by number one establishing permanent leadership on travel policies and strengthening the department of commerce role in coordinating federal travel policies. and investing in brent usa and nation's public private partnership dedicated to increasing international visitation to the united states and number three, updating the department of transportation's national travel and tourism infrastructure strategic plans nto better leverage for structe investments that the industry recover from the pandemic. number four, innovative ways to screen airport travelers for covid-19 and establishing contemporary joint task force amongst the homeland security department of transportation in the department of health andth human services to address the unique impact on covid-19 and air travel both during and after the pandemic. and part of the work that the members of the subcommittee that we have got to develop some of the travel especially want to thank cher for supporting this bipartisan effort for contributing to our profession. the ranking member for his team lane a significant role in the discussions and r

establishing permanent leadership in the federal government on travel policies and strengthening the department of commercee in coordinating federal travel and tourism policies. number two, investing in brand usa the nation's public-private partnership dedicated to increasing international visitation to the united states. number three, updating the department of transportation said national travel and tourism infrastructure strategic plan to better leverage infrastructure investment to help the industry recover from the pandemic. number four, studying innovative ways to screen airport travelers for covid-19 and establishing a temporary joint task force among the department of transportation, apartment of homeland security and the department of health and human services to address the unique impact of covid-19 on air travel both during and after the pandemic. i am proud of the work the members of the subcommittee that we've done to build on the bus travel and tourism act. i particularly want to thank chair of cantwell for supporting this bipartisan effort and 13 for contributing to our discussions. ranking

government, they are determined by the department of commerce and the dod's national defense strategy to be a strategic competitor of the u.s. and to be a foreign adversary. those are the two descriptions that we have formerly of them. the contention is to become a world leader in these technologies. their use of the technologies demonstrate that they believe control of being governed by their data is appropriate. one of the things, the data they are collecting on the uygers is really intimate. one of the things they collected, how often the front door opens and closes. i always think about it from a bill of rights perspective. if you contrite -- if you can track who i am assembling and what i am saying -- though through our bill of rights. do they have access to the data where they can track and trace me in a way that if they wanted to intercept those rights, it would be easy for them to, then ask yourself, what have they said explicitly? one of the things i admire about the exuberance, he states what he is going to do. he has faced world leaders, then he perceives -- proceeds to exe

if he eases up on why, where it really matters, we choose which is the department of commerce entity lived. this all. this was certainly paid the way for improvements in the relationship between china and canada. and that really have to happen is if china, serious about joining the ctp, which is what's left of the trent, the ship off and trumpet through us from the agreement. so china really sort of needs to repair relations with countries like canada, like in order to have any chance of doing this agreement. simon, great to talk to you. thank you so much for your your time in and the context you're able to bring to the story. we appreciate it. thank you. the rest of the day's news is coming up. the final rallies ahead of germany's parliamentary election holds predicting a swing to the left of the 3rd time. thousands of germans take to the streets to keep climate changes at the forefront of the political agenda. ah hello hope your weekend is going well. here's her weather story for the america as a wind shift in san diego has put down your temperatures by about 10 degrees. so high of

their interagency friends at whether it's the army corps of engineers or the shop at the department of commerce. all of that is kind of moving forward now. there is a commitment to permit, i believe, 16 or 17 projects just in the next four years. that is critical. we don't have to start from scratch on every single project. we kind of know the environmental impacts. we studied it. i think we'll be studying this moving forward. i think all systems are go to really move this industry forward thoughtfully but with now some confidence that we can build projects, we can protect the environment and we can create a hell of a lot of jobs. >> david, do you want to jump in on that? >> i do, i do, and bill was there, as was i, in vineyard wind and the challenges there. as the first mover, the plan has had a long slog. congratulations to adam grid at vineyard wind. but we do know how to do this. the points he made are good points, and we're committed to having a good bill that is efficient, is attentive to time constraints and at the same time provides the public with visibility and we end up with better r

