And it is a pleasure to be here today with the Honors College students in the university of south. 421 course what the south made exhibiting South Carolinas industrial i want to start with a quote this quote comes from a very prominent american historian a guy named ed ayres who while the coal mines and textile mills have become a visible and memorable part of southern history, the souths largest industry remained virtually ignored. Lumbering is often written off as of little consequence, and little dramatic interest, yet lumbering more often than any other industry, captures the full scope of economic change in the new south, its limitations as well as its impact and about, i dont know, a third of the way through the semester. And i think you guys are already kind of convinced of this, but i thought it might be interesting to share with you a little bit more about how we got to this place. So. About five or six years ago, the National Park reached out to uscs department of history and
We take you live now to the house science, space, Technology Committee hearing featuring epa administrator Michael Regan. The hearing will review the Environmental Protection Agency Science and technical activities and their use in policymaking. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements. I would like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas Opening Statement for the record. Now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing for science and technology at the Environmental Protection agency. I am pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact, this is the first time any epa administrator has testified since 2019 so we certainly have a lot to discuss. While i appreciate you joining us today, your testimony was sent to the committee un
We take you live now to the house science, space, Technology Committee hearing featuring epa administrator Michael Regan. The hearing will review the Environmental Protection Agency Science and technical activities and their use in policymaking. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements. I would like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas Opening Statement for the record. Now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing for science and technology at the Environmental Protection agency. I am pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact, this is the first time any epa administrator has testified since 2019 so we certainly have a lot to discuss. While i appreciate you joining us today, your testimony was sent to the committee un
We take you live now to the house science, space, Technology Committee hearing featuring epa administrator Michael Regan. The hearing will review the Environmental Protection Agency Science and technical activities and their use he will order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. Before my Opening Statement i would also like to request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas stopped Opening Statement to the bracket. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statement. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, science and technology at the Environmental Protection agency. Im pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact it is the first time any epa administrator has testified since 2019 and we have a lot to discuss. Thank you for coming. I appreciate you joining us today. I have to say her testimony was sent to the committee unacceptably la
The head of the Environmental Protection agency, Michael Regan testified on the use of science and technology in epas regulatory decisionmaking process before the health science, space and Technology Committee. He also spoke on how a potential Government Shutdown could impede the epas work, including protecting vulnerable communities from pollutants. This hearing is just under three hours. Our website. We take you live now to the house science, space, Technology Committee hearing featuring epa administrator Michael Regan. The hearing will review the Environmental Protection Agency Science and technical activities and their use the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements. Before my Opening Statement i would like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucass Opening Statement for the record. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I would like to w