spore the battlefield, darpa stops. there's nothing to commercialize that for the private sector back home. you look at a lot of the devices, i mentioned the average cost that we fund is 10000 with a couple of them almost 200,000. think about the original cell phone, the size of a small suitcase, you know, and cost $1,000. well, today it's the size of a calculator and it fits in your pocket and it' supercomputer so having that continued research and development on a specific device, whatever it may be for advancement, you know, where that funding comes from, there are certain i think separate pools that we can look at, but you have to keep that funding going because over time it will bring costs down. devices are so advanced that they cost a lot right now but 10 and 20 years from now, some of the work that dr. major is do, they are hard wiring devices into individual brains. you've seen a person who lost his arm in vietnam and through the sensors he touched a doo knob and cried because it was the first time in 25 years.

and darpa and in the early stages shod i follow it and change it.they are very good at incremental improvement. just the basic process of incremental improvement is much better in the private sector that it is in the military sector because they keep doing it. it is their way to survive. >> from the back row, furthers back. go ahead. >> my name is tony spadaro. apple address the issue of a new technology we invest and with the adversary using that. on the hypothetical that we have a foreign entity that is at risk to life, with a new innovative technology that we did not get to, do we have dn structures and agility to play catch up and perhaps become superior? >> i would argue that we do. we have demonstrated tha historically. what would be successful is another question. but the opportunity is particularly on at least the military side of the equation to have urgent need try. i was fine. i don't know why i was fine. i've been outmaneuvered. or is higher, jobs faster, whatever it is, whether by going to do about it. get those guys on ts. why did that

it comes back to what you said about spot back in which correctly said about darpa. we should never be surprised again. i've argued with generations. that is wrong. we are going to be surprised. we should stop creating the illusion that we will be otherwise. just as you said, we will be surprised with wha happens. the fundamental comments you offereat the outset. my sense is the risk as they are. we need to recognize there will always be there no matter what we do. the question is now, what do we do about it? i would like to come back to the prescriptive side of this. if any of you want to say more about this. >> i think there's one other and that is bringing into the current environment. much of the challenge that we have to deal with this is easy to look back and have the vision of where it all ended up and therefore backtrack the way to why it ended up tre most o the time to challenge is we are in an area where we do not understand. we can apply standard metrics and observation because we don't understand it. this world of complexity, of interaction in the enginee

darpa claimed that the wheels will result in better manoeuvrability.e than traditionally—made pizza, you might want to look away now. this pizza—making robot can spread the sauce and put the pizza in the oven, and even cut it for you. the company behind the robot says it does not work faster than a human pizzaiolo but can be more efficient by making several pizzas at the same time. deep in the heart of boston's jungle of cables, something stirs. it is a cheetah. and it is off for a prowl. we are starting to see walking robots like this trotting out of laboratories all around the world. now the important skill here is not that they can walk a particular route autonomously — they are usually controlled manually using games controllers. no, the amazing skill here is that they can walk and balance as competently as we can, even on the most unforgiving of terrain. ok, that is impressive. that slips, loses its balance, and regains it. that is the important thing. whoa! good shot! how hard is this? very, very hard. we move our body very easily, but we have to

my view and i have argued with generations of darpa directors about this is that's wrong. we are going to be surprised. it is the nature of technology now and we shou stopreating the illusion that it will be otherwise. and just as you said about the genes, we will be surprised by what happens, and this comes back to the fundamental comments that you offered jim and you offered jeff at the outset. my sense is the risk is there. we need to recognize it will always be there no matter what we do. and the question is now, what do we do about it? i would like toe bac to the prescriptive side of this. if any of you want to say more about that before we turn to that. >> one other piece to the risk and that is really bringing it into the current day environment. and much of the challenge that we have when we deal with this, it's easy to look back and have the vision of where it all ended up and therefore backtrack your way into why it ended up there. that's one approach here. but most of the time the challenge that we have is we're in an area where we do not understand the risk. we

i'm going to say something somewhat pretentious, i want to make clear it's me, not darpa speaking. anybody who has worked with me has heard me say that i think machine learning is a misnomer. i don't think we have machine learning. if they were learning they'd be able to tell you when they were giving you a wrong answer. we have machine training systems. the information they give back to unly as good as what we programmed in or trained them to do and a function of the input day them t that we are asking to evaluate. so the notion that these machines are at fault or somehow misleading us is in itself a misleading statement. they are as good as we -- >> live now to the white house for what president trump is calling a celebration of america. this came about after canceling a scheduled event with super bowl champions the philadelphia eagles. trump -- mr. trump tweeted the white house will host the united states marine corps band and hear the national anthem. there you see the president, live coverage now here on c-span. >> ladies and gentlemen, please join us in singing our