the primary permitting agency is the department of commerce, the bureau of ocean energy management. we are going to -- we are going to be on track for 30 giga watts by 2030 and 80,000 jobs. already there have been 1.7 million acres of off shore acres that have been leased. there are 17 commercial leases in the atlantic already. i can go through more statistics. the first commercial green light has been put for vineyard wind. we've got others in the hopper, plus importantly we're looking at the gulf of mexico also as an opportunity. we're looking at california as an opportunity. in fact, yesterday there was a very important announcement about two big areas that will be coming online for commercial opportunities. and today there's an announcement about north carolina and the first notice of intent for the first major off shore wind project in north carolina. so it's a behive of activity. it's a top priority of the president and gina mccarthy and our climate office here in the white house. >> thanks, david. governor jindal, we just heard a ton of activity happening all across the natio

led the department of commerce. he was the leader of five different presidential campaigns during the reagan's first term. he was the leader of the white house staff as the white house chief of staff during his second term. he was the leader of the treasury department as the secretary of the treasury and course during george h.w. bush's presence that he was the leader of the state department of secretary of state. in the year 2000 he became the leader of george w. bush's legal team that prevailed in the landmark case of bush versus gore. so we simply could not have a better lawyer leader to be part of this program then secretary baker so secretary baker. thank you for taking time and and being with us today is the the final market is very important conference. thank you damage. i'm delighted to be with you. now since you've been a leader in so many different arenas and we're going to be talking about the lawyers leader. i think a logical place to start the conversation is how do you define the word leadership secret

the primary permitting agency is the department of commerce. we are going, we're going to be on track for 30 gigawatts by 2030 and 80,000 jobs. already the ribbon 1.7 million acres of offshore, acres that have been released. there are 17 commercial leases in the atlantic already. i can go through more specifics but the first commercial green light that is been put on can we get others in the hopper but importantly we look at the golf of mexico also as an opportunity. we are looking at california as an opportunity. in fact, yesterday there was a very important announcement about areas of california that will be coming online for commercial opportunities. and today this announcement about north carolina and the notice of intent for the first major offshore wind project in north carolina. .. it's a pleasure to join david and bill as well . three points, this reminds me of the most recent innovation revolution as of 10 years ago, you saw a large investment in the shale gas revolution. and also you sought states also compete without their shale gas a

and then will have the privilege to continue panel discussions the secretary at the department of commerce of communities unlimited and connie stewart the executive director it humble state university. immediately after the election, president biden made a public commitment he seeks to enable economic recovery from the covid 19 pandemic rural america would not be left behind. burrell america protects our nation at rates disproportionate of others. but employment and prime age labor participation in rural areas still have not recovered the 2008 recession level even before covid-19 hit. metro not only recovered but have grown. this geographic divergent, some call it regional or spatial inequality, a consistent feature over the recent past is our economy has increasingly become more globalized and more digital. an increasingly interconnected society and economy, one that i would say it made the rural urban divide and outdated notion. this really poses challenges to the overall well-being of america. especially some places have been hit hard what some called depths of despair. for seymour welc

getting additional support from their inter- agency friends from army corps of engineers in the department of commercef that is moving forward there is a commitment to permanently 16 or 17 projects that is critical there is a lot we have to start from scratch on every single project we know those environmental impacts we have studied it i thank you will study these as we move forward we are learning from our partners in europe about the impact and also to move this industry forward thoughtfully but now with some confidence we can build projects and protect the environment. >> bill was there as well as i watching the challenges in the recognition was we have to do things differently and so the first mover congratulations to the whole team. but we know how to do this and the points made are all good points and we are committed to make sure we have a clean energy bill that is organized and sufficient and passes the test of time constraints and at the same time provides the public with visibility and we end up with better results from the environment and the communities affected we showed we can do this w

alejandra castillo who was confirmed as the assistant secretary economic development of the department of commerce on august 13, and assistant secretary sto hazard to leadership positions now for three presidents, president biden, obama and clinton and in the obama administration she served as a national director of the commerce department minority business development agency becoming the first hispanic woman to lead that agency and she came to her current position after serving as ceo of ywca usa. really appreciate you being with us. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> and next i'd like to introduce ines polonius a seal of the communities unlimited which is security economic development organization and community development finance institution or cdfi that serves seven states including arkansas, texas, oklahoma louisiana mississippi alabama and tennessee. she also serves on the board of directors of the road temerity assistant partnership, the association for enterprise opportunity and is an active member of the partisan role transformation which is a coalition of cdfi's serving persistent p

