Save the Date!
Press the Button LIVE: Nuclear Policy in the Biden Administration and Beyond
Thursday, October 21, 2021
11am-1pm PT / 1-3pm CT / 2-4pm ET
Live on Zoom
We invite you to save the date for Ploughshares Fund’s virtual nuclear policy forum, Press the Button LIVE: Nuclear Policy in the Biden Administration and Beyond.
Every year we gather partners in the nuclear policy community, top officials in Washington, members of Congress, and hundreds of citizens like you who are eager to learn more about how we can reset nuclear policy to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and create a safer world for all.
This year, we’re adapting our annual nuclear policy forum into our Press the Button podcast format for an inspiring and informative discussion. The virtual forum will be led by Ploughshares Fund President Emma Belcher and Press the Button podcast co-hosts and nuclear policy experts Tom Collina and Michelle Dover. Confirmed speakers include Chairman Adam Smith of the House Armed Services Committee and Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA 17th District), with more special guests to be announced..
We hope you will join us. Additional details are forthcoming!
SPEAKER BIOS
Chairman Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee
Now in his 13th term, Smith serves as the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, where he is a strong advocate for our military personnel and their families. Smith is also committed to providing our military personnel with the best equipment available to carry out their current and future missions while ensuring that the Pentagon spends taxpayer dollars in the most efficient and effective manner. This includes carefully examining our current policies and working to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse. Having served on the on the House Armed Services Committee since 1997, Smith formerly chaired the subcommittee on Air and Land Forces (ALF), which has jurisdiction over all Army and nearly all Air Force acquisition programs. Prior to serving as Chair of ALF, Adam chaired the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities subcommittee, which oversees the United States Special Operations Forces and counter-terrorism policy, among other critical areas. Smith has also previously served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Understanding the need for a holistic approach to national security, Smith recognizes the importance of poverty reduction, access to education, sustainable global markets, diplomatic engagement, good governance and other measures to enable our pursuit of stable international partners. As such, he has been a long-time advocate of strengthening American diplomacy and development as well as defense.
Congressman Ro Khannna (D-CA, 17th District)
Representative Ro Khanna represents California’s 17th Congressional District. Rep. Khanna sits on the House Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, where he chairs the Environmental Subcommittee. He is committed to advancing a foreign policy of military restraint and diplomatic engagement. Instead of spending trillions on wars overseas, Rep. Khanna believes we should invest in priorities at home. He along with Senator Markey introduced the Investing in Cures before Missiles Act that calls for cancelling further development of the GBSD and directing those savings towards development of a universal coronavirus vaccine.