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Sense, its also true that lawyers for the agencies that those responders work for also play a very, very Important Role. And were privileged today to have an outstanding panel of lawyers from various agencies at the federal and local level, some now in private practice, who have served in those Important Roles or do so today. And to give us some insights about the role of a lawyer in Emergency Preparedness and response. And with that id like to introduce the panel by having them introduce themse...

Then the Brooking Institution hosts the panel on Birth Control and family planning. Automotive industry executives and regulators and consumer advocates testified before a house subcommittee on improving vehicle and roadway safety. This hearing is two hours and 40 minutes. If everyone will take their seats, committee will come to order. Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing today on examining ways to improve vehicle and roadway safety. I will recognize myself for five minutes f...

They look at oil pressure, temperature, speed and they basically were able to do prevent of maintenance to reduce down time, they were able to have service sooner and increase the reliability of their system. So fewer breakdowns, longer Vehicles Service life and they were able to save 5 million per year in maintenance costs. So substantial impact. We can think about disrupting how we do things in government. A lot of people in this room are wearing activity trackers. Maybe breaks should depend o...

To access. These affect to these effective medications resulting in a significant Addiction Treatment gap in our country. This is without question a chronic neurobiological disorder that starts with a genetic risk, is informed by the environment, and is solidified by the culture surrounding it. Not unlike diabetes or hypertension, we can effectively manage the disease but stopping that treatment prematurely costs us lives. Were here today to provide recommendations on how best to respond to the ...

Fraction of a second. As the seat comes out and hits the wind blast, it begins to decelerate. If you wait just a fraction of a second before you put that main chute out, the seat has decelerated enough so when the force of the parachute comes out isnt as severe. To get to that solution, we are putting a switch on the side of the ejection seat, so when the pilot climbs up into the cockpit, can set that at heavyweight or lightweight. There are a number of ways we could have solved that problem. We...

To come down on them like a ton of bricks if they make a mistake that they rectify because what happens is, if theres not consumer harm, and they werent doing it to get benefit for themselves. It was just were an oversight. We are discouraging them from even trying to make promises to even trying to make promises, even trying to give consumers extra choices. I think it is a dual approach. We need to do, get out, give them information. But also in our enforcement action use our prosecutorial disc...

Senator as chair of the joint board in the february open internet decision, the commission expressly extended the referral to the joint board. As you probably know under section 254 of the law, assessment for universal service is on the basis of interstate Telecommunication Services. And we are charged with making sure that that fund has specific, predictable, and sufficient support. The joint board is tasked with trying to figure out how to update that support mechanism, but the underlying term...

Coming up, a house hearing on all t auto safety and a recent recall of cars. And then a hearing on domestic terrorism. The house senate and subcommittee held a hearing on whether auto recall regulations should be overhauled. This is two and a half hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing today on examining ways to improve vehicle and roadway safety. I will recognize myself for five minutes for the purpose of an Opening Statement. Certainly ...

Could help the internet of things really flourish. Do you think that would be the main thing then that the fcc can do is to maybe step back to offer more encouragement in many of those areas . Yes, i dont think we should be overly aggressive at this point. I believe we should allow experimentation with the internet of things. And i think thats how well see its possibilities grow. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator fisher. Senator daines. Thank you, mr. Chairma...

Test. Test. So what can the fcc do to foster innovation so that the United States continues to be a world leader in technology and also in telecommunications . Thank you. The internet of things is exciting, by the end of the decade, we could have as many as 50 billion devices with wireless sensors making us more efficient and effective, everything we do, people talking to machines and machines talking to machines. The possibilities are really big. I think there are four fundamental policy areas ...