The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,
The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,
And those are the applications . Implications . We can posit any time because we are doing things and phases and this is something we do not have the luxury of not doing. We are, you know, working in increments to figure out how we can reduce each one of the component costs and working with the contractor and bidding it out. We are pretty much, you know, going through the path of bidding out each package and we can let you know what the trends are what we are doing and mitigate it. I mean, at a certain point you have to decide if you want to continue building this or not . Im just speaking for myself. On the commission we are going to likely commit to continue to build it. I want an understanding of what that actually means wheres the money, did it come from some other important project or is that coming from reserves. How does that really look. We are planning to present to you, as soon as the new director comes on board to look at rhe baselining everything based on what we are experi
Are there any questions or comments on the minutes . Any Public Comment on the minutes. Motion to approve . All those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. The next item is general Public Comment. I have a card from mr. Decosta. It afternoon. Ellipsis good afternoon. I dont say this too many times. When i fill out my card you will see Environmental Justice advocacy. I have gone your website. In all of this time from 2,002 up to 2019, how has sfpuc addressed Environmental Justice when it comes to our infants, our children, our youth, our young adults, our elders, those with compromised health, the physically and mentally challenged . I want to know. Do we have a department, or whatever term of external affairs chief strategist . I would like to have some sort of an explanation with all of the money that has been set aside for community benefits, how much is really being satisfied when it comes to children . How much of it has been satisfied . And, if San Francisco Public Utilities co
Being late. The days take on a life of their own. So, but i wanted to say good morning. Good morning, dr. Collins, welcome back to labor hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say a thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, the shrinkage of cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving and an informative, but a very moving experience, as well. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today, and in addition, and always a great addition dr. Francis collins who has joined us many times, director of the National Institutes of health. Today joined by dr. Bruce tromberg, by the institut