Silenced or turned off. For those watching online, youre welcome to send questions or comments anytime, emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Leading our conversation this afternoon is david burton, our senior fellow for Economic Policy and heritages institute for economic freedom. Mr. Burton before joining heritage served as general counsel at the National Small business association, also been chief Financial Officer and general counsel of the alliance for retirement prosperity, and was a partner at the argus group, a Public Policy and Government Relations firm. Please join me in welcoming david burton. David. [ applause ] well, thank you for coming. It is my pleasure to introduce to you commissioner michael piwowar. He was appointed to the securities and Exchange Commission by president obama and was sworn in in august of 2013. He was designated by trump to be acting chairman of the commission and served in that capacity from january 23rd of this year to may 4th. His term expires in jun
Does that mean youre on the ground before the hurricane . Absolutely. We spend a lot of time talking about hurricanes, our ability to advanced. In we had teams in every state, a potential impact before landfall. We have moved supplies for rescue teams. It is also about other events that dont give you warnings, like earthquakes, and the ability to plan against likely scenarios, build that relationship for our state and local partners, and know what the initial deployments look like, versus waiting for an assessment of how bad it could be. Fema has of the things looked at and has been in the news lately is Cyber Security and cyber attacks. You mentioned the Energy Sector a few moments ago. What have been the changes in preparation for the potential of a largescale power outage . Look at fema standpoint, from the stamp when of the consequences and not necessarily the event. Ciber has a lot of history and a largeave yet to see impact. It doesnt mean it will not or cannot happen. If you loo
Does that mean youre on the ground before the hurricane . Absolutely. We spend a lot of time talking about hurricanes, our ability to advanced. In we had teams in every state, a potential impact before landfall. We have moved supplies for rescue teams. It is also about other events that dont give you warnings, like earthquakes, and the ability to plan against likely scenarios, build that relationship for our state and local partners, and know what the initial deployments look like, versus waiting for an assessment of how bad it could be. Fema has of the things looked at and has been in the news lately is Cyber Security and cyber attacks. You mentioned the Energy Sector a few moments ago. What have been the changes in preparation for the potential of a largescale power outage . Look at fema standpoint, from the stamp when of the consequences and not necessarily the event. Ciber has a lot of history and a largeave yet to see impact. It doesnt mean it will not or cannot happen. If you loo
Guest hinged on constitutionality, is this a ban on religious minorities. And the advocates who fought against it said this is a muslim ban and no other way to see it. The administration said this is not a muslim ban but a temporary halt as they described it on certain people coming into the country from regions that had security issues. Governments that cant assist the United States government in properly vetting who those individuals are. Host how does the new version accomplishes it . Guest it takes iraq out of the mix. There are now six countries. Guest lets hear from rex tillerson. Nd get his thoughts on it. Host lets hear from rex tillerson. Get his thoughts, and expand if you would like. Secretary tillerson upon the initial executive order, the get his thoughts, and expand if you would like. Secretary tillerson upon the initial executive order, the state Department Consular affairs and Diplomatic Security offices immediately undertook a review in coordination with the department
Guest hinged on constitutionality, is this a ban on religious minorities. And the advocates who fought against it said this is a muslim ban and no other way to see it. The administration said this is not a muslim ban but a temporary halt as they described it on certain people coming into the country from regions that had security issues. Governments that cant assist the United States government in properly vetting who those individuals are. Host how does the new version accomplishes it . Guest it takes iraq out of the mix. There are now six countries. Guest lets hear from rex tillerson. Nd get his thoughts on it. Host lets hear from rex tillerson. Get his thoughts, and expand if you would like. Secretary tillerson upon the initial executive order, the get his thoughts, and expand if you would like. Secretary tillerson upon the initial executive order, the state Department Consular affairs and Diplomatic Security offices immediately undertook a review in coordination with the department