The u. S. Chamber of commerce hosted an infrastructure conference in washington, d. C. With members of congress, Biden Administration officials and state and local leaders to discuss legislation by the ten year and how it applied to workforce training, manufacturing and the electrical grid. The event began with keynote remarks by the acting labor secretary. This is about four hours. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the director at united infrastructure. Good morning. How is everyone doing this morning. Fantastic. I know the rain just started, so a perfect reason to get everyone started inside. I love seeing a room starting to get filled up with infrastructure nerds like myself. Welcome to infrastructure week 2024. Very exciting. I am supremely honored. Many of you have been with us just twota years ago its fantastic leading this wonderful coalition of organizations and associations and private Sector Companies so many of you are here in this room with us today thank you for your su
That may or may not exist, but certainly, the u. S. Has tried to be as transparent as possible with regard to Space Programs explaining even in the face of narratives that certain of our capacities are weaponized when theyre not, so i would refer you to some of the Good Communications what were doing in space, the clarification and transparency provided both by the space force you can finish watching this at cspan. Org. We are going 0 to take you to an infrastructure conference. Live coverage on cspan2. Inside this beautiful space, thank you all for taking the time this morning to be here with us. I love seeing a room starting to get slowly filled up with a bunch of infrastructure nerds like myself. Thank you, fantastic. Welcome to infrastructure week 2024, exciting, yes, amazing. [applause] im ross, leading from my post at accelerator for more action. And many of you have been with us since we take the rains two years ago, a fantastic two years leading this wonderful coalition of orga
At the same time we have is very auguste group the said forcing companies to provide a backdoor to encryption is going to result in a lot of unintended possible consequences including some of our companies will lose a competitive advantage because, for example, if we expand to include encrypted apps that it only would apply to our companies and, therefore, if our companies have to provide a set of backed away to get to this information and Foreign Companies who in the marketplace dont then you at a competitive disadvantage. They are a lot of issues that we do have two way. Speaking of that i understand you to say that is just one of the things on the table . Are that he said at another form perhaps but you think it should be expanded to include encryption apps . I dont know whether i said that but if i said it, im smarter today than i was then. I think thats something that folks are discussing but i dont know what that answer is. Thats why we havent come to dealing with a proposal. Wer
Southern lawmakers in particular in a tough spot on the record on if they supported the flag by graves. The story quoting republican representative jody hice of georges saying this morning he plans to support the amendment. The amendment that is coming to the floor simply codifies existing law that has been in place for five years that allows the states to recognize historical significance on dates of their choosing while at the same time recognizing sensitivities that many have with the flag. While some republicans spoke about the Confederate Flag issue it was mostly the house to make rest that spoke on the floor. In a news briefing about it. Here is that briefing. Nancy pelosi good afternoon. Today we had action on the floor. I presented a privilege resolution that would have captured the action put forth two weeks ago. It was referred to the committee on House Administration never to be heard from again. That is intolerable. I put forth mr. Thompsons similar resolution and that was
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