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Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the banking and finance committees. [applause] senator warner thank you for that kind introduction. The first time i have spoken to the council since i was a governor. And in in that, apologize while most of the action is going on in the house today, we are actually plowing through a , and im goings to be a little limited. Limit my presentation and not go through the question and answers, and i would have almost flipped out because i think the questioning is a must more significant. But i appreciate this opportunity to speak to the council on competitiveness. Continueul we will this dialogue because i think this conversation and issue is the issue of our time. I am going to talk about u. S. China relations, and maintaining the United States competitive edge. There is a widespread understanding today that rising china is the great Foreign Policy challenge of our time. This could not be a more important time or more important conversation. Ou
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a free press and protecting journalists. Ill remind everybody the guests in the chamber are guests and youre free to be here, but this is no audience participation in the hearing. This is a hearing and were going to conduct it accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. And that cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and theyre still true today. First amendment guarantees freedom of the press and prohibits the government from making any law to that freedom. Just hugo black stated, the Founding Fathers gave the press the role. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. And the hale to the freedom of the press is the keystone upon which all