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• Hearing: Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and Protecting Public Health [video]

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  This is the hearing on "Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and Protecting Public Health" held before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The duration of the video is 2 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-09-09?
• Hawaii False Missile Alert: What Happened and What Should We Do Next?

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  This is the April 5, 2018 hearing titled "Hawaii False Missile Alert: What Happened and What Should We Do Next?" held before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. From the opening statement of Brian Schalz: ""This hearing is about moving forward and fixing the emergency alert system[.] [...] By bringing together state and federal officials, we can understand what happened, what resources are needed to make it right, and how we can improve the system overall." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jessica Rosenworcel, Patrick A. Piercey, Nicole McGinnis, Antwane Johnson, Arthur J. "Joe" Logan, and Chris Leonard.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  2018-04-05
• Case for Climate Action: Building a Clean Economy for the American People

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  From the Introduction: "The climate crisis threatens our lives and livelihoods. The evidence is clear: we must flatten the warming curve, and fast. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the U.S. National Climate Assessment, and other reports give us the scientific imperative for action. It is scary stuff. But too much of the climate movement of the past was about what climate change is doing to us, and not about what climate action will do for us. Taking action does not require austerity and scarcity. Done well, it will result in more wealth, more fairness, better jobs, and more security for every American. We already have the technologies needed to avert catastrophe. We just need the American optimism and the political will to deploy them on an unprecedented scale. To ignite this transition, we need Congress to act. This report provides a framework for Congress to finally do what is necessary to build the clean energy future we all deserve."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on the Climate Crisis

  2020-08-25
• Interim Report on Threat of Postmaster General Dejoy's Postal Service Delays

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  From the Background: "On August 6, 2020, U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, launched an investigation into Postal Service delays resulting from operational changes at the United States Postal Service (USPS) made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. This interim report provides an update on Senator Peters' ongoing investigation and related responses by the Postmaster General. In July, Senator Peters sought answers from newly installed Postmaster General DeJoy, following reports that Postmaster General DeJoy had directed widespread changes to Postal Service operations that many postal workers, experts, and others feared would cause significant delays and disrupt service for the millions of Americans who rely on the mail every day. These changes included the elimination of extra mail transportation trips, the reduction of overtime, the start of a pilot program for mail sorting and delivery policies at hundreds of post offices, and the reduction of equipment at mail processing plants. As Senator Peters wrote to Postmaster General DeJoy in July, these changes have slowed mail delivery and compromised service for veterans, small businesses, rural communities, seniors, and millions of Americans who rely on the mail for medicines, essential goods, voting, correspondence, and for their livelihoods."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Peters, Gary C.

  2020-08-21
• Billions Wasted: No Excuse for Taxpayer Dollars Going to Deceased People

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  From the Executive Summary: "On March 13, 2020, the Trump Administration declared a national emergency in response to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To help combat the pandemic and to address the needs of Americans facing severe health, economic, and security concerns, Congress passed the 'Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.' Provisions of the $2.2 trillion law included stimulus payments to help provide necessary relief for Americans devastated by the economic impacts of COVID-19. However, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Treasury has sent at least $1.4 billion in payments to deceased individuals as of April 30, totaling 1.1 million individual payments. [...] In order to responsibly steward taxpayer dollars, Treasury must answer for its mismanagement of $1.4 billion in payments that went to deceased people, including its failure to implement safeguards and communicate with the public in a timely manner. Congress must also take immediate action to guard against future agency waste and enhance tools for preventing improper payments to deceased people."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  2020-06-29?
• COVID-19: Update on Progress Toward Safely Getting Back to Work and Back to School [video]

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  This is a video of the U.S. Senate hearing to examine COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], focusing on an update on progress toward safely getting back to school. The length of this video is 3 hours, 22 minutes, and 22 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-06-30
• COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic [video]

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  This is the June 23, 2020 hearing on "COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the Testimony of Julie L. Gerberding: "Reviewing the lessons learned from COVID-19 and other past pandemics and preparing for the next pandemic is critical. Unfortunately, we can't expect this pandemic to be a 'once in a century' event; it is a sobering harbinger of things to come. [...] Experts have predicted for years that a pandemic of this magnitude would occur, and significant progress has been made over the last decade in increasing our capabilities and readiness. Now that we are in the midst of the experience, while we must focus on the immediate task at hand, we can already see some of the vulnerabilities in our system that need to be addressed for the future." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: William Frist, Joneigh S. Khaldun, Julie L. Gerberding, and Michael O. Leavitt. The duration of this video is 2 hours, 53 minutes, and 53 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-06-23
• Role of the Strategic National Stockpile in Pandemic Response [video]

