My name is andrew hunter. Im a senior fellow here at the center for strategic and International Studies and the International Security program and director of our Defense Industrial initiatives group that focuses on defense acquisition and increasingly on what i call defense trade or the cooperation of defense acquisition that we do with our allies and partners. Im going to introduce our panel, and maybe kick off the question and answer session with this group when were ready for that. Our panel is divided into two folks who are presenting and two discussants who will speak to the presentations and other issues under this topic. And our topic for this panel is finding opportunities to facilitate republic of korea u. S. Defense r d cooperation. I think we have a really strong panel to present to you on this topic. To my left is mr. Steve wellby, who recently completed service or at least within the last several months, completed service as the assistant secretary of defense for research
Mr. President , i yield the flo floor. Its now in 2018. The long list of unfinished business. We are four months into fiscal year 2018 and we still dont have a budget deal. Its at the time of your old budget for the Health Insurance programe we call it chip survey puts the health care, about a million children at risk. These a are american children. 9 million of them are at risk with nearly 800,000 that live in fear of deportation many in the country theyve known most of their lives. I dont know how anybody republican or democrat could call this acceptable. I know the republicans control thend house and the senate and e white house. They are in charge and theyve got to show the responsibility and leadership on these issues but instead of addressing these issues last year they spend time rolling back sensible regulation designed to protect American Consumers and the environment and to protect people from harassment in the workplace. It rolled them all back and then they passed a massive
Veterans panel investigates a type of home Loan Refinancing practice that targets for veterans and Service Members. The department of Veterans Affairs will propose a rule changes to the guarantee program to stop lenders from targeting and pressuring veterans to refinance their home loans. The Loan Guaranty Service and executive Vice President of the Government National mortgage association. [inaudible conversations] welcome to todays subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and the oversight hearing entitled home loan churning practices and how veteran homebuyers are being affected and how taxpayers can be affected. This is the second hearing was held in Congress Related to the Loan Guarantee program and the benefits provided to the american servicemembers and veterans on account of the program. As with the department of Veterans Affairs discusses in the testimony from the guarantee was over 23 million loans in excess of 2 trillion since the 1940s that represents millions of veterans come
The nominee. I know this nielsen will introduce miss nielsen will is her family. America is facing enormous challenges. Trillions, over the no party is giving us assurances, and were looking at deficits in the horizon. Our enemies are on the rise, as russia destabilizes neighbors and partners with iran to control the middle east. We did modify korans behavior for the worst. Irans abilityy for the worst. North korea continues to develop nuclear weapons. Challenges that face the next secretary of the department of Homeland Security are equally daunting. We have recently experienced unprecedented destruction caused by hurricanes and wildfires. Fema and other budgets are already stretched in for these disasters. And use of the internet spreads, by socialats posed media acts of terrorism, hacking, and Cyber Attacks. This committee has gone through more than 20 hearings lead against the sad reality that our borders are more than secure far from secure. Illicit drugs flow virtually unabated,
Later on. Karen kelly, general kellys wife showing support for the nominee. I know this nielsen will introduce miss nielsen will is her family. America is facing enormous challenges. Trillions, over the no party is giving us assurances, and were looking at deficits in the horizon. Our enemies are on the rise, as russia destabilizes neighbors and partners with iran to control the middle east. We did modify korans behavior for the worst. Irans abilityy for the worst. North korea continues to develop nuclear weapons. Challenges that face the next secretary of the department of Homeland Security are equally daunting. We have recently experienced unprecedented destruction caused by hurricanes and wildfires. Fema and other budgets are already stretched in for these disasters. And use of the internet spreads, by socialats posed media acts of terrorism, hacking, and Cyber Attacks. This committee has gone through more than 20 hearings lead against the sad reality that our borders are more than