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Testified on oversight and Infrastructure Investment. Topics include the recent recall of more than 2,000,000 t vehicles due to safety concerns with the autopilot system. Electric vehicle charging station infrastructure, highspeed rail, and Vehicle Safety standards. The hearing was held before house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on highway internal condors are asking in the sense of the german golfers to declare recess at the time during todays hearing. Without objection, so ordered. Also ask consent members not on the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at the days inn and ask questions without objection. So ordered. If members wish to insert a document into the record is also email it. Ask unanimous consent to enter a letter from senator capito and several other senators and a press r ....
Regulation, competition with china, and the inclusion of noncitizens on the u. S. Census. This is just under two hours. The committee will be in order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I want to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Our subcommittee members are here, and secretary raimondo, thank you for being here with us as well. The department of commerces fiscal 2025 budget request totals 11. 4 billion, which is a 6 increase over the fiscal year 2024 enacted level. This includes initiatives related to bolstering trade enforcement, innovations in manufacturing technology, Economic Development, and many others, all initiatives that are vital to american prosperity. I am pleased to see increases requested forward force Development Initiatives and strengthening supplychain security. The department of commerces missio ....
This discussion this morning is may be morertant, important, just as important as the Health Care Discussion we just came from this morning. We are very lucky to have two amazing leaders with us. Judy marks from siemens and zoe foundation. He today, we will be talking about workforce training and apprenticeship. This is near and dear to the hearts of every governor here and every governor in the city wetes can mainly because governors have an incentive to get this right. The employers in our states are counting on us to figure out how to deliver them a trained workforce. That absolutely includes fouryour college, community college, career and technical andation, but it includes needs to increasingly include apprenticeship programs, which i know many of you have started and are expanding here in rhode island. We are big believers in the apprenticeship model. Very early on in my term, we received a grant from the federal gov ....