And now the Senate Commerce Committee looks at reliability of the national Supply Chain, experts testify on Supply Chain security with the strength of the manufacturing base, privae and public partnerships and competition with china. This is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] all rise. [laughing] the use committed on commerce, Science And Transportation will come to order. Thank you all for being here. We have a distinguished group of Witnesses Today to talk about a very important issue to us in the United States of america; that is the State And Competitiveness of our Supply Chain, and its resiliency for the future. Each one of our witnesses, the distinguished dr. Gary gereffi, dr. James lewis, mr. Richard aboulafia, dr. Dario gil, mr. William taylor, and mr. John miller, all offer a variety of perspectives on the importance of this issue. I can say for me in the state of washington, aviation Supply Chain is something were very proud of. More than 150,000 people work in that S
Comprehensive set of strategies to regulate pfas, clean up contamination and protect public health. Im proud to support this bill which will deliver the tools communities across the country need to get pfas out of our environment and out of the pathways that lead to our bodies. Pfas are an urgent health threat, they are toxic, persistent and being found in the environment across the country. How common are they . A recent rport concluded, and i quote, most people in the u. S. Have been exposed to pfas and have pfas in their blood. That finding is pretty astounding and incredibly concerning to families across the nation. After all, these forever chemicals have long been linked with adder haves health effects including cancer, immune system effects, infertility, impaired child development, high Cholesterol And Thyroid disease. Industry has known about the dangers for decades but we have no limbs on pfas in Drinking Water, air emissions, no cleanup requirements and no limbs on dumping prv
Country. How common are they . A recent rport concluded, and i quote, most people in the u. S. Have been exposed to pfas and have pfas in their blood. That finding is pretty astounding and incredibly concerning to families across the nation. After all, these forever chemicals have long been linked with adder haves health effects including cancer, immune system effects, infertility, impaired child development, high Cholesterol And Thyroid disease. Industry has known about the dangers for decades but we have no limbs on pfas in Drinking Water, air emissions, no cleanup requirements and no limbs on dumping prveg fas into our waterways. We dont even have labeling of pfas ingreed yens to allow consumers to protect themselves. Right now the environmental Protection Agency is playing catchup after hour years little action by the trump administration. This bill will help tack they will complex challenge of pfas by taking direct action on the two most common pfas, pfa s P Foa right away while s
Affordable. Advance research into combating the next pandemic and curing rare diseases. Protect americas public lands and keeping our Air And Water clean. They help farmers, small business and large business. They help farmers invest in rural communities and combat hunger. Providing housing, among other things. These these investments will build back together and unable students and farmers to get ahead in the global economy. One of the provisions i want to highlight, which i want to say funding for full community schools. I have advocated for this program since we first watched it in 2008. Full Service Community schools help children and their families, the whole family, critical services ar accessible all in one place, not only childhood education, are dental exams, courses and more. Children and families have easy access, it means greater success for their later years better preparing them for. Think state of maryland had with duty centers. They are named after my wife, judith, she
Violating her own Mask Mandate. But we begin with white House Correspondent Peter doocy. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, mike. We didnt hear President Biden Say Anything on camera today. The last time we did was friday when he said in all probability more Covid Restrictions are on the way he was right louisiana became the first to issue a statewide Mask Mandate for all residents regardless of vaccination status. If you get sick with the Delta Variant, we estimate that you could infect about five other unvaccinated people. More than twice as many as the original strain. Peter thats why officials want vaccinated people wearing masks indoors, too. But things are going to get worse. Peter but the White House insists not as bad as 2020. Were not going back to the economy shutting down. We have made too much progress. Too many people are vaccinated. There has been too much progress on the economic front. And to keep things open the Biden Administration really likes it when big busin