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  This is the June 24, 2020 hearing on "Role of the Strategic National Stockpile in Pandemic Response," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. From the Opening Statement of Ron Johnson: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] continues to inflict a terrible human and economic toll on the United States. In just over five months, the U.S. has experienced over 120,000 deaths and over 2 million total infections, and tens of millions have lost their jobs. As Congress reviews our response to COVID-19, it is important to take the lessons we have learned during this crisis to better prepare for a pandemic or other biological event of this scale in the future. The focus of today's hearing is the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Julie L. Gerberding, Daniel M. Gerstein, W. Gregory Burel, and Andrew Phelps. The duration of this video is 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 37 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  2020-06-24
• Damage from Delays: Trump Administration Slow to Distribute COVID-19 Relief as Hospitals Forced to Furlough Workers

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  From the Executive Summary: "This report finds that rising costs associated with treating COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] patients combined with the inability to perform revenue-generating elective surgeries is pushing hospitals toward insolvency. Many hospitals that were already financially vulnerable are the only medical provider serving rural and low-income communities and are at especially high risk of closure. The report also assesses financial challenges impacting the health care industry and their effect on the entire public health response. Frontline workers, their families, the larger medical care community, and the public they serve all feel the effects. The health care workforce has seen unprecedented job losses and hospitals continue to furlough, lay off, and reduce the salaries of employees even as their operational demands increase. Although most cuts fell on employees not directly treating COVID-19 patients, frontline medical workers have also been impacted."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  2020-06-22?
• Road to Recovery: Administration Must Build Public Trust and Ensure Safe, Effective, and Free Coronavirus Vaccines

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  From the Executive Summary: "Public health preparedness is an issue of national security. As of this report, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has infected more than 8 million Americans, and taken the lives of more than 219,000, leaving the United States to represent the highest number of cases and deaths in the world. The Trump Administration's failure to establish a comprehensive response that includes a surge in testing, contact tracing, and the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as the Administration's continued political interference in what should be a science-based public health response, has made combating this pandemic even harder. A safe and effective vaccine that is free of charge and widely available to all Americans is an essential factor in reducing the spread of COVID-19. [...] This report, undertaken at the direction of U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, identifies critical gaps in the Administration's vaccine preparedness measures and recommends essential actions to strengthen our nation's response and speed the return to a post-pandemic world. More than nine months since President Trump learned about the severity and lethality of the coming COVID-19 pandemic, the United States still lacks a comprehensive national plan to combat the virus and continues to struggle securing N95 respirators and testing reagents, putting all Americans at increased risk."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  2020-10-16?
• Oversight of the Implementation of the President's Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security Joint Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, One Hundred and Thirteenth Congress, First Session, December 11, 2014

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  This is a testimony compilation from the December 11, 2014 hearing on "Oversight of the Implementation of the President's Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security" held before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the opening statement of Barbara Boxer: "In April 2013, a massive explosion at a fertilizer distribution plant in West, Texas, killed 15 people, injured hundreds more, and damaged or destroyed homes, businesses, and three unoccupied schools. Chemical facilities can be a threat to communities, including schools, across the nation. A recent report by the Center for Effective Governance found that 1 out of 3 school children in America today attends a school within the vulnerability zone of a hazardous chemical facility, and as many as ten million children go to school under the shadow of two hazardous zones. […] In the 602 days since the West, Texas, tragedy, there have been 355 chemical accidents, resulting in 79 deaths and almost 1,500 hospitalizations according to Chemical Safety Board data. In my home state of California, there have been 23 chemical incidents and 96 people have been hospitalized. I am very concerned that despite the clear risks posed by our nation's chemical facilities, very little progress has been made to improve safety. The Executive Order directed that 15 actions be taken, including proposing changes to safety measures for ammonium nitrate, proposing changes to the list of chemical hazards under EPA's program to reduce risks of chemical accidents, and providing more information to first responders and accident investigators. Of the 15 actions directed by the Executive Order, only four have been completed. Six actions won't be complete until 2015 or later, and five have no timeline at all for completion. No agency has proposed changes to its chemical safety program, and not a single facility faces new federal requirements to adopt safety precautions to reduce chemical hazards." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Barbara Boxer, David Vitter, Ed Markey, John Barrasso, David Michaels, and Mathy Stanislaus.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2014-12-11
• Abuses of the Federal Notice-And-Comment Rulemaking Process