so it had -- we had the department of commerce, we had the department of labor. why not have a department of consumers? this is what they argued, but it didn't go anywhere. those efforts didn't go anywhere, and in fact, it's not until 2011 that we see the establishment of a consumer financial protection bureau, which is quite controversial to this day. it was established in the aftermath of the '07 mortgage crisis. so what i have taken you guys through is how the great depression itself was a crisis of abundance predicated on the fact that the tremendous wealth our country was generated was distributed in such an inequitable manner that the majority of americans couldn't participate in the marketplace, couldn't become the consumers that advertising was encouraging them to become, and that business needed them to be. and that it necessitated the politicization of consumption in order to bring incomes up to a point that we could have something that we today call the american standard of living. right? that this american standard of living could exist and could be r

the department of congress -- the department of commerce is currently not required to notify congress when they issue a munitions export license. and i strongly oppose those changes. given the serious national security implications of foreign munition sales and the possibility that those weapons could end up in the wrong hands, congress has a clear policy interest in understanding when they occur. this amendment restores those notification requirements by mandating the department of commerce follow the same procedure and guidelines that was in place prior to that change. frankly, i am surprised that anyone is objecting to restoring a long-standing oversight power. i hope my colleagues will support my amendment to ensure that foreign munition sales receive a careful scrutiny they deserve, and i urge a yes vote on this amendment. and with that i reserve the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to claim time in opposition to the ame

from their interagency friends and whether the army corps of engineers or gina raimondo's at department of commerceand there's 16 or 17 projects just in the next four years, that is critical. i think there's a lot of -- we don't have to start from scratch on every single project, we kind of know the environmental impacts, we've studied it. i think we'll be studying these projects as they move forward. we're learning from our partners in europe about the impacts and i think all systems are going to really kind of move this industry forward thoughtfully, but with now some confidence that we can build projects. we can protect the environment and create a hell of a lot of jobs. >> david, do you want to jump in on that? >> i do, i do. and bill was there, as was i, in the watching the wind and the challenge was there and the recognition was we had to do things differently. it's the first mover that they've had a long slog. congratulations to avangrid and winds. and we know how to do this and the points that bobby made are all good points and we're committed to make sure that we have a clean energy bill t

gather information on those bottlenecks for the better part of nine months at this point the department of commerce national economic council are gathering some two dozen executives of big companies like apple, intel, bmw and trade associations to try to understand more about the acute issues of supply and demand going on right at this moment. it is an information gathering exercise, yes, but it also seeks to promote the white house's support of the chip's act which the senate passed in june and provides about $52 billion in m manufacturing incentives the house is still waiting to take it up senior administration officials say there has been progress made behind the scenes even if we have not seen it to the naked eye. >> kayla, i'll take it kayla tausche at the white house. >>> if you're looking to catch the next apple or amazon or alphabet on the way up, our next guest has 14 investing ideas, he calls them moon shots that could be the next major tech fran chi franchises joining us is jaim israel. we love this note. it's fascinating we'll get to some of the categories here. 6g, carbon capture, elec

the role of the department of commerce has been to help u.s. businesses export their products around the world but today commerce secretary gina raimondo will lay out strengthening and developing u.s. resources and development, a plan she said will add 1.5 million jobs and 60 million in growth. the first part is to stabilize supply chains. she said the pandemic is still to blame for these bottlenecks getting worse. >> we just shutdown our economy. we came to a screeching halt overnight. and now you can't just flick a switch and expect the economy can be turned back on. there's disruption in the supply chain, in lumber, building materials, in steel, in semi conductors, across industries and the economy. some of it will work its way out naturally. others, like with semi conductors require investments so we, quite simply make chips in america again and how can money fix it we need to incentivize companies to build companies in america, manufacturing facilities in america. >> you said aggressive action is needed to cover the chip shortage, what's t

department of commerce. mr. mcclain is responsible for over seeing, directing and imelementing noaa's research enterprise, including a network of noaa programs. he served as the representative to the ocean graphic mission and served on the u.n. decade of ocean science for sustainable development. and served in other leadership roles in noaa and founder of the ocean research and initiative. and our next witness is dr. margaret linen. the director of the scripps institution of oceaniography and dean at the school of marine science at san diego. an award-winning oceaniographer and environmental issues. previously she served as rice probose for marine and environmental initiatives and she also served as assistant director of geo sciences and coordinator environmental research at nsf. and director of the u.n. decade of ocean science for sustainable development and a fellow of numerous scientific societies. our third witness is dr. michael p. crosby. dr. crosby is the president and ceo of the remote marine laboratory a

