obernolte is focusing on the question of the day. i remember serving in the state senate 20 plus years ago. we were just trying to have an internet within the colorado legislature, and something came up and we were talking about social security numbers, should we release them, all that stuff, for privacy purposes. i was being cavalier and i said, "there is no such thing as privacy." your point, there is no such thing as anonymity. it has only grown in the last 30 years. the question is, from a policy perspective, technologically we can address things. as ms. wright says you give up some things to get some things. you can make it tougher for a cyber criminal or someone to use your data, but you are giving up some efficiency or ease of use in the process. the supreme court made several decisions, none of which i like. the one that i like the least is the reversal of roe v. wade, but they basically say under the united states constitution there is no such thing as a right to privacy. and i don't know. i want to feel secure that when i g

obernolte is focusing on the question of the day. i remember serving in the state senate 20 plus years ago. we were just trying to have an internet within the colorado legislature, and something came up and we were talking about social security numbers, should we release them, all that stuff, for privacy purposes. i was being cavalier and i said, "there is no such thing as privacy." your point, there is no such thing as anonymity. it has only grown in the last 30 years. the question is, from a policy perspective, technologically we can address things. as ms. wright says you give up some things to get some things. you can make it tougher for a cyber criminal or someone to use your data, but you are giving up some efficiency or ease of use in the process. the supreme court made several decisions, none of which i like. the one that i like the least is the reversal of roe v. wade, but they basically say under the united states constitution there is no such thing as a right to privacy. and i don't know. i want to feel secure that when i g

obernolte, for an opening statement. >> thank you very much, chairman foster. good morning everyone. i'm really excited about our hearing this morning. the benefits and risks of biometric technologies and exploring research opportunities in these technologies. i'm really hoping that this hearing turns into a productive discussion that helps us learn about ways to improve biometric technologies in the future, at the same time protecting people's privacy. i was reflecting this moment -- this morning on the fact that biometric technologies really changed the way we lived our lives. this morning, i use facial recognition to open my phone, used the fingerprint reader on my computer to open my macbook. when i got to my car this morning, to go to my district office, the car recognized my face to set the seat settings. as i was arriving, used facial recognition to make sure i was paying attention to the road and that's just in the first couple of hours of today and it's definitely changed our lives and it's amazing to think that this was once the world of science ficti

obernolte, five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes mr. obernolte: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from oklahoma, for yielding. research and development grants from the department of energy play a vital role in katjaizing the -- cattallizing the development of new technology in the united states. the awarding of those grants is governed by the energy policy act of 2005. among other things the act requires the d.o.e. to impose a cost sharing requirement on nonfederal am kapts for those grants -- applicants for those grants. this is appropriate because it gives the grant applicants some skin in the game. some financial participation of this their own -- of their own. they can be as low as 20% in the respect of research and development grants and as high as 50% for grants like commercialization or demonstration projects. as the gentleman from oklahoma said, the d.o.e. is empowered to in appropriate circumstan

obernolte. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. obernolte: last year my home state of california had the worst year for wildfires in the history of the state. and right now the oaks fire is burning outside my district, it has displaced tens of thousands of people. science tells us the only way to reduce intensity of the wildfires is to reduce the density of the fuels through either mechanical thinning or tremendous pre-scribed burns. unfortunately this bill makes the situation even worse by locking up over 58 million new acres of forest with a builderness designation that would prevent the use of mechanical thinning for prescribed burns to reduce the density of fuels. this bill is called the wild nier response act but mavms, our response to wildfires cannot be to take actions that make future wildfires even more destructive. i urge a no vote. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from arkansas reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. neguse: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentlewoman

obernolte: thank you. i represent one of the largest geographic districts in the country.ccess to health care is a very real problem for the people i represent because many of them live hours away and hundreds of miles away from spe specialized health care. for my constituents, one of the few positive developments that came out of covid-19 was the expansion of the way the telehealth can be used to provide quality health care in districts like mine. this bill, h.r. 4040, would make a very -- take a very meaningful step in making permanent the changes to law that enable the provision of that telehealth. i strongly urge its adoption. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is continues to reserve -- is continuing to reserve. does the gentleman from nebraska have any other speakers? >> yes, madam speaker. i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. schweikert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. schweikert: thank you. ok, you hear everyone here, we all say something nice, we all like telehealth. my fear is i c