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  From the Executive Summary: "Federal agencies depend on relevant, substantive information from a wide variety of parties to assist them in developing and updating federal regulations. This information includes comments submitted by members of the public, businesses, non-profit organizations, and academics. This process, known as 'notice-and-comment rulemaking,' transitioned from paper to the internet in the early 2000s. As a result, the public has more opportunity than ever to engage in the federal rulemaking process by reviewing electronic regulatory dockets and submitting comments through portals like Regulations.gov and the Federal Communications Commission's ('FCC') Electronic Comment Filing System ('ECFS'). [...] After the FCC received nearly 24 million comments in the course of just one rulemaking proceeding in 2017 and its website crashed due to the volume of comments submitted simultaneously, the Subcommittee initiated a review of federal commenting systems to understand their flaws and develop recommendations to improve them."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Carper, Thomas R., 1947-; Portman, Robert J. (Robert Jones), 1955-

  2019-10-24?
• True Cost of Government Shutdowns, Staff Report, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

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  From the Executive Summary: "The Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse. Specifically, Congress has the sole responsibility to raise revenue and appropriate money to fund the federal government. When Congress and the President fail to reach agreement on legislation to appropriate funds, affected federal agencies shut down and suspend most activities. During this time, federal law prevents most federal employees from working and most are sent home without pay. In recent shutdowns, however, the spending legislation ultimately agreed upon by Congress and the President provided back pay for federal employees. As such, the American taxpayer funded furloughed federal employees' salaries for the duration of each shutdown, even when employees were not permitted to go to work. This report documents the cost to the American taxpayer of the last three government shutdowns."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  2019-09-17?
• Letter to Michael Chertoff Regarding Funding for Fusion Centers

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  This letter expresses "strong concern with provisions in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Homeland Security Grant Program Guidance that restrict the use of grant funds for certain operational activities. These restrictions are inconsistent with provisions of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act), which the President signed into law on August 3, 2007 (P.L. 110-53). We ask that the FY 2008 Homeland Security Grant Program Guidance be changed to reflect Congressional intent."

  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Collins, Susan, 1952-; Lieberman, Joseph I.; Thompson, Bennie, 1948- . . .

  2008-04-11
• State and Local Impacts of Administration's Proposed Expansion of Water Regulations, Joint Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session

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  This is the February 4, 2015 joint hearing on "State and Local Impacts of Administration's Proposed Expansion of Water Regulations" before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. From the opening statement of Bill Shuster: "As we all know, last April, the Administration proposed a rule that would expand the reach of the federal government under the Clean Water Act. This proposal is troubling for a variety of reasons, but I'll sum up my biggest concerns. The rule undermines the federal-state partnership under the Clean Water Act. This partnership is the basis of the Act's success over the last four decades in improving our water quality. Many states and local governments, including my state of Pennsylvania, are objecting to this erosion of that partnership and their authority. This rule wrongly assumes that states and local governments, including Pennsylvania, don't know how, or don't care about protecting their waters. And while the agencies had an opportunity to develop a reasonable rule, they instead chose to write the proposed rule vaguely, in order to give federal regulators free rein to claim federal jurisdiction over most any water or wet area. This rule was developed by the Administration without consulting state and local authorities; without considering their rights, their responsibilities, their liabilities, and their budgets; and without realistically examining the potential economic and legal impacts on agriculture and other stakeholders. If this rule goes into effect, it will open the door for the federal government to regulate just about any place where water collects, and in some cases regulate land use activities." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jo-Ellen Darcy, Gina McCarthy, Sallie Clark, E. Scott Pruitt, Adam H. Putnam, Timothy Mauck, and Lemuel M. Srolovic.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

  2015-02-04
• Border Corruption: Assessing Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office Collaboration in the Fight to Prevent Corruption

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  The following document is testimony on assessing customs and border protection and the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office cCollaboration in the fight to prevent corruption before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, ad hoc subcommittee on disaster recovery and intergovernmental affairs.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)

  2011-06-09
• Examining Ongoing Challenges at the U.S. Secret Service and their Government-wide Implications, Joint Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management and the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session, November 17, 2015