darpa is within the department of defense. out of it has come wondrous new technologies from stealth to presenter, for example. ten -- to the internet. we funded it every year to invest in high impact energy technologies and get these technologies out into the private sector. another important part of the bill is the focus on efforts to clean up hazardous materials on cold war era sites. it provides $7.2 billion to support environmental cleanup, $581 million above the president's budget request. still another important part is the u.s. army corps of engineers which touches the lives of almost every american. based upon the number of appropriations requests we get each year, the corps of engineers is the federal government's most popular agency. it maintains our inland waterways. it deepens and keeps our ports open. it looks after many of our recreational waters and land, manages the refer levels to prevent -- river levels to prevent flooding. i can recall when i was a member of the environmental protection agency after the mis

this will help ensure that investments made by darpa and at the department of defense labs are not shared with our competitors. additionally, this bill also includes reform of the committee on foreign investment in the united states known as cfius. cfius works to ensure that investments in u.s. companies made by foreign investors do not threaten national security by providing other countries with access to the crown jewels of u.s. technology. in closing, madam president, i'd like to point out that this bill is named for chairman john mccain. we all know his presence is missed on the armed services committee, as well as throughout the entire senate. i wish him a speedy recovery, and i am keeping him and his family in my prayers. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the pr

arpa-e was created to replicate the successful darpa model by incentivizing research in game-changing technologies to meet our future energy needs. despite the huge payoff the private sector does not and cannot invest in in -- in this high-risk, high-reward research. arpa-e has shown success advancing solutions that neither the public or private sector has been willing or able to support in the past. since 2009, they've attracted more than $2.6 billion in private sector follow on funding. this amendment does not cut fossil fuel research. the fossil fuel r&d will receive -- still receives more than last year, 50% more than president trump's f.y. 2019 request level. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment to make arpa-e whole. it's a smart bet on america's proven ability to turn creative ideas into market-creating, job-growing business. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman eserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? >> i rise in opposition and claim my time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from we

it used to be darpa was the cutting edge of all technology. they gave us gps and the internet and all kinds of other good stuff. that's not the case anymore. the research institutes are down in north carolina. not only that, they don't need dod. the markets are huge. >> one thing we haven't focused on that's critical particularly as we're talking about china and the competition with china both as a strategic and economic competitor. remember exxon floor yeah was part of an omnibus trade and competitiveness act, it included the creation of semi tech, an app that gave the president tools to open markets. it's good we're focused on firma, but it can't be taken in isolation. it has to be part of a broader competitive strategy. i think that's probably the missing component right now. to your point about dod expanding the budget, everything is so solid, if we're looking at critical technology and even chinese investment which may be net positive from a lower end, a lower scale technology, enabled people to shift cost so they can focus on higher-end

if we do business with whoever >> aaron levy of box was on yesterday, and what he touted was with darpais a silicon valley thing where the employees do not want to contract with government agencies, that's one of the things that helped develop them in the first place >> exactly >> the marriage of u.s. military and technology and i -- it just feels like it is more the beginning of the story playing out than the end >> you wonder what distinctions they can make. not just is it a government or defense department contract, but what's the work about or privacy concerns and other data handling that we object to. >> yes google now not renewing that contract at all. wow. >>> gm up 4% this year, trading at $41 a share with a huge week after news softbank invested in their cruise unit. the next guest thinks the stock doubles from here in the next two years, chris in from levon capital strategies is here as well as jamie from consumer etiquette research, equal raweit rating on the stock. welcome to you both. chris, making the case for $75 >> yeah, sure. so the way we think about gm, we think about

the ebola emergency, he was ceo of texas a&m's health science center from 2013 and '15, he directed darpa from 2006 to 2008. dr. giroir has authored or co-authored almost 100 peer reviewed scientific invention. he holds a bachelor's degree in biology from harvard and a medical degree from the university of texas southwestern medical center in dallas. i am grateful and i know all members of this committee that this committee will be the first congressional committee to hear from him in his capacity as senior advisor to the secretary on mental health and opioid policy. i'm also delighted to have cms's kim brandt appear before the committee. i was going to say that we used to refer to cms as it's a mess, but she has certainly done best to make it cms. so we will forget about that remark. kim has had a lengthy list of credentials, she is currently serving as the principal deputy administrator for operations of the centers for medicaid and medicaid services. prior to that she was here with all of us serving as the chief oversight council on the majority staff from 2011 to 2017. prior to that w

arpa e is a cousin of darpa. those are shorthand for an agency that was created in the department of defense some time ago out of which came a variety of wonderous technological inventions from stealth to the internet, for example. so ten years ago congress decided, why not try the same thing in energy and create what had we call arpa-e to invest in high-impact energy technologies and then quickly get those technologies out into the private sector. that's just our committee. in other committees, the commerce, justice, science committee chaired by senator moran and senator shaheen. the fiscal year 2018 bill increased funding for the national science by $200 million. next year it will go up another $300 million. the national science foundation makes will 11,000 grants to universities and other institutions around the country, $8 billion this year, is a part of our effort to stay first in research, science, and technology. then one more example. in the fiscal year 2018 for the third straight year, the labor, health,