transportation, the department of commerce, and other federal agencies from requiring proof of vaccination or the use of a vaccine passport to engage in interstate commerce or travel. it protects people like my dad who used to drive a truck and would carry goods across state lines. it protects the rights of american citizens as laid out in our constitution. president biden is trying to upend our way of life and impose his view on the health of every american and i'm here to say i won't stand for it. i'd like to yield to my friends, senator johnson and senator lee, as they'll talk about this same bill. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: i rise in support of senator scott's bill and want to make a few points. i don't believe president biden and the people are thinking this through about how devastating this will be on our economy. well before the president even announced his unlawful regulatory initiative, i was hearing from truck drivers, i was hearing from nurses and doctors who have already had covid, who have natur

many of his colleagues, whether it's in the park service, the department of agriculture, the department of defense, the department of commerce, the internal revenue service, all the people that work on behalf of this country. the brave men and women in the department of state who work around the world, often in dangerous situations. we need to recognize that, we need to support them. we need to let them know that we know what they're doing and we care what they're doing. so that's why i'm here today to talk about tim hudson, a guy who's made a difference for this country for 57 years and he's made a huge difference for the people of maine over the past five years. i want to say thanks to tim and his wife, mary, and wish him the best in his retirement. he's the best of what america is all about. he has served us well and he has served the people of maine well and i appreciate it and thank him for it. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam president. september 11, 2001 is seared in the memes of -- memories of those of us who lived throu

the commerce department. it grew out of a meeting between a prominent african-american entrepreneur by the name of clive barnett who had a meeting with hoover contending it would be in the commerce department's best interest to develop a special program, a special programming aimed at african-american entrepreneurship. barnett's motivation for this was essentially during the 1920's, historians refer to it as a golden age of african-american business at pivoting in the united states. barnett made the point that the commerce department could help stimulate this by forming a special agency to deal with issues or promote african-american entrepreneurship. interestingly enough, when we talk about interest and the division of negro affairs, it was founded during a republican administration, continued through hoover, and was continued in the fdr administration and continued through truman. this division literally had bipartisan support. but again, when eisenhower came in, the division was discontinued. and in fact, it really wasn'

solar companies asking the department of commerce to implement carrots on solar imports from malaysiaam this would have huge implications since 80% of imports are from those three countries according to the solar energy association performance today is mixed some movers to the down side, xinyi solar and west holdings corporation. along with flat glass. sunrise, first solar and sunnova trading in the green, all up more than 1% still the investor solar fund is on track for the seventh month in the last eight. while biden and world leaders are talking about rapidly deploying renewable energy, there is a lot of volatility for investors. back to you. >> those traditional energy sources keep on rising at least for now. pippa stevens, thanks for breaking that down for us. >>> after the break, could a new tax on unrealized capital gains be on the way? we will discuss that but in the meantime, it's hispanic heritage month and all month long we're spotlighting business leaders and our own on air managers and reporters and here is marketing manager katherine guirales. >> if you're a young latino

there were constant entreaties -- the department of labor, commerce, other things. san: i was an trait he was a democrat until 1972 and never actually registered as a republican. jason: sowell becomes out of the classical liberal tradition, what they saw was someone who believed in small government, less regulation, so forth. he better fit the republican profile. those are the type of thinkers who would have been attracted to what he was writing, so that is no surprise. as tom said in the clip, not uncommon at all for people who become conservative later in life who started on the left. particularly along -- among blacks, clarence thomas started on the left. an economist who passed away recently started out on the left. shelby steele, the race scholar and colleague at the hoover institution started out on the left. these guys did not to start slightly left of center, tom was a marxist. clarence thomas was a black panther. walter williams was sympathetic to the views of malcolm x. shelby steele was a black radical in the 1960's. it wasn't that uncommon that sowell's o

office of economic and work force development do accept and expand $550,000 grant from the department of commerce economic administration cares act for the small business loan program. during the grant period of july 1, 2021 through june 30, 2022. >> thank you. i do not see anyone on the roster. can we take this same house same call? without objection this is adopted unanimously. >> madam clerk, please call 9 and 10 together. >> 9 and 10. two retroactive resolution authorizing the department of emergency management to accept and expand two grants from the california governor's office of emergency services. 9. authorizes an approximate $190,000 for the fiscal year 2020 for the community power resiliency allocation period through july 1, 2020 through october 31, 2021. 10. an approximate $380,000 for the fiscal year 2019. public safety power shut off resiliency allocation program to support equipment purchases and prepare responses for psps events for the period of july 1, 2019 to october 31, 2022. >> thank you, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. can we take these same house same call? w

