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Protecting womens property rights. All of the counted. First county in the nation that allowed women to sit on jur hes. Right here in albany county. [applause]. That is that is new york. While washington fights and gridlocks, we find compromise and we move forward. Why . Because washington defines itself by their differences and we define ourselves by our come onnality their politics divide and our politics unite. That is the difference. Between albany and washington. Because we have a different...

Understanding that we are doing our kids and grandchildren a great disservice if we dont own up to the infrastructure problems we have right now and we work with the governors around the country to move forward on this issue. So mr. Chairman thank you very much. Snack thank you senator. Let me make this comment. We are very proud to have all of you here. We had some al masai think so the full panel was not here but i appreciate very much your coming. Its important i believe when i look at this p...

And local governments have the tools they need. This is a very important topic. We learn a lot when we got involved with Hurricane Center recovery and we are taking the larynx that we derive from that and trying to build into more of our programs routine resilient construction. For instance we found that stoplights needed to be waged in the ground deeper to be more resilient. And when that local leaders in my state are working hard to address whether its new york city or projects to improve side...

It is a case that hes gone beyond anything thats acceptable. The question is, can you follow the path of what jessica was raising. Is the fatigue and the sense of threat from isis enough to create some kind of convergence there. I dont know. The short answer is i dont know the answer. Im a big believer this also goes back to one of the points that sam used to also raise. If theres one thing that guided sam more than anything else, it was that he said, dont fall in love with your own ideas. And i...

Its binding components will only come into force in 2020. This means the other components must test the needs to increase substantially our investment and resilience now. The economics of resilience are compelling. For every dollar we can save 4 in the cost of relief. For every dollar invested in Early Warning we can save up to 30 in reconstruction. The cost of an action arising. Economic losses from Natural Hazards have hassen from 50 billion from each year in the 80s to just under 200 billion ...

Very much for your remarks. Center for naf val analysis. Instead of the marvelous mark sitting next to you, say you had the Koch Brothers and u. S. Climate skeptic, what would you say to those people to envoc their self interest and commitment to Climate Change . I try on this particular issue to say the same thing to everybody. What i start with is that you really got look at the science. And the science is pretty astounding. And the science is one that you really have tomorrow brace it. And th...

That is why we sent you to grow america act last year and why we will send you a new and improved grow america act this year. We certainly know that the grow america act is not the only approach to solving the infrastructure and mobility challenges of the future. We look forward to fully engaging this committee and with others on both sides of the aisle to chart this path together. But we believe there are some essential principles that any bill must have. First were going to need a substantiall...

Great big mansion if we have the resources to build a hut. And i think that our system right now really needs a substantial injection of a longterm bill but also substantial growth to counteract the cumulative effect of the shortterm measures in the recent past. And one followup real quickly on that specific point. Is there a version of that proposal you are talking about that doesnt have the big tax increase on successful folks as part of it . Because going back to the spirit of my comments, im...

Of living. The research on standard of living shows unambiguously that trade is great for these reasons. I just make two observations. Trade is great when say, japan is in recession. Japan is a huge economy. If japan werent in recession, it would be a huge economy plus 3 . So the returns arent that different no matter whats going on with japans Business Cycle or any of our trading partners. The second is i think to the extent the world is becoming more chaotic, what does this mean about the retu...

Source hardware and software and reexamination and redefinition of the role of humans in the operation of these systems. We note in our report that this Research Program is best carried out by multiple government academic and industrial entities and will require effective coordination at all levels. Civil aviation is on the threshold of profound change increasingly autotonomous systems which often happens. Early adapters sometimes get caught up in the excitement of the moment greatly exaggeratin...