Obviously, i could do this privately and i have but i would like to say a public thank you to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. So terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, vices sciencefiction chro
You to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. Terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, a vices sciencefiction chronicle. However, the thing that particularly commands her to our attention and brings are
sen. manchin: come to order. we are here to begin discussing the 1872, covering mining on public lands and consider waste to bring this outdated law to the 21st century. to put things in perspective, in 1872, ulysses grant was president & legislation establishing what is now yellowstone national park. as our parts are called americans best idea, but at this point, i don t think anyone would say the same about the mining law. it has been more than 13 years since the committee has held hearings on mining reform and it is time to look at a sensible update to be done it. i know we can pursue mining reform responsibly bearing in mind mining s importance to our national defense and economic security. that includes making sure taxpayers get a fair return on federal resources and we maintain american competitiveness and that we encourage the development of secure, critical supply chains. debates surrounding public lands and natural resources are complicated. i am glad we have this pa
sen. manchin: come to order. we are here to begin discussing the 1872, covering mining on public lands and consider waste to bring this outdated law to the 21st century. to put things in perspective, in 1872, ulysses grant was president & legislation establishing what is now yellowstone national park. as our parts are called americans best idea, but at this point, i don t think anyone would say the same about the mining law. it has been more than 13 years since the committee has held hearings on mining reform and it is time to look at a sensible update to be done it. i know we can pursue mining reform responsibly bearing in mind mining s importance to our national defense and economic security. that includes making sure taxpayers get a fair return on federal resources and we maintain american competitiveness and that we encourage the development of secure, critical supply chains. debates surrounding public lands and natural resources are complicated. i am glad we have this pa
sen. manchin: come to order. we are here to begin discussing the 1872, covering mining on public lands and consider waste to bring this outdated law to the 21st century. to put things in perspective, in 1872, ulysses grant was president & legislation establishing what is now yellowstone national park. as our parts are called americans best idea, but at this point, i don t think anyone would say the same about the mining law. it has been more than 13 years since the committee has held hearings on mining reform and it is time to look at a sensible update to be done it. i know we can pursue mining reform responsibly bearing in mind mining s importance to our national defense and economic security. that includes making sure taxpayers get a fair return on federal resources and we maintain american competitiveness and that we encourage the development of secure, critical supply chains. debates surrounding public lands and natural resources are complicated. i am glad we have this pa