 masks to millions of americans. but we start this morning with that breaking news out of new york where new court filings show the state attorney general letitia james turning up the ahead on former president trump, and his daughter ivanka. james says her office has uncovered a lot, quote, significant evidence, unquote, that trump and the trump organization repeatedly misled the value of his assets to obtain economic benefits and tax deductions. in some cases, misstating values by hundreds of millions of dollars, but the office has not reached a final decision on whether the evidence merits legal action. joining me now nbc s ken dilanian, and former federal prosecutor and legal affairs columnist for politico. good morning, gentlemen. boil this all down for us, ken. what does this motion tell us about th