124, s. 1037, a bill to provide for the establishment of a section of the website of the department of commerceat shall serve as the primary hub for information relating to federal manufacturing programs and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i further ask that the committee-reported substitute be agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on commerce be discharged from further consideration of s. 558 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 558, a bill to establish a national integrated flood information system within the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to

of dod. thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] >> coming up live today on c-span, secretary of state antony blinken testifies before the senate foreign relations committee about the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. after that, we joined the house ways and means committee as it meets to consider the $3.5 trillion budget plan. on c-span 2, the senate comes into session at 10:00 a.m. senators will vote on confirmation of the nominee to serve as under of education. the senate is also considering several judicial nominations. and, on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern, sec

office of economic and work force development do accept and expand $550,000 grant from the department of commerce economic administration cares act for the small business loan program. during the grant period of july 1, 2021 through june 30, 2022. >> thank you. i do not see anyone on the roster. can we take this same house same call? without objection this is adopted unanimously. >> madam clerk, please call 9 and 10 together. >> 9 and 10. two retroactive resolution authorizing the department of emergency management to accept and expand two grants from the california governor's office of emergency services. 9. authorizes an approximate $190,000 for the fiscal year 2020 for the community power resiliency allocation period through july 1, 2020 through october 31, 2021. 10. an approximate $380,000 for the fiscal year 2019. public safety power shut off resiliency allocation program to support equipment purchases and prepare responses for psps events for the period of july 1, 2019 to october 31, 2022. >> thank you, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. can we take these same house same call? w

of dod. thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] [indistinct chatter] announcer: sec. of state antony blinken testifies on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan tuesday before the senate foreign relations committee. live coverage begins at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: this week, watch c-span's january 6 views from the house, where 14 members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day. >> the representative was objecting to the arizona slate of electors and at that moment i shouted out of the top

of dod. thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams]

of dod. thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerce, and of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] >> the world changed in an instant. media com was ready. we never slowed down. we powered a new reality. mediacome supporters c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> coming up this week on the c-span networks. homeland security secretary mayorkas appear before congress on threat toes the homeland 20 years after 9-11. c-span 3 will have their testimony at 3:00 eastern. later on wednesday at 2:30 p.m., federal reserve chair jerome powell holds a conference. also head over to

department and all of our diplomats there. thank you to u.s. aid. u.s. agm. the department of homeland security. the dea. cia. department of agriculture, department of justice, department of commerce and of course our afghan allies who stood side by side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and everyone of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities bringing in individuals from the past administrations as we completely overz and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. >>> weekends on c span 2 bring you the best in american history and nonfiction books. saturday on american history tv on 8 a.m. eastern on lectures in history, a look at the 1863 new york city draft riots and civil war newspapers with city university of new york president emeritus joshua brown. he discusses how people experienced them. then on the presidency, ronald and nancy ragan. at 2 p.m. a tribute to the first lady. nancy ragan biographer and pete wilson. then august marks the 40th anniversary of president ragan's 1981 tax cuts passing into law. others look back at

of dod. thank you to the state department and all our diplomats there. then q -- thank you to usaid, dhs, the dea, the cia, the department of agriculture, the doj, the department of commerceand of course, our afghan allies, who stood side-by-side with us for 20 years. i want to thank each and every one of them. this is not the end. we will conduct, as i stated earlier, continue our oversight responsibilities, bringing in individuals from the past administrations, as we completely oversee and look back and forward to what has been and should be and will be in the future. and with that, this hearing is adjourned. [gavel slams] special assistant on climate change. >> welcome to the bipartisan policy center. we are hosting this event today with a distinguished panel of guests. we are very excited today to talk about the opportunity for the u.s. offshore winds. my name is leslie. i am a director for the energy program. and we will dive right