All right, madam vice chair. Sorry everyone, for the difficulties. All right. For members of the public, we are on item number two. Public comment has been closed and we were taking action on the july 21st minutes. Madam vice chair. Um, i believe commissioner williams moved to approve the minutes. Oh commissioner preston moved to approve the minutes. Do i have a second . Second . All right. On the motion moved by commissioner preston, seconded by commissioner williams. Commissioner preston. Hi, preston. I commissioner williams i. Williams i vice chair fielder i fielder i. There are three eyes. All right. And madam clerk, can you please call item number three . And the minutes are approved as presented. Item number three is electric bikes for delivery workers. Pilot Program Update members of the public wish to provide comment on this item should line up to speak now or press star three. If you are joining us remotely. Madam vice chair. All right. We will now hear from anna cerrudo and c
Information about hunter biden. I agree with dan your last guest there is not a strong connection at this point. Between the evidence on hunter biden and any evidence you can watch all of our programs on our website c span. Org. We take you live to capitol hill where microsoft president is expected to be joined by a law professor and a scientist to testify about proposed legislation that wrigleys Artificial Intelligence. Live coverage on cspan 3. And also to chairman durbin who supports has been invaluable in encouraging us to go forward here. I have been grateful especially to my partner in this effort senator holly the Ranking Member. He and i as you know have produced a framework. Basically a blueprint for a path forward to achieve legislation. Our interest is in legislation. In this hearing along with the two previous ones has to be seen as a means to that end. We are very resolved oriented. I know you are from your testimony. And i have been enormously encouraged. And emboldened b
Information about hunter biden. I agree with dan your last guest there is not a strong connection at this point. Between the evidence on hunter biden and any evidence you can watch all of our programs on our website c span. Org. We take you live to capitol hill where microsoft president is expected to be joined by a law professor and a scientist to testify about proposed legislation that wrigleys Artificial Intelligence. Live coverage on cspan 3. And also to chairman durbin who supports has been invaluable in encouraging us to go forward here. I have been grateful especially to my partner in this effort senator holly the Ranking Member. He and i as you know have produced a framework. Basically a blueprint for a path forward to achieve legislation. Our interest is in legislation. In this hearing along with the two previous ones has to be seen as a means to that end. We are very resolved oriented. I know you are from your testimony. And i have been enormously encouraged. And emboldened b
At the v. A. Live coverage here on c span. Good afternoon, the subcommittee will come to order. Were here today to review the vas progress in the transformational Business Program or fmbt. Its the vas third attempt to modernize the aging inadd watt financial and Accounting Systems. Material witnesses and deficiencies for decades. At the same time, the departments continues to be much similar to the wild west. Its been nearly ten years since the former va senior procurement executive blew the whistle for billions of dollars of unauthorized commitments. And nothing is fundamentally changing. With so many purchased cards and so many different facilities and no central tracking, the department is practically helpless to enforce its policies, much less root out waste and fraud. Basic function stretched the capabilities of the system, like maintaining records when the va transferred the cares and arp funds. When the committee asked basic questions about how the funding was handled during las
At the v. A. Live coverage here on c span. Good afternoon, the subcommittee will come to order. Were here today to review the vas progress in the transformational Business Program or fmbt. Its the vas third attempt to modernize the aging inadd watt financial and Accounting Systems. Material witnesses and deficiencies for decades. At the same time, the departments continues to be much similar to the wild west. Its been nearly ten years since the former va senior procurement executive blew the whistle for billions of dollars of unauthorized commitments. And nothing is fundamentally changing. With so many purchased cards and so many different facilities and no central tracking, the department is practically helpless to enforce its policies, much less root out waste and fraud. Basic function stretched the capabilities of the system, like maintaining records when the va transferred the cares and arp funds. When the committee asked basic questions about how the funding was handled during las