ranking member carper and members of the committee. i'm sean alteri and current serve as deputy commissioner for the kentucky department for environmental protection. i'm honored to testify today and appreciate the opportunity to provide comments relative to the new source review program. it's important to note that the new source review program is utilized by epa, state tribal and local air pollution control agencies to attain and maintain compliance with the national ambient air quality standards. the new source review program is knows to protect the health of our citizens and prevents the significant deterioration of air quality. regarding this legislation, the proposed amendments are narrow in scope of the new source review program. this bill proposes to amend the definition of modification to exclude projects that implement efficiency measures which reduce the amount of any air pollutant emitted by the source per unit of production. et proposed amendment also limits the emissions increases to the maximum hourly achievable -- or ma

work, it will provide it to people who need it. >> we are speaking with senator tom carper.alk about 2024 in minute. you have endorsed former vice president in a minute. are you concerned he is not making the headway particularly in iowa? most recent polls show him fourth. the national polling in the state-by-state polling in the states that we ,orry about the battleground wisconsin and michigan and minnesota, joe biden does very well. i was in iowa about a month ago, we were received very warmly. there are a lot of people who like him. we were in the western part of the state. he is trying to be everywhere. he can't be in every single state. he has been there so many times over the years. we need somebody who cannot just unite our party, we need someone who can unite our country. i just think joe biden does all of those things very well. i know a bunch of them pretty well. subjectt to close on a we have talked about before, infrastructure. there was a time when president trump was talking about a lot. i don't hear anything about it at all. where are we on infrastructure? th

>> yes, senator carper. the new source performance standard program that you're referring to was and is viewed to be unsuccessful at reducing pollution or even constraining pollution from individual plants. so congress added the new source review safeguards in 1977 to complement the program. the new source performance program is on federal technology standards, but it doesn't prevent wild increases in emissions that can hurt people from actual plants. that's why we have new source review added to the law. what this bill would do is effectively eliminate new source review and replace it with new source performance standards that would allow plants to increase up to their worst possible polluting hour in ten years and obviously doesn't protect people living around specific plants or protect people living in downwind states. >> thank you. >> and mr. alteri, where do you live in kentucky? >> warrens burg. >> where is that? >> it's between louisville and lexington, between-- >> are those adult beverages? >> are t

carper: thank you. i rise to talk about some of the observers call one of the best historically black colleges and universities in our country, it is delaware state university. home of the hornets. i was a u.s. naval officer and got an m.b.a. at the university of delaware and i went to work at the delaware economic office. we were the capital of the delaware state college. delaware state college and hbcu, not a well-funded college, not one that had the favor of, frankly, the governor, the legislator, and for the -- for the most part and a bit of a stepchild and i thought wouldn't it be great to transform delaware state college into something, a stark, memorable outstanding. and later on i'd be elected governor, about 15 years later, and have a chance to work with a fellow who is the president of delaware state university at the time and to transform it with the help of the general assembly, delaware state college and delaware state university. out of all the hbcu universities in the country, it is -- i

. >> reporter: there was global backlash what david carper did. he blessed up as common. >> my principal said that to me. i was like, oh, god, what have i done? >> reporter: he said it was his homage to the rapper and social activi activist, and his heart was in the right place. >> i had no attention to come across as blackface. and my actions were perceived that way, and offended so many people. i'm truly sorry and i apologize. >> reporter: carter hopes it will start a dialogue of understanding and appreciating cu culture. we talked to common. his daughter was surprihowed hi video and he was surprised. >> i was like, how could you think about doing that? >> reporter: common says this is a teachable moment ands bng oth deeper into ofblackface has com. i believe in forgiveness. i believe in understanding and compassion. >>> the nr as has dropped its lawsuit against san francisco. the legal exchange started when the supervisors declared the nra a domestic terrorist organization. the organization fired back with a lawsuit, saying the city was infring

the permanent subcommittee on investigations which i chair, along with ranking member tom carper, conducted an eight-month investigation into how american taxpayer h. funded research has been taken by china, effectively stolen, to assist their own economy and their own commitment. -- and their own military. china has been very open about its own goals to surpass the united states as the world leader in science and technology by the middle of this century. at middle of their effort is talent recruit programs. china has systematically acquired knowledge and technology from researchers and scientists in the united states in both the public and private sector. in the in the course of our investigation the f.b.i. shared with us that china plans to spend more than $2 trillion between 2008 and 2020 towards improving human capital which includes recruiting and developing researchers and scientists. the thousand talents program which was the focus of our investigation is now in its 11th year of operation and is probably china's most prominent talent recruitment program. however, there are about 200

senator carper. >> thank you offer your testimony. excellent testimonies and we appreciate that. thank you for being here today. and for the work you do. i passed senator sheldon whitehouse leaving as i was coming in. he is not on the committee and doesn't get to ask questions. he wanted to ask about responding to q f r questions for the record. i would ask to check with your team and make sure you're being responsive there. he asked me to mention that so i did it on his behalf. i know you probably get a lot of those. theprivileged to be chairman of this committee a few years ago. tom coburn of oklahoma was our ranking member. it was during the obama administration. this, we had a hearing or two with folks from essentially and the issueity, was swiss cheese. you might say why was it swiss cheese? the leadership in homeland security looks like swiss cheese. positionsumber of vacant in leadership positions. we had many others filled by people in an acting capacity who had never been senate confirmed. i'm happy you are here. and others that are filling in. here he woulde probably sa

