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Ways vehicles can become more energy efficient. Representatives from General Motors, toyota and center for Automotive Research. The committee will come to order. A little unusual to be here at the Convention Center for an energy hearing, but i think it is certainly appropriate given the subject matter that we have today. I certainly didnt mind the short commute over here. But it is a great setting to be at the auto show surrounded by the latest and greatest the Auto Industry has to offer. I am joined this morning by senator stabenow from the great state of michigan. She tells me while the washington auto show is good, the Detroit Auto Show is great. That might be the rlocale next year on the same subj ....
Fourth tiers, that has already begun to happen. And major contractors have said that the furloughs were triggered because the Defense Contract Management Agency was furloughed. And so the contract inspectors, some of the technical inspectors, werent there. And also that some of the government facilities had not opened up, some of of the governmentowned contractor operated facilities but even the most of the civilians are back at work and some companies are still gone ahead and furloughed or laid folks off. Why is this the case, that this is where companies are trying to bank savings for the future that they understand that deep defense cuts are companying or driven by what is happening . I think it is a combination of both. But what youre really seeing is the result of uncertainty. With unpredictability and uncertainty in the market, sue more conservative tism. It is a cascade effect. Where you saw it in week o ....
The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander i want to join in this a little bit because i recognize two things about the senator from oklahoma, one, hes been out front in trying as the senator from maryland said get value for the taxpayers dollar and second, hes working in a cooperative way to help us get a result. Those are two great characteristics in a body of 100 people that operates by unanimous consent. Im grateful for that. On the first point i agree with the Early Childhood money. We really have about 18 billion there. From various streams of federal dollars that are aimed at children below 5 or 6. Then we have state dollars, then we have local dollars, then we have private dollars, and weve grappled with ways to try to make sure we spend that more effectively. One way is to emphasize centers of excellence like nashville or denver or jersey city where they try to put all that money together. Im committ ....