have belarusian capital, we are talking about supporting points with the chairman of the industrial policy committeethe region than we can to help each other in the volgograd region , the republic of belarus has close mutually beneficial cooperation and, those, trade economic ties, as well as the operation between enterprises and organizations affects all spheres and economies. we have cooperation established between volgograd enterprises. and belarusian partners in terms of the supply of e-products, industrial, according to the results of the twenty-second year , foreign trade turnover. increased by more than 46%. both exports and imports. we export products of belarusian machine builders of light industry belarusian, while we import products. e volgograd metallurgists chemists petrochemists and we have already talked about the supply of asbestos materials about the supply of tire products and the interaction between enterprises and consumers of light industry, a high level of interaction is associated with the position of leaders in belarus russia the common task to integrate the economy of our co

industry what is the progressive policy in terms of replacement - it turns out that almost all modules of prostheses, we can replace, but we need to increase these volumes, another innovation that we are discussing in the committeenical means of rehabilitation today, a modern high-tech prosthesis is it costs approximately, well, from a million, sometimes up to 5 million. well, this is approximately the figure, there is a bionic prosthetic arm, it can cost even more, and the cost of a car is russian- made. well, somewhere between one and a half million , our conviction is that, uh, today these technical means of rehabilitation should include the purchase of a car for military personnel. we have vivid examples already from experience. uh, khanty-mansiysk autonomous okrug games are talking about this, that is, on behalf of the governors of the game natalya vladimirovna komarova military personnel who received a combat injury. uh, as a result of which , uh, amputation of the lower extremities occurred. uh, these fighters receive uh funding in the amount of 2 million rubles. that is, they determine it themselves. well, what kind of vehicle will not be purchased during this period for now . uh, denture replacement. ah

intelligence policy that i conducted as a fellow with colleagues at the cornell institute in washington university st. louis. committee members, up to this point ai policy has largely been made up of industryed approaches like encouraging transparency,e mitigating bias and promoting principles of ethics. i'd like to make one simple point in my testimony today. these approaches are vital, but they are only half measures. they will not fully protect us. lawmakers must be go beyond these to ensure they are worthy of our trust. half measures like audits assessments and certifications are necessary for data governance but industry leverage with checks like these to dilute our walls and managerial exercises that entrench harmful surveillance business models. a checklist is no match for the staggering fortune available to those that exploit our data, labor andra procure ready to develop and deploy the systems and it's no substitute for meaningful liability when the systems harm the public. today i'd like to focus on three popular half measures and why lawmakers must do more. first,r transparency is a popur solution for the opaque systems. if we understand the various parts of the systems lawmaker

policy that i conducted as a fellow with colleagues that support the institute at washington university in st. louis. committee members, up to this point ai policy has largely been made upst with industryed approaches like encouraging transparency, mitigating bias and promoting principles of ethics. i would like to make one simple point in my testimony today. these approaches are vital. but they are only half measures. they will not fully protect us. to bring ai within the rule of law they must go beyond these half measures to ensure that these systems and the actors that deploy them are worthy of our trust. half measures like audit assessment and certifications are necessary. industry leverages procedural checks like these dilute our loss and to managerial box checking exercise that entrench harmful surveillance based business models. a checklist is no match for the staggering fortune available to those that exploit our data, labor and our procare eddie to develop and deploy ai systems. it is no substitute for meaningful liability when ai systems are on the public. today i would like to focus on three popular half measures on why lawmakers must do more. first, transparency is a popula

committee on c-span. our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> a discussion on the sustainability and reliability on the power grid with testimony from energy industry representatives and policy advocates, the reduction in fossil fuel reduction in effort to protect the grid against extreme weather, about two hours, 10 minutes. >> we will continue, this next committees challenges facing our electric grid. reliable energy is the foundation for any advance in economy. and for -- to thrive, the potential consequences are nothing short of catastrophic including loss of human life. that's why before each summer, the north american reliability corporation as we know it issues a reliability assessment. in the latest assessments have been frightening, the chair behind the shows short-term assessments and then long-term assessment on the next five years, the orange, they show that we have a challenge and reliability is certain, for the next five years, it is the whole country in a situation where we are not as reliable as we could and should be. both assessments show two thirds of the country facing a reliability challenges into the future, i think all of us would agree this is unaccep

industry and policy stakeholders. this is three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we will come to order. the committee will come to order and the chair will recognize himself for an opening statement. today's hearing is focus on the critical topic of finding long-term solutions to prevent future drug shortages of key drugs for patients. for months, , cancer patients including pediatric cancer patients, have had to scramble to find the drugs recommended or use alternatives because of instability in the markets and supply chains. in 2022 alone there were over, there were 301 drugs enacted shortages according to the university of utah. for over a decade professions and a medical and regulatory community has sounded the alarm on the underlying economic causes of drug shortages. unforeseen circumstances like a tornado hitting a pharmaceutical warehouse in north carolina, or a manufacturing facility in india shutting down due to public quality concerns get a supply chain out of whack and potentially the shortage of what i regard. to ensure we are prepared to respond appropriate to these issues we must encou

wipes is just one of the issues raised by the lords' industry and regulators committee in a letter that's highly critical of the government's policiese or so, l failed to address this - problem of underinvestment. they've run away from it. and, of course, the longer they run away from it, - the more it increases. and we saw no determination, no determined leadership - from the government to actually drive this through. _ the government says it firmly disagrees with the lords' committee, and that it's delivering increased investment, stronger regulation, and tougher enforcement to the water sector. a consultation on wet wipes that contain plastic will start this autumn, with the government saying it is committed to introducing a ban. jonah fisher, bbc news. the future of birmingham city council is to be discussed in the commons later, with the government expected to announce that it will intervene in its running. the local authority effectively declared bankruptcy earlier this month, saying it couldn't afford to settle an equal pay claim of around three quarters of a billion pounds. the us military has found debris from the stealth f