Gary Peters

But someone at the Coast Guard would have that information?

It would be my belief that the Coast Guard would want to know, is that correct? You'd want to know exactly what's happening?

So we're 11 days into this investigation and we still don't have any visual confirmation of the damage, is that correct? Do you know?

So you're the lead in the unified command. But, so please explain to me why the Coast Guard would defer to the State's judgment to reopen Line 5 in advance of any visual underwater inspection?

I certainly stressed that it was a top priority of mine, and I asked for his personal commitment to focus on this issue as well.

The threat of an oil spill from Line 5 is exactly why I have worked in this Committee with the help of my colleagues to pass some improved pipeline safety regulation, and we need to do more.

Your states certainly have endured some pretty tough storms, and you both have been real leaders in trying to improve our preparedness and resilience to these storms.

I am concerned that FEMA has removed references to climate change from its Strategic Plan.

I would love to have a chance to work with you as we try to sort that through.

I am certainly very encouraged, we all should be encouraged by the innovative nature of this program.

Ensuring accountability and efficient use of taxpayer dollars must always be our top priority.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And to the three witnesses, welcome, welcome to the Committee.

I wouldn't disagree, but now we have increased it. So if you didn't like the other deficit, you certainly can't like a bigger deficit? Is that true?

I think it is important to remember that the baseline budget outlook when President Trump took office had $10 trillion of deficits in it over the next 10 years.

So we have expanded the bill. Was that a good idea, just to put the pedal to the metal and keep going?

When an economy is strong and when an economy is at full employment... that is a time when you should start paying down debt.

The jury is out on this tax bill. We have got to see this experiment.

Well, you bring up the principles because, as you are well aware, AI systems, especially in very complex environments when you have machine learning, it is sometimes very difficult to understand, as you mentioned, exactly how those…

But also, people are now beginning to wonder is there an expense to that when it comes to perhaps exposing them to being manipulated or through deception.

Certainly, today, in the era of mega-data, we are finding that data drives everything, including consumer behaviors.

I think it is clear, seeing I hear it all the time, including for my own staff, yes or no, does Facebook use audio obtained from mobile devices to enrich personal information about its users?

I think it is safe to say very simply that Facebook is losing the trust of an awful lot of Americans as a result of this incident.

So the question, though, as you mentioned, we may have that capability, unless the system is more sophisticated.

She said she watches North Korea with an eyeball and a half, and then a half an eyeball on Iran.

I would agree with Senator Sullivan, who suggested that we need this report as soon as possible.