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  This is a testimony compilation of the November 17, 2015 hearing on "Examining Ongoing Challenges at the U.S. Secret Service and their Government-wide Implications" held before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management and the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. From the opening statement of Sen. James Lankford: "At the outset, it is important to acknowledge the essential security role that the Secret Service fills, and its ongoing dedication to our country. However, the recent history of high profile and embarrassing scandals at the Service and the latest DHS Inspector General [IG] findings of wrongdoing cannot be swept under the rug. The IG's investigation reveals that unauthorized database searches of protected information began during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing in March of this year. In the days that followed, many at the Secret Service continued to misuse their authority to access the sensitive employment history of Chairman Jason Chaffetz. The IG's report noted 60 instances of unauthorized access to the database by 45 Secret Service employees that violated the Privacy Act as well as internal and DHS policies." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: James Lankford, Joseph P. Clancy, John Roth, and Joel C. Willemssen.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

  2015-11-17
• Joint SSCI / HPSCI Hearing: 10th Anniversary of 9/11: Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Joint Hearing with the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, September 13, 2011

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  This testimony compilation is from the September 22, 2011 "Joint SSCI/HPSCI Hearing: 10th Anniversary of 9/11," before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. From the opening statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein: "The Department of Homeland Security was established after 9/11 and it has developed its own intelligence component. There are now 72 fusion centers around the country to serve as the focal points for the receipt, analysis, and sharing of threat-related information with state and local authorities. Here in the Congress, both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are working together and are now completing work on our 3rd authorization bill in a row after a 6 year hiatus during which no intelligence authorization bills were enacted. [...] Unfortunately, as our Intelligence Community has made improvements, the terrorist threat has also changed. Instead of fighting one enemy, al Qaeda has dispersed and its affiliates have emerged in Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa. There is a metastasizing set of groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan intent on terror attacks and violence against United States forces, including the Pakistani Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. These groups have also adapted as we have improved. They have learned ways to evade surveillance and they have developed ways to attack that are difficult to defend against. [...] In sum, there are a number of areas where we have made progress since 9/11 to make the nation safer, but there are also issues that we need to continue to work on and hopefully we can do that cooperatively with the Intelligence Community and the entire Executive Branch." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Dianne Feinstein, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Saxby Chambliss, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence; and David P. Petraeus, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence; United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

  2011-09-13
• China's Impact on the U.S. Education System

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  From the Executive Summary: "When China sought to market itself to students around the world, it looked to its past. Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher, is synonymous with morality, justice, and honesty. The Chinese government capitalized on this rich legacy and began establishing Confucius Institutes on college campuses around the world in 2004, including the first in the United States at the University of Maryland. Today, there are more than 100 Confucius Institutes in the United States, the most of any country. [...] Through Confucius Institutes, the Chinese government is attempting to change the impression in the United States and around the world that China is an economic and security threat. Confucius Institutes' soft power encourages complacency towards China's pervasive, long-term initiatives against both government critics at home and businesses and academic institutions abroad. Those long-term initiatives include its Made in China 2025 plan, a push to lead the world in certain advanced technology manufacturing. The Thousand Talents program is another state-run initiative designed to recruit Chinese researchers in the United States to return to China for significant financial gain--bringing with them the knowledge gained at U.S. universities and companies."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  2019?
• S. Rept. 94-922: Staff Report on Emergency Preparedness in the United States, Senate Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers, March 1976

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  "In its investigations the Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers has concentrated on determining the extent of emergency power delegated to the President and recommending procedures for the declaration, administration, and termination of emergencies. It has not attempted to evaluate the state of emergency preparedness in the United States. Only in its final days did the Committee probe this question at all, and then only briefly. The range and complexity of emergency issues make any evaluation extremely difficult. Too often government units, trapped within their particular fragment of bureaucratic puzzle, fail to examine issues in all their parameters. In its brief probing of emergency preparedness issues, the staff of the Committee attempted to cut across customary lines of fragmentation and to take a broad view. To do this, the staff solicited the views of representatives of Federal emergency agencies, Congressional staff members, and nongovernmental experts."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers

  1976-03-01
• Fast and Furious: The Anatomy of a Failed Operation, Part II of III, Joint Staff Report, October 29, 2012

