The here link is nearly three hours. [background noises] [background noises] the hearing of the Senate Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. china relationship the investments we need to keep our nation secure, competitive and maintain our leadership on the stage. Let me make clear from the outset we talked about competing against china encountering chinese influence we are talking about competing against its governments. Not the Chinese People are the millions of Chinese Americans to help make our country great. Im glad to have a secretary austin, blinken and were mondo here to discuss the all of government approach we need to meet this challenge. And this is our First Full Committee Hearing i do want to thank vice chair collins as well as her chairs and Ranking Member chester, kuhn and moran for working with us on this topic that i know every one of our members cares about. Like to thank all of my colleagues for their work in the r
Low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports he spent as a Public Service on these other Television Providers for giving you a front receipt to democracy. Now the secretaries of state and commerce testify in from the Appropriations Committee and the president s budget request for the upcoming year. How it would support National Security initiatives and growing competition with china. They also discussed support for ukraine and supply chain issues. The here link is nearly three hours. [background noises] [background noises] the hearing of the senate Appropriations Committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. china relationship the investments we need to keep our nation secure, competitive and maintain our leadership on the stage. Let me make clear from the outset we talked about competing against china encountering chinese influence we are talking about competing against its governments. Not the Chinese People
Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. China relationship and the investments that we need to keep our nations secure, competitive, strong, and maintain our leadership on the world stage. Let me make clear, from the outset, when we talk about competing against china, and countering chinese influence, we are talking about competing against its government, not the Chinese People or the millions of Chinese Americans who helped make our country great. I am great secretary austin, blinken, and raimondo here to discuss the all of government approach that we need to meet this challenge. This is our first full committee hearing, i do want to thank a vice chair collins, as well as our chairs and Ranking Members testers, coons, shaheen, tester, and moran. For working on us with this topic and others that every member cares about. I want to thank all of my colleagues with their work in the recent weeks to jumpstart the appropriation process. And
2017 winter meeting at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in phoenix. In this next portion, labor secretary alexander costa delivers the keynote speech. He talks about labor trends in Western States in ways that governors can partner with each other and the federal government to create more jobs. This is 45 minutes. We have a very, very special guest to address this audience and engage with the governors and to introduce that gas, i am happy to recognize our chairman, the honorable dennis after. Before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, id like to talk about the Workforce Development initiative that i began as chair of wga. All of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for work place that looked a little bit different than they did when i started my working career with my parents or grandparents did, certainly. At four workshops this past fall, Workforce Development initiative brought together policymakers, business leaders, educators and others are working to create more opport
His speech is about 45 minutes. We have a very very special guest to address this audience, to engage with the governors. And to introduce that guest i am happy to introduce our honorable dennis dugard. Thank you. Before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, i would like to take a moment to talk about the Workforce Development initiative i began as chair of wga. Western stake, nearly all of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for workplaces that look a little bit different than i did, started my working career or parents or grandparents certainly. At four workshop this past fall the Workshop Initiative brought together policymakers, busy leaders, educators and others who are working to create more opportunity and strengthen our economies by sharing best practices and discussing common challenges and learning from each other to do what we can to address work force challenges. Every persons Western State is grappling with this. In my conversations with other governors iden