. >> senator carper. >> like i say, thank you all for your testimony. i thought you gave excellent testimonies. we appreciate that thank you for being here today and for the work that you do. senator shelby white house, he was leaving when i was coming in, he's not on the committee. he wanted me to ask you about responding to qfrs, questions for the record, mr. wray, i would ask you to check with your team to make sure you are responsive. he asked me to mention it on his behalf. i get a lot of those. i struggled to be the committee chairman a few years ago, it was during the obama administration and this, we had a hearing or two with folks from essentially from homeland security and the issue was swiss cheese. and i say why would it have been swiss cheese? because the leadership and homeland security kind of looked like swiss cheese and we had a number of deposition that were have a can't in leadership positions. we had many others filled by people acting, never been senate confirmed and when -- i am happy you are here and others that are filling in. bu

. >> senator carper. i remember senator lankford me down where senator johnson. we were meeting with the president of guatemala and i said to him, visiting some of the president, i said i know you have this technology mister president, your prison guards are allowing cellphones to be used by criminals in the prisons to conduct a criminal business. he said really. i said yeah. i said there's technology. you can jump. he said really? i said yeah. and i said you know, you have it in your prisons. he said really? i said yeah. i got sick and you don't use it. and she said? really i said yeah. i just said you know who is responsible for making sure that this stuff is there and is used? it's your interior ministry. and she's not making sure that's been done. and he said really. undaunted yes. six months later there were both in prison. and i hope they're using their cellphones badly. i think this important point and not just for the u.s.. i rosenworcel will miss, another name because you've already britain rosenworcel? >> i have. >> you go through for ideas to secure yo

i will refer to senator carper. thank.rper: . you all. good to see you we begin by saying, my colleagues have heard me say ad nausea, everything i do, i know i can do better. i think it's true of all of us. think one of the keys to making progress is to point to the constitution, starting with these words, we the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union -- it doesn't say perfect, it is a more perfect. the goal is that we will aim high. we recentlying is had testimony before the environment of public works , a top official of the department of commerce from wyoming, he's in charge of national parks and the fish and wildlife service, and he said he has worked for the republican senator from wyoming. testimony that the most lasting solutions are bipartisan solutions. you have people in this committee that are pretty good at that. we need to have partners in this administration that are pretty good at that as well. forth done some back and between this hearing and the other committee on nuclear safety, which is impor

the permanent subcommittee investigations was senator carper and others are in the process of lookingnto that issue and have done a series of hearings on related items including on a confucius institute report. it indicates there are limitations that china places on the activities here including censorship as an example, not allowing the academic community here to discuss topics they believe are politically sensitive, such as the tiananmen square uprising. you said the chinese abusing the thousand talents program. the fbi has about a thousand cases constantly. coincidentally, investing in technology transfer and that university should be smarter about defending themselves. my question would be, what efforts has the fbi taken to inform the higher education community about this threat. what is your response? >> i think you put your finger on an important issue. the role of academia in our country, especially given the amount of taxpayer-funded research, is a key component to this counterintelligence threat. in addition to investigations and i cannot give you a number, out of the thousan

. >> senator carper. >> i remember that, senator lankford, being in guatemala. meeting with the president, to your last point, the president of guatemala, and i said to him, you know, we have been visiting some of their prisons. i said you know, there's technology that you have, mr. president. your prison guards are allowing cell phones to be used by criminals in the prisons and conduct their criminal business. and he said, really? i said, yeah. i said you know, there's technology that can jam those. and he said really? i said yeah. and i did, do you know you have it in your prisons? he said really. i said yeah, and you don't use it. really? yeah. you know who's responsible for making sure this stuff is there and used, your interior minister, sitting right here. he's not making sure that's being done. he said really, and i said yes. six month later, they were both in prison. i hope they're using their cell phones badly. but thank you. it's an important point, not just for the u.s. ms. rosenworcel, i love your name. have you always been a rosenworcel? >> i have.

, as cochairs of the senate diabetes caucus, senator shaheen and i along with senators cramer and carper have introduced legislation to address flaws in the system that have allowed pharmacy benefit managers and manufacturers to implement what are truly unscrupulous price increases on life-saving insulin. i also support a measure introduced by senators klobuchar and grassley to prohibit brand-name drug companies from confiscating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a less costly but equally effective generic into the market. that's referred to as pay for delay. i'm amazed that it's not already illegal under our antitrust laws. but this bill would make it clear that this tactic is no longer permitted. mr. president, congress has a tremendous opportunity to deliver a decisive victory in both lowering health care costs and improving health care. for the people of my state of maine and throughout america. if we want new medicines to reach consumers who need them, the companies that invest in research and take the risks necessary must see a fair return on their investment. but at the

carper: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to talk about something that's really important, not i think to our nation and our planet but to me personally. and to my family. cochair and cofounder along with senator john boozman of arkansas of the senate recycling caucus, i'm proud to stand side by side and with all the members of our caucus on the matter of recycling and its importance. today senator boozman and i have introduced a resolution to commemorate tomorrow, november 15, as america recycles day. i'd like to say that every day should be america recycles day. for a lot of families, that's what it is. i don't have any idea how many millions or tens of millions of families recycle every day but it's a lot of people. we need even more. for more than two decades, communities across our country have come together on november 15 and they do so to observe america recycles day and to celebrate their commitment to recycling. first i want to thank all those who worked hard to make america recycles day a suc