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  From the executive summary: "Operation Fast and Furious was not a strictly local operation conceived by a rogue ATF office in Phoenix, but rather the product of a deliberate strategy created at the highest levels of the Justice Department aimed at identifying the leaders of a major gun trafficking ring. This strategy, along with institutional inertia, led to the genesis, implementation, and year-long duration of Fast and Furious. Shortly after he took office, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. delivered a series of speeches about combating violence along the southwest border. He focused specifically on fighting Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, and in the fall of 2009, the Justice Department released a document crystallizing the Attorney General's vision, entitled 'Department of Justice Strategy for Combating the Mexican Cartels.' As part of this new strategy, the Department of Justice made a tactical decision to shift its focus from arresting straw purchasers to identifying members of large illegal trafficking networks. These investigations would involve multiple federal agencies, and local U.S. Attorney's offices would coordinate them. In October 2009, the Deputy Attorney General led a newly created Southwest Border Strategy Group designed to ensure the effective implementation of this strategy. The ATF Phoenix Field Division received the Department's new strategy favorably. Leaders of the Phoenix Field Division believed that the new strategy allowed agents to witness illegally purchased weapons being transferred to third parties without interdiction, even if lawful interdiction was possible. […] Though the Criminal Division assigned an attorney to assist with Fast and Furious, the operation quickly spun out of control. […] Thus far, the Department has failed to reprimand any senior Department officials for their actions--or lack thereof--during Fast and Furious. In fact, several have received promotions. The management culture of the Department must change to prevent such a deadly operation from occurring again. Time is of the essence. Change must begin now."

  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2007-); United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

  2012-10-29
• Fast and Furious: The Anatomy of a Failed Operation, Part II of III, Joint Staff Report, October 29, 2012, Appendix 1: Exhibits 1-92

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  This document contains the exhibits 1-92 for the joint staff report titled "Fast and Furious: The Anatomy of a Failed Operation, Part II of III."

  United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2007-); United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

  2012-10-29
• Statement for the Record: Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, Daniel R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, 2019

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  "Threats to US national security will expand and diversify in the coming year, driven in part by China and Russia as they respectively compete more intensely with the United States and its traditional allies and partners. This competition cuts across all domains, involves a race for technological and military superiority, and is increasingly about values. Russia and China seek to shape the international system and regional security dynamics and exert influence over the politics and economies of states in all regions of the world and especially in their respective backyards. [...] The post-World War II international system is coming under increasing strain amid continuing cyber and WMD proliferation threats, competition in space, and regional conflicts. Among the disturbing trends are hostile states and actors' intensifying online efforts to influence and interfere with elections here and abroad and their use of chemical weapons. Terrorism too will continue to be a top threat to US and partner interests worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The development and application of new technologies will introduce both risks and opportunities, and the US economy will be challenged by slower global economic growth and growing threats to US economic competitiveness."

  United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence; United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

  Coats, Daniel R., 1943-

  2019-01-29
• Threats to U.S. Networks: Oversight of Chinese Government-Owned Carriers, Staff Report, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, United States Senate

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  From the Executive Summary: "Information and telecommunications technologies bring the world closer together, allowing individuals and businesses nearly everywhere in the world to communicate with each other. The expansion of global telecommunications networks, in particular, acts as a driving force of economic development by affording individuals unprecedented access to information and opportunities. Understanding the increasing interconnectedness of society, the Federal Communications Commission ('FCC')--the federal agency tasked with regulating the U.S. telecommunications industry--strives to open U.S. markets to foreign telecommunications carriers, where doing so is in the country's public interest. As a result, foreign-owned carriers have established operations within the United States. Not all international expansion of telecommunications carriers, however, is in the United States' national security interests. Some foreign governments seek to exploit the openness of America's telecommunications market to advance their own national interests. One such country is China. The Chinese government views telecommunications as a 'strategic' industry. [...] This report details how the U.S. federal government--particularly the FCC, Department of Justice ('DOJ'), and Department of Homeland Security ('DHS')-- historically exercised minimal oversight to safeguard U.S. telecommunications networks against risks posed by Chinese state-owned carriers."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  2020-06-09?
• Art Industry and U.S. Policies That Undermine Sanctions, Staff Report, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, United States Senate

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  From the Executive Summary: "The United States government imposes economic sanctions on foreign adversaries in attempt to change their behavior. In theory, sanctions are simple. U.S. persons and companies are prohibited from doing business with sanctioned persons and entities. This prohibition should bar access to the world's largest economy. The United States imposes sanctions for a wide range of reasons. For example, the United States has imposed sanctions on Russia for election interference, human rights abuses, providing support to Venezuela and Syria, but mainly in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This report focuses, in particular, on a case study documenting how certain Russian oligarchs appear to have used transactions involving high-value art to evade sanctions imposed on them by the United States on March 20, 2014 in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  2020-07-29?