Cspan3. Great. Welcome, everyone. My name is michael matera. Im the director here. Its great to have you all here today. We need to make requirement of csis an emergency announcement. If there is an emergency, im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given that were having a program today on hurricanes, one never knows. So this special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antiqua and barbuda, the British Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget Hurricane Harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be improved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We organize the program today to bring greater attention to both the
Never knows. So this is a special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antigua and barb a barbuda, st. Martin, the british and u. S. Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be il proved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We have organized the program today to bring greater attention to the impact of the hurricanes and to the critical local and international response. This is the latest in a series of panels presentations and publications weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago, we published a report discussing the most important aspects of u. S. Relations with the caribbean. W
I n the director great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represe
Great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represents our third bor
Friday. Follow the senate life here on sleep into when members return wednesday at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. Earlier today the House Rules Committee met to outline the debate on the spending measures to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year which ends on september 30th, 2017. This is an hour and five minutes [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. Today the committee will consider hr 24 fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill. I want to welcome both of our very special guest from the Appropriations Committee. Committee chairman and Ranking Member cup. We met last week and asked that you please do your very best and it looks like both of you have completed your work. Were delighted that you are here this bill includes, well, i think, i dont know whether that was a yes or no, we didnt ask for a vote yet judge. This bill includes full appropriations legislation from funding for the remaining 11 annual appropriation bill through the end