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
Test. Test. Test. And part of that reason is because of the research that is going on at our National Labs. And im going to, again, ask paul to share with you, just because hes fresh out of seeing some of this and has to do with the Battery Storage. And the progress being made on Battery Storage is really fascinating. And ive always said that Battery Storage is the holy grail. If were able to get to that point where we can use our renewables, solar and wind in particular to power these batteries that have long time storage, and what were finding now is that the the elements that are being used to create some of these batteries are not Rare Earth Minerals and theyre elements that we have right here in the United States, so were going to be in control of our future substantially more on the Battery Storage if you just kind of give them a glimpse of whats going on here and i think thats pretty exciting stuff. So a couple of examples, the complex, r d business, beyond lithium ion batteries
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Oneignpolicy decision America First. , please welcome exit of Councilmember Robert lapin. [applause] robert lapin good afternoon and welcome to my own personal favorite moment of each global for him, the annual great debate. This year, 2017, perhaps more than any other year in recent times i think we would all agree is defined by polarizing and oftentimes painful disagreements. From the boardroom and beyond, and of course the global forum is no exception. Ajc is not new to this reality. Every year we have featured passionate debate about the days most pressing issues in Global Affairs and overtime this segment, the great debate, has become an enduring fixture in our programming. As many of us will recall, last year steve israel faced off anor,st danson nor dan s over which Party Represented jewish interests. The year before we witnessed a Fiery Exchange between two wellknown israeli journalists. About the future of the two state solution, or the lack thereof. In years past we have host
Oneignpolicy decision America First. , please welcome exit of Councilmember Robert lapin. [applause] robert lapin good afternoon and welcome to my own personal favorite moment of each global for him, the annual great debate. This year, 2017, perhaps more than any other year in recent times i think we would all agree is defined by polarizing and oftentimes painful disagreements. From the boardroom and beyond, and of course the global forum is no exception. Ajc is not new to this reality. Every year we have featured passionate debate about the days most pressing issues in Global Affairs and overtime this segment, the great debate, has become an enduring fixture in our programming. As many of us will recall, last year steve israel faced off anor,st danson nor dan s over which Party Represented jewish interests. The year before we witnessed a Fiery Exchange between two wellknown israeli journalists. About the future of the two state solution, or the lack thereof. In years past we have host