important in washington d.c. going on tonight, i think you know what i m talking about. thank you for coming. i m mark loiselle at this george mason university and we author the intelligence policy and national security that has put on a number of these wonderful programs in the last few years. i m flattered that his turnout and look very much forward to this event. for those of you who don t know george mason university has a short school policy government that provides academic programs in fairfax and arlington virginia and we have a number of her fashion of degree programs primarily taught in arlington and public policy public administration international security studies which has been ranked number two by u.s. news and world report nationally that we are very proud of and i think the michael hayden sent her center for security policy studies a number of other entities at the school are a very important component of the recognition we have received for being leaders in
sector when it s in their best interest when the care is better or specialized care is available that s not in the va. i think we all believe that should be available. watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. federal reserve chair jerome howell announced a ãb following the announcement he took reporters questions regarding the action and the economic outlook. good afternoon and welcome. my colleagues at the federal reserve and i are dedicated to serving the american people. we do this by steadfastly pursuing the goals that congress has given us. maximum employment and stable prices. we are committed to making the best decisions we can based on facts and objective analysis. today we decided to lower the interest rates for the third time this year. we took this step to help keep the u.s. economy strong in the face of global developments and to provide insurance against ongoing risks. as i will explain shortly, the policy adjustments we ve made since last year providing an
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issues with plastic straws. he is a member of oceana. and it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. the subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. i may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. it is a shock. congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. huffman returns soon. so with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. any oral opening statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice ranking member. this is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner an
we re going to ask the members of the press to please part the center aisle so members can have access to the witnesses. the committee s meeting today to receive testimony on global terrorism threats to the homeland part two. good morning, the committee, as i indicated, is meeting to hear from four expert witnesses on where we are as of this date with threats to the homeland. this committee was created in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. since the establishment of the department of homeland security, the committee has focused on insuring the department is fulfilling its mission to secure the homeland. i take this responsibility seriously, as has every chairman of this committee. this is why it s been the committee s practice to hold a hearing to assess global threats to the homeland and evaluate the federal government s efforts to confront them. congress and the american people deserve to hear about the threats we face directly from the official