Forward, i have been focused like the laser on trying to help the country get to a Better Safety posture when it comes to the movement of crude by rail. Su the point we have taken 24 shortterm measures that were thought about as bridges longterm answer which is ultimately a rule on this. Just to cut to the chase, you have to have a comprehensive approach to is this issue. There is all lost in the news about hank cars and tank car standards. The cape cod is that mitigation device. Is not a device designed to prevent an accident an accident for some period of time. We have to have a prevention strategy, we have to have a mitigation strategy, we have to have an Emergency Response strategy. One thing we pushed on the department is a comprehensive approach to take into account all those areas and i would say that i think there is the building consensus both outside government but within government, the right way to go. We are still working through the later stages of rulemaking, this is an
Leaders and it was very clear that there is no daylight amongst the elected leaders in terms of how they are viewing these decisions coming out of the administration. So i just want to make again very clearly enunciate very clearly that i oppose this administrations decision on anwr i oppose its decision offshore, i oppose its costly restricts and endless decisions within the mpra and oppose what its doing to our plasser miners and Timber Industry and many other Resource Producers ready to provide good jobs to hardworking alaskans. The state of alaska was actively ignored. The north slope bureau, alaska native corporations and many alaskans all of whom asked for an oil and gas alternative in interiors anwr plan by claiming that it requires an act of Congress Even though an act of wilderness requires the very same. The actions from this administration seem destined to shut down our transAlaska Pipeline weakening our economy, forcing our state to make steep budget cuts and really violati
The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Brown and ask for unanimous consent also to speak for up to ten minutes as if in in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Brown thank you. Earlier this afternoon, mr. President , i appeared with senator blunt, my republican friend from missouri, in front of senator rockefellers Commerce Committee to talk about our Bipartisan Legislation with manufacturing hubs that would promote new technologies to make our country a leader. Let me illustrate by this, mr. President. Along the ohio turnpike from toledo to lorain to cleveland to sort of akron to youngstown, much of the Auto Industry grew up along that turnpike from glass that would go for wields in windshields in toledo, steel in lorain and cleveland for the fenders and thehoods in much of the car to rubber in akron for tires, the w
Service in washington, moscow and the united nations. To his right, the policy director for the Norwegian Ministry of defense. He served as director general or Security Policy director for the Norwegian Defense since 1995 and in that capacity really became known as the father of nato Security Policy. Its a delight to have you with us. He also served at nato headquarters and is one of the architects of this project that were working on. And the director here at the Atlanta Council who will speak about the terms in the cyber realm. He served as a policy director at the white house, as executive director at Goldman Sachs asia and u. S. Air force Intelligence Officer in the recently published a fierce domain, terrific history of prior conflict in cyberspace. So with that let me come back to you to kick off this discussion given the world that fred laid out what is the relevance of the meaning of deterrence as we look into the future . Thank you for the easy questions that you have posed to
Firemen. Accused of a con job so big and so crass and vile that it makes you woner how they wear a uniform at all. Collecting millions of dollars in benefits but reportedly faking things like mental illnes in some of these creeps even pretended that they suffered from, working at groundero after 9 11 and they never did. Just arrested in a 400 million Social Security scam. In one the New York Post called a ripoff for the history books. But dont focus on that. Focus on how they haply screwed us and theyre fine colleagues who are held in high regard by us. Like this excop. Featured on the cover of todays New York Post, claiming that he suffered from depression but apparently not enough to keep them off jet skis. This man claimed he was so distraught that he couldnt leave the house. But apparently he could off the coast of costa rica. He took advantage of a Disability Program even though he was well enough to reportedly teach karate at a martial arts all. Dozens of cases like these and man