devito, counselor to mr. zinke. mr. devito has responsibility for coordinating policy over the bureaus, as well as with other government agencies. he has been an advocate for the role of advanced energy that it should play in the trump administration's energy policy. he previously held several roles in the department of energy and in many state energy offices. following his address, mr. devito will be joined on stage for a conversation with cynthia quarterman, a fellow here at our energy center met -- center. she has played roles in the department of transportation and interior. including, serving as former director of the minerals management service in the clinton administration. there is no one better to lead a conversation on the role of advanced energy across american land and american water. so, it is a pleasure to welcome to the podium mr. devito. >> thank you, i appreciate that. thank you for coming today and listening to us. hopefully you'll have good takeaways that you can share and we continue this discussion.

streamline our permitting process and goes along with what mr. zinke is doing at the d.o.i. to try to centralize so there's ne point of contact. you want a permit, go to one federal agency. down here, we talked about that one food safety thing. right now it's f.d.a., usda, couple of places. we move all that into the usda. why? because they are really good at it. it's not to say f.d.a. isn't. wouldn't it be good for people to go to one area? in all fairness, secretary purdue will tell you, there's things usda does that others can't do well. housing component, why shouldn't we go to housing and urban development? we propose to move it to h.u.d. housing component, why they handled the food stamps, snap program, that makes no sense at all. h.h.s. is uniquely handled. we move that to h.h.s. have it centralized so we can deal with it. no one has ever tried at this scale, mr. president. president clinton tried it a ittle bit. a couple of us tried it. no one has done it at this scale. importantly, no one's ever followed through on it. no one's ever given the time commitment these pe

streamline our permitting process and goes along with what mr. zinke is doing at the d.o.i. to try to centralize so there's one point of contact. you want a permit, go to one federal agency. down here, we talked about that one food safety thing. right now it's f.d.a., usda, couple of places. we move all that into the usda. why? because they are really good at it. it's not to say f.d.a. isn't. wouldn't it be good for people to go to one area? in all fairness, secretary urdue will tell you, there's things usda does that others can't do well. housing component, why shouldn't we go to housing and urban development? we propose to move it to h.u.d. they handled the food stamps, snap program, that makes no sense at all. handled. uniquely we move that to h.h.s. have it centralized so we can deal with it. no one has ever tried at this scale, mr. president. president clinton tried it a little bit. a couple of us tried it. no one has done it at this scale. importantly, no one's ever followed through on it. no one's ever given the time commitment these people around the table they have

i want to thank mr. zinke for recommending to the president designating camp nelson as part of the national park service. camp nelson has proven its ability to unite the people, no jt -- not just of theounty and he commonwealth of kentucky, but as the nation -- but to the nation as a w. evenurit h the potential to could be visa nationally significant information -- convey nationally significant information about the survival and persistence of african-american soldiers and their families as they fought for their freedom. over the past few years, i've met with stakeholders and descendents of those who lived and worked at camp nelson and it is apparent that this site, based on their testimonies, is important not only to the history of the commonwealth, but to the history of our nation. i would like to thank these local shareholders who shared heir stories and educated me and my staff about this site. their advocacy and support effectivy demonstrated the positive local sentiment about camp nelson. and specificall

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we will hear from interior secretary ryan zinke's counselor, mr. devito. >> good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council. my >>> good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic council. my name sis david livingston an i am a deputy direction or -- director here at our energy ce

we will hear from interior secretary ryan zinke's counselor, mr. devito. >> good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council. my >>> good afternoon and welcome to the atlantic council. my name sis david livingston an i am a deputy direction or -- director here at our energy center, responsible for advanced energy and climate portfolio. as we work to build a robust program aimed at technology, policies and markets of torr

mr. vincent devito, counselor to second zinke. her has responsible for coordinating energy policy of the many individual bury rows as well as with other government agencies and has been an advocate near role that advanced energy cack and should play in the trump administration's energy policy. he previously held several senior leadership roles at the u.s. department of energy and in many state energy offices. following his address, mr. devito will be joined on stage for an armchair conversation with cynthia quarterman, fellow here she has send in key leadership roles in the department of transportation, and the department of the interior, including serve has former direct orow in minerals management service in the clinton administration image think of no one better to lead a pragmatic and frank conversation on the role of advanced energy across american land and american weares. so, i without further adieu it's a pleasure to wok to the podium vincent devito. [applause] >> thank you. an outstanding introduction. appreciate it. than