Law the dean of georgetown and it is a privilege to welcome you wow. I am the dean of georgetown law and it is a privilege to welcome you to the Second Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg lecture. The first lecture was held in april of 2018. Our first speaker was Justice Ginsburg. It is a lecture series in which we honor distinguished leaders who is a champion for equality and human rights. Privileged at georgetown to have such a wonderful bond with the justice. You might have seen her portrait as you were coming down into the amphitheater. Was aloved husband remarkable member of our faculty for many years. We have a chair in his honor. The Martin Ginsburg professorship. I have to say, i am often asked, dean, what is my favorite memory . It is what we just saw. Walking into this room with Justice Ginsburg and seeing our students look with such admiration and inspiration on somebody who is one of the great figures in the history of the world but also a cultural icon. [laughter] [applause] when J
In the 2020 president ial campaign. Among the speakers were former officials,istration along with representatives from several Energy Advocacy organizations. From the Atlantic Council, this is one hour and 20 minutes. Good afternoon. My name is randy bell. Thank you for joining us today for this discussion assessing president ial candidates climate and energy policies. I dont think this could be any more timely given today is the first day President Trump can formally begin withdrawal from the paris agreement, and a year ago yesterday is the election. So we have a whole another year of this. Trumps animosity toward Climate Policy is part of the reason Climate Change has become a top priority for democratic candidate in the president ial race. It is also the result of increased media coverage, wildfires, a call to action on the Green New Deal, Global Climate strikes, and demands for candidates to formalize their climate and energy plants. The september climate town hall was unprecedente
And thank you for transcribing all that were doing. And thank you to cspan for covering us. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions. Just a few moments left in this testimony. Well go live now to capitol hill for a Senate Subcommittee hearing on data breaches and cybersecurity. Among the witnesses is the Vice President for microsoft. This is live coverage on cspan3. For two invited witnesses who apparently dont share your commitment to discussing this issues. One is for tiktok. If you dont know what tiktok is, you should. Its a chineseowned social media platform so popular among teens that Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly spooked. For facebook, the fear is lost social media market share. For the rest of us, the fear is somewhat different. A company compromised by the Chinese Communist party knows where your children are, knows what they look like, what their voices sound like, what theyre watching, and what they sh
Investing Additional Resources into Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies. Fbi director Christopher Wray was on capitol hill with intel officials to testify on security threats facing the u. S. Senators asked about counterterrorism efforts, stopping foreign influence in elections, and cybersecurity measures. This Senate Homeland security hearing is two hours 15 minutes. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for your service to our country. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores what we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. This is my ninth annual threat hearing that i have either chaired or participated in. I often say im not the most uplifting character. Those i could say that in nine years, i have seen tremendous progress being made and we have reduced these threats and all is well. Unfortunately, we face the same threats. If anything, the threats are growing. Nine years ago, we w
Oversight of the department of Energy Research and development enterprise. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Were delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities so i hope we see you much more frequently from now on, and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make draconian cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs, most actually fared well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a subst