Among the speakers is Caroline Atkinson who previously served as Deputy National security advisor for International Economics under president obama. She joins other policy advocates to talk about the role of the world bank, enhancing the climate industry and the impact of Climate Change and global development. This runs an hour and a half. Welcome to this discussion on how to strengthen the corporation in a fragmented world. My name is gillian tett. I am delighted to be joined with a truly wonderful cast or talent as they say to discuss this. On my far left, youre right is Caroline Atkinson. A longtime veteran of the global geopolitical scene. Next to her is vera songwe. A veteran of the Global Corporation and is involved in championing the voices of the nonwestern world. Next to her is xian zhu. Another luminary in the institutions. On my immediate left is dr. Nancy lee who has kindly stepped in for a member but was unable to join us today. She has recently been part of an interesting
Repeated budget cuts have tested blms ability to keep up with industry demand for new permits and to enforce safety and environmental standards. Thats why the president s budget calls on congress to support a strong on shore inspection program, partly funded through fees. This proposal takes a page from the offshore Energy Industry where industry pays fees for permits and inspections. Which means we can keep pace with the work load, and we dont have to divert funds from other programs to support permitting, leasing or inspection activities. Coupled with the transition to a new automated permitting system, which is under way, that eliminates paper applications, these Budget Resources will strengthen the capacity to do its job well. Thats a perfect example in the budget where Congress Needs to move beyond mindless austerity, brought about by sequestration and i can tell you, my first year in this job was 2013. I thought i left the private sector for this . Crazy budget. But this enables
President obama, you may remember earlier this month declared Venezuela National security threat. Find out why, and the reasons leading up to it. Tomorrows washington journal starts at 7 00 a. M. See you then. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next, the chair of the fcc, tom wheeler, anna house hearing on a house hearing. Then deputy secretary of state blinken. Later, defense secretary Ashton Carter on isis and other security issues. The chair of the fcc, tom wheeler, testified at a House Oversight hearing on tuesday on a recent open internet vote. It is that he was pressured into changing his stance on Net Neutrality. Last month of vote approved new rules to prohibit internet providers from blocking or discriminating against content moving through their network. This is two hours and 45 minutes. Representative chaffertz good m
Whatever has been put in place it is not working. I guess my question if youre not able to answer it now, for the record what are the plans that you are considering or putting into place that will make the system work and send the right message to the secret service so they know there will be a harsh penalty if they violate whatever the rules are . That is my question. You can cement it summit it if you dont have all the information now. Whatever was done in the past obviously is not working. Director clancy i agree. It is not working. I prefer to put together a document spelling out what we are legally able to do and what we cannot do and where we would move forward and try to rep. Roybalallard legally can or cant do are you saying when someone violates rules, is d runk, whatever, they have you dont have the authority to dismiss them . Director clancy i dont have the authority to dismiss them on the spot. Rep. Roybalallard on the spot. There are rules in place. Director clancy there a
We normally ask for your testimony, but we are very forgiving on this and we would appreciate your verbal comments. Your entire written statement will be part of the written record. Mr. Wheeler. Chair wheeler thank you very much mr. Chairman. Members of the committee, i will take that hand as well as your forgiveness and try and skip through early paragraphs. Im proud of the process that the commission ran to develop the open Internet Order. It was one of the most open and transparent in commission history. And the Public Participation was unprecedented trade last april i circulated a draft, that included a set of open internet protections, and also asked questions about the best way to achieve an open internet. The open internet npr and adopted in may proposed a solution based on section 706 do the calculations act of 1996. Telecommunications act of seven and 1996. Whether title ii of the act of 1934 would be a better solution. A quick point on procedures. While historically some npr