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
I am just going to start giving that time is of the essence. There we go. Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, tuesday march 21st. Mr. Clerk, could you call the roll . Roll call, commissioner breed . Breed is absent. Cohen. Present. Farrell. Absent. Fewer. Present. Kim. Present. Peskin. Present. Ronen. Present. Safai. Present. Sheehy. Absent, tang absent. Yee, absent zeshgs quorum. I am sure that the alarming President Trump federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years o
I am sure that the alarming President Trump federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years of review and development and leverage significant state and local voter approved funds, including cal train, and barts expansion and, vehicles and train and control and other local and regional priorities such as better Market Street and brt improvement and cal train, but the impact would not be limited to the region as jobs that are associated with these projects span across the state and nation, in the hundreds of thousands. I want to than