we will have a panel led by sarah wartell in a few minutes. after secretary bryson's remarks. and we are going to have something of a fair with a lot of members of our advisory group, and information about different elements of the competes act following the panel picks i hope you'll stay for all of that. it's my pleasure now to introduce second of commerce john bryson. he was sworn in a few months ago, but he brings nearly three decades of experience in business to the commerce department. was really an innovative business leaders and leading an effort around green energy and ensuring that we have, we are taking advantage of new economic issues. and he's been a real leader in trying to find these new areas of innovation in our economy. specifically in green energy. and so i can think of no one better suited to talk about america's competitiveness in the person to release our efforts and leads competitiveness for the president and secretary of commerce john bryson. [applause] >> well, good morning, and thank you very much, neera. it is a special treat really to be able to pres

we will have a panel led by sarah wartell in a few minutes. after secretary bryson's remarks but and then we're going to have something of a fair with a lot of members, of our advisory group and information about different outlets of the compete act following appendix i hope you will stay for all of that. it's my pleasure now to introduce secretary of commerce john bryson. he was sworn in just a few months ago but he brings nearly three decades of experience in business to the commerce department. was really an innovative business leader leading an effort around green energy and ensuring that we have, we're taking advantage of new economic issues. and he's been a real leader in trying to find this new area of innovation in our economy. specifically in green energy. and so i can think of no one better at to talk about america's competitiveness than the person who really leads our efforts and leads competitiveness for the present an secretary of commerce john bryson. [applause] >> good morning and thank you very much, neera. it is a special trea

a year ago my colleague john podesta, sarah wartell released a report calling for a more coordinated comprehensive approach to the u.s. competitiveness. so that american workers, businesses and families could prosper in a more competitive world. the lead of a blueprint for the u.s. competitiveness of the top of the national agenda and putting the country down the path to achieving a. as of was a year ago president obama also signed the american competes reauthorization act into law. the act is a major achievement in u.s. competitiveness policy. it authorizes significant investments and programs the national science foundation, the department of energy, the department of commerce all in order to ensure american competitiveness and it keeps america on a path of leadership and science and technology and education to ensure that we are doing what's right for our economy and the global world in the next several years but also for decades to come. as a part of the competes act congress asked secretary of commerce bryson to conduct a detailed analysis of the structural challenges to the nat

we have different and interesting format with the panel led by sarah rosen wartell after secretary brysonarks then we will have something of a fare with a lot of members with the advisory group and information of different elements of the compete act i hope you will stay for all of that. it is my pleasure june introduced secretary of commerce john bryson sworn in a few months ago. he brings nearly three decades of experience in business to the commerce department. with an innovative business leader leading the effort around green energy and ensuring that we are taking advantage of the new economic issues and he has been a real leader to find this new area of innovation in our economy with specifically green energy. i can think of no one better to talk of the american competitiveness in secretary of commerce john bryson. [applause] >> good morning. thank you very much. it is of special treat to be able to present this report. the advisory group was played such a large role the members, 11 of 15 are with us and i just met with them. the backgrounds coming together around this issue. just le