Actually, if people are lawabiding, they never think about endangering National Security, there is no cause for concern whatsoever. Is if therelegation is a National Security law in hong kong, the law should be enacted in hong kong by the Legislative Council. It should not be happening in beijing. The Hong Kong Government has been kept in the dark and the process. Again, this is wrong. Firstly, this is a national law. Of course if it is International Law it will have to be decided how to enact the law. Now, basic law states clearly that for matters of national , thise or Foreign Affairs is a matter for the cbg. No one would question that National Security is something outside the high degree of autonomy. Its a matter of sovereignty of the country. 18 after basic law, theres a process that allows National Laws to be added for implementation through hong kong through a specified procedure. The third point is the political reality. If you believe given the current political reality, given
Americans are still without a reliable broadband connection. Closing this divide is a bipartisan priority and significant federal resources have been dedicated to this effort. Unfortunately, a problem that requires an efficient response is overwhelming and scattered federal funding response as Ronald Reagan said, the government is not the solution to the problem but is the problem. In may of 2022, the Government Accountability office found there were over 130 broadband programs across 15 federal Government Agencies. These programs, the broadband equity access created an Infrastructure Investment and jobs and missed 42. 45 billion. One of the Top Priorities is making sure these programs administered effectively so that money dedicated to closing the Digital Divide achieves its goal. The main concern about whether that will happen. Some of these programs including outside trade of regular order, there is no discussion of 42 billion is the right number or debate on how the program should
The chair recognizes five minutes for an opening statement. Thank you for the witnesses for being here today. Americans rely on Internet Connectivity for work, education, healthcare. Despite years of effort and billions of dollars, Many Americans are still without a reliable broadband connection. Closing this divide is a bipartisan priority and significant federal resources have been dedicated to this effort. Unfortunately, a problem that requires an efficient response is overwhelming and scattered federal funding response as Ronald Reagan said, the government is not the solution to the problem but is the problem. In may of 2022, the Government Accountability office found there were over 130 broadband programs across 15 federal Government Agencies. These programs, the broadband equity access created an Infrastructure Investment and jobs and missed 42. 45 billion. One of the Top Priorities is making sure these programs administered effectively so that money dedicated to closing the Digi
With megane here murphy. It is all about the year ahead. Can you believe we are done with 2017 . Megan so much has gone on. Know, so much of the attention has been focused on the political year. Not just in america and around the world. There are so many things in 2017 it happened he would not have predicted. In 2018 we will double down and predict more things that may or may not happen. The most interesting thing from what i think about it 2018 is things are better than you think. You may have had an incredibly tough year. Regardless of where you stand, we have seen tremendous disruption, tremendous populism, voicing sentiments of parts of this nation, other nations we may not have always liked to see. But an underlying if you look at Economic Growth as a baseline measure of lifting tides, we are on a rising tide. Whether or not people will screw that up is another question. Carol there are a lot of things out there that could. Megan the world is Getting Better for people and a lot of
Carroll we are here with editorinchief megan murphy. It is all about the year ahead. Can you believe we are done with 2017 . Not quite, but almost. Megan so much has gone on. As you guys know, so much of the attention has been focused on the political year. Not just in america and around the world. There are so many things in 2017 it happened he would not have predicted. In 2018 we will double down and predict more things that may or may not happen. The most interesting thing from what i think about it 2018 is things are better than you think. You may have had an incredibly tough year. Regardless of where you stand, we have seen tremendous disruption, tremendous populism, voicing sentiments of parts of this nation, other nations we may not have always liked to see. But an underlying if you look at Economic Growth as a baseline measure of lifting tides, we are on a rising tide. Whether or not people will screw that up is another question. Carol there are a lot of things out there that c