Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Senator angus king and congressman Mike Gallagher. If i lived further north congressman al gore would be my member of congress. We are pleased to welcome Suzanne Spaulding who ill introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we
Necessary for the sake of public health, to help flatten the curve so our medical facilities dont become overwhelmed. But they have also been disruptive, frustrating, and in some cases, scary. Despite the emotional and economic toll this crisis has taken, weve seen countless acts of compassion, generosity, and selflessness all across the country. Americans have stepped up to help each other to fight this new threat. I want to make sure the American People know that since the very beginning of this crisis, nebraskaens have been on the front lines. When 13 americans were evacuated from a cruise ship in japan in late february, they were taken to the National Quarantine unit at the university of Nebraska Medical Center in omaha. As nations only federal quarantine units, they were also trusted to care for the americans recovering from ebola in 2014. Beyond treating those exposed to or infected with coronavirus, unmc is also working to test new treatments for this virus. In late february, th
Introduce people more formally prior to their also thomas fanning, two of the commissioners of the commission. First of all i want to thank the cochairs and that commissioners for the important work on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. I think the end product is excellent. I think it has solid recommendations that a number of these are within our committees jurisdiction over the working hard to evaluate those and the ones that we can get them passed into law of these recommendations can be done through executive action. What id like to spend my time just enter my formal written state into the record, i just want to talk about two of the commissions recommendations. When i i got here in the congrs in 2011, cybersecurity was a hot issue. It still is. Its not going away. I remember the buzzword back ban is we have to do something about this. Weve made a number of attempts and quite honestly we made a fair amount of progress. My own sense is the bad guys, the people and often always have
I rise today to speak about the unprecedented crisis that our nation is facing. In the matter of just a few months , covid19 has completely changed our daily life. This virus has forced us to close schools, shutdown restaurants, cancel major events and temporarily shut businesses across our country. We sacrifice these sacrifices have been necessary for the sake ofpublic health , to help flatten the curve so our medical facilities dont become overwhelmed. But theyve also been disruptive, frustrating and in some cases gary area despite the emotional and economic toll this crisis has taken, weve seen countless acts of compassion throughout generosity and selflessness throughout the country americans have stepped up to help each other to fight this new trend. I want to make sure the American People know that since the very beginning of this crisis, nebraskans have been on the frontlines. When 13 americans were evacuated from a cruise ship in japan in late february, its they work into the N