No, all is well. I am here. You became our 70th United States future estate 2018 and you are happy with the job is as much fun as you thought it would be . Every day. [laughter] what are the most significant Foreign Policy issues or concerns to you . The Biggest Challenges we have in our country right now in the foreignpolicy area . I get asked this question rank ordering the challenges. Thats not the original question . [laughter] its an important question about priorities, resources, ideology and time and how you think about problems that for me the first half or task when i came in now 16, 17 months ago after having been the cia director was to make sure the state department was ready for crisis and spend time making sure my team was prepared for the day that every ceo tries to deal with. What happens when something really bad happens that was unexpected and is your team capable and have the resources to respond in the moment something that frankly not given enough thought about. In
Did something happen this morning i did not know about . All is well. I am here. You became our 70th secretary of state in april 2018. You are happy with the job . Everyday. What are the most significant Foreign Policy issues of concern to you . What do you think are the Biggest Challenges we have in our country right now . I asked this question about rank ordering the challenges. That is not an original question . It is an important question. It is about priorities and resources and how you allocate time and think about the problems for me, the first task when i came in after having been the cia director was to make sure the state department was ready in a moment of crisis. I spent a lot of time for making sure my team was prepared for the day when something really bad happens. Is your team capable . Thatu have the resources you can respond to in that moment . Every morning, the first thing i do is read about china. I take time and talk about the broad array of issues that present rea
Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre
Our meeting will come to order consistent with policies to start on time. Well be doing that. Good morning today were considering the nomination of mark esper to be secretary of defense. We thank all for being here today. We anticipate doing your opening remarks, dr. Esper, introduce any members of your family here and other support groups. It is standard we have the eight required questions to respond to audibly to get that in record. Adhere to laws governing conflict of interest. Yes, sir. Assumed duties taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercise legislative oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate kmtsz if congress received testimony, reports, recordings and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, if confirmed, to and and testify before this committee when requested. Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, document, E
Test. Test. Test. Test. Thank you very much for your service, sir. The gentleman from missouri, mr. Clay. Theres also the chair for the subcommittee on housing, Community Development, and insurance, recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chair. And mr. Secretary, lets discuss the wellston, missouri, Housing Authority, which hud has had in receivership for the last 22 years. As you are aware, there is a planned demolition of a number of units, which will displace tenants, uproot lives, and cause utter confusion in those lives. Children will be forced to change schools, and some parents will have drastic changes to their life and work schedules. As you know, we are looking at several options, which we have discussed, including the grand families concept and section 202 housing. Could you please walk us through a displacement such as this and tell us what does hud do to serve the Affordable Housing needs of these residents and ensure that they have access to safe, affordable, and m