Subcommittee meeting is 1 45. Id hilike to call the meetg to order. I would like to thank our witnesses. First of all, its early. One thing thats true about washington, d. C. Theres uncertainty around us. Because of other meetings scheduled and planned we asked for you to come early, and i do appreciate it. And it shows you in the interest of our colleagues, that theyre here this early. So thats great. No matter first of all, weve got folks from as far away as alaska and close as pennsylvania. No matter how many miles youve traveled to be with us, were grateful for the time and financial sacrifice youre making to share your expertise today. I want to mention that even though they did not send someone to present oral testimony, i appreciate the Environmental Protection agency providing us with written statement to include in our hearing record. I ask that unanimous consent, without object, ion so ordered. The agency has agreed to take written questions for our hearing. This is highly un
Subcommittee meeting is 1 45. Id hilike to call the meetg to order. I would like to thank our witnesses. First of all, its early. One thing thats true about washington, d. C. Theres uncertainty around us. Because of other meetings scheduled and planned we asked for you to come early, and i do appreciate it. And it shows you in the interest of our colleagues, that theyre here this early. So thats great. No matter first of all, weve got folks from as far away as alaska and close as pennsylvania. No matter how many miles youve traveled to be with us, were grateful for the time and financial sacrifice youre making to share your expertise today. I want to mention that even though they did not send someone to present oral testimony, i appreciate the Environmental Protection agency providing us with written statement to include in our hearing record. I ask that unanimous consent, without object, ion so ordered. The agency has agreed to take written questions for our hearing. This is highly un
Is about your apprenticeship order. I salute your interest in that and the president s interest in it and look forward to supporting it. I have one question about it. The executive order allows you to deny access to the expansion of the Apprenticeship Program for certain sectors that already have effective and widespread Apprenticeship Programs. Is that directed at the Construction Industry . Do you plan to exempt the Construction Industry from your executive order . Secretary acosta senator, thank you for the comments and the questions. First, let me say going to your earlier combhent that this morning the department of ib comment that this morning the department of labor had a request for information regarding the overtime rule. Once approved by o. M. B. That request would ask the public to comment on a number of questions that would inform our thinking with respect to many of the issues that you raised. Now, moving to the president s executive order, the president is well familiar w
Before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending to bypass what were the actual budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions of prioritiz
Underlying theory would then kind of, i dont know, guide the development of treatment of disorders today. I guess. Or how what direction you see that changing research. I think that dsm has been very helpful, i mean, in categorizing certain conditions. I mean, and giving people some sense of, you know, based on which categories what treatments could apply. What its failed at is the underlying ideology. And i think most people understand, right, that thats i mean, theres value in it, but really asking why, whats going on, right . I think as the more we learn, right, the more we will come to understand that its, you know, not specific neurotransmission yes, they can play a role, i mean, in this disorder or that disorder. But to really understand how neural circuits really become sensitized, how those neural circuits, those grooves get laid down, i think thats whats key. You know, the reality is the reason why this has been so hard, i mean, because once those neural circuits get strengthe