Welcomethat will soon all people interested in the automobile. Generatesbile trillions of dollars, supporting 7 million jobs across all 50 states. This industry is not standing still. It is hard to believe, but the Auto Industry spends more on research than that airs aerospace industries. New technologies such as Automated Vehicles and new Business Models offering mobility as a service are poised to enable substantial growth. Key benefits include improved safety, new jobs, new transportation opportunities and reduced congestion. Automated vehicles offer perhaps the largest potential gains in all these areas. More than 37,000 people lost their lives on u. S. Roads, a troubling increase from the year before. Many crashes were the result of human error. Asleephich cannot fall or become distracted, could potentially save thousands of lives every year. May spur economic activity. The wide adoption will spur a new passenger economy worth 7 trillion over the next few decades. To they will pro
I know there is some concerns about privacy of seniors with the web camera and video monitoring may give challenges to want to ensure the privacy of seniors and their dignity using this technology. But we also want to make sure we are looking now for their safety. I know using privacy techniques such as old the silhouettes on video monitors to ease some of the privacy concerns over adults but the challenge for those is to maximize safety with the minimum invasion of privacy they get to the chairman and witnesses to be here today and i look forward to learning from your testimony. That is an excellent statement. We have been joined by senator perdue, a senator cater and senator casey. Thanks for joining us this afternoon. Now we will turn to the panel and first year from the up Tech Industry veteran and the founder of aging in Place Technology watch. I a understand she also has the of wisdom to have her seventh home in the state of maine. That did not mean that is where you are testifyi
Testify about technologies theyre using to secure the nations borders, including efforts to combat drug smuggling. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on border and Maritime Security will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to examine the role of technology in the nations Border Security efforts. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Border security is a complicated endeavor, because theres no one size fits all solution. Thinking through what it will take to secure the border is the primary responsibility of the three agencies represented by our witnesses today. Border patrol is our Operational Force between the ports of industry, cbps office of Field Operations job is to facilitate legitimate trade and travel while keeping illicit drugs from entering, air and marine is the supporting element. All three of these critical Border Security components rely heavily on technology to accomplish their mission. Indeed, technology is a Crucial Force multiplier
The chair the gentleman will suspend. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from new york, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Serrano sorry for interrupting you, mr. Chairman. My amendment is very straightforward and prohibit funds allocated in the bill being used for the construction and operation of private forprofit prisons. The use of private the use of private prisons in our country is in a crises. People are being locked up in a facility that doesnt respect basic human rights. One in four people behind bars worldwide is in a United States jail. Thats right. The country with less than 5 of the worlds population accounts for a quarter of all the worlds prisoners. In fact, our prison population has continued to increase over the past few decades even as statistics have shown a decrease in crime. According to the f. B. I. , violent and Major Property crimes are at a historic low. Nevertheless, more and more ame
The office of Field Operations job is to facilitate legitimate trade and travel, while maintaining a list of those who cannot entry enter our country. Also, the supporting element, which provides intervention support. These components rely heavily on technology to accomplish their mission. Technology is a crucible a crucial multiplier, and the right mix of infrastructure, personnel, and technology has worked for the last 20 years. Instead of focusing on the gadgets and gizmos and repeated failures we have had, i think it is important to think strategically about the decisionmaking process. Those who mean to exploit our border for illicit purposes. Destroy that process by using usenology will help better the funding to secure the border in the long term. I want to take a hard look at the Role Technology plays in predicting, deterring, and detecting Illicit Activity along border. St order it is difficult to measure or accomplish. Discouraging bad actors from crossing the batter the borde