Welcome to this hearing on the subcommittee on antitrust policy and consumer rights. Today we are pleased to have with us the chairman of the federal trade commission, joseph simons, and the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division at the department of justice, makan delrahim. Welcome to both of you. As an initial matter, as a matter of housekeeping, we have been informed we may have a block of more votes starting about an hour from now. The practical matter, we may be able to push it to an hour and a half from now, but before we hit the recess at some point we will likely have to go to recess to cast a few votes. We will have to play some of that by ear. I apologize in advance. Theres no way to predict these in advance. It does seem to be an uncanny event, with antitrust subcommittee hearings. It seems to be a good predictor, albeit an unintentional predictor of when votes are going to occur. As both of you know, ive been critical of the fact that we have two federal agen
Welcome to this hearing on the subcommittee on antitrust policy and consumer rights. Today we are pleased to have with us the chairman of the federal trade commission, joseph simons, and the assistant attorney general for the antitrust division at the department of justice, makan delrahim. Welcome to both of you. As an initial matter, as a matter of housekeeping, we have been informed we may have a block of more votes starting about an hour from now. The practical matter, we may be able to push it to an hour and a half from now, but before we hit the recess at some point we will likely have to go to recess to cast a few votes. We will have to play some of that by ear. I apologize in advance. Theres no way to predict these in advance. It does seem to be an uncanny event, with antitrust subcommittee hearings. It seems to be a good predictor, albeit an unintentional predictor of when votes are going to occur. As both of you know, ive been critical of the fact that we have two federal agen
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Inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards and and in accordance with their traditions to their traditions the loan have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. We wish for all the team to that reside in their traditional territory and as first people. This is hybrid and in person format and brought life on sfgtv and available on zoom or listen by calling 699 9006833 using meeting id, 88011411161. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment period. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at the beginning of the meeting and comment on each action item on the agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes. The commission will hear up to 20 minutes of remote Public Comment for each agenda. Because of the time limit its not every possible will have the opportunity to provide remote Public Comment. Remote from people that receive a accommodation for a disability wont count towards the l
Inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards and and in accordance with their traditions to their traditions the loan have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. We wish for all the team to that reside in their traditional territory and as first people. This is hybrid and in person format and brought life on sfgtv and available on zoom or listen by calling 699 9006833 using meeting id, 88011411161. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment period. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at the beginning of the meeting and comment on each action item on the agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes. The commission will hear up to 20 minutes of remote Public Comment for each agenda. Because of the time limit its not every possible will have the opportunity to provide remote Public Comment. Remote from people that receive a accommodation for a disability wont count towards the l