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Auto executives testified about their work on selfdriving cars, testing the cars themselves and safety of government regulation. [ indistinct chatter ] good morning. Id like to call the subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection to order. The chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. Again, good morning and welcome to the first hearing of the 115th congress for the Digital Congress and Consumer Protection subcommittee. Its a pleasure to be here with yo...

The story of a neighbors collapse. Venezuela massive street demonstrations, three dead. The socialist president maduro says the time for come back has arrived. Its destabilizing the region. What should america do . Send in the marines, send food . Let them sort it out themselves . Were on it, and what exactly are we allowed to smoke. On the day that new york city bans Tobacco Sales in some stores and tries to put up the pack of cigarettes to 13, thousands of people will light up a joint in publi...

And then the north korean government dont tell [inaudible] the second cause, the poor environmental about media industry, as some have already said, too much competition between Media Companies and between people exist. And too little too much space on newspaper and too much time on tv news. So we have to write reports, whatever, everyday, every night. So sometimes well have enough time to verify the facts and check. Its reality. And i think some reporters have the first belief that North Korean...

Them gavel to gavel, but my perception, and i think the perception of many were those very concerns in those cases. But i think whats far more important is to survey the people that were involved in a particular case, the lawyers, the witnesses, i mean, the things that our pilot is going to do. Their perceptions, i think, are much more compelling and persuasive than the perceptions of somebody who is watching it on tv, who doesnt know all the facts, who doesnt know what that witness testified to...

2010. Before that, audio from one term generally wasnt available until the beginning of the next term and so i was wondering, whats your view on the impact of having these audio recordings available now publicly within the same week of the argument and has there been an improvement in Public Access . Well, it certainly a good first step, but when were talking about the age of the internet, when someone can tweet something and millions of people can see it and read it and share it seconds after i...

Im supposed to be at a Foreign Relations meeting. Can i go ahead . You go first. Then well give Opening Statements. I thank you mr. Chairman and Ranking Member grassly. I thank you for letting me testify and thank you for making this hearing happen. Senator bloomingthales advocating for consumers valuable partner to work with on this issue in the area rules and regulations far often leave consumers holding the short end of the stick. Im here to discuss sports blackouts and to explain why the con...

From the governments in central and eastern europe. Yeah. In particular the Czech Republic, slovakia, hungary. The defense minister of the Czech Republic recently and the president or sorry the Prime Minister of slovakia both said that stationing nato troops on inner territory would be akin or remind them of the warsaw pacts invasion of 1968. This is a remarkable thing to say. Both of these countries are nato members. Both of those men are old enough to remember what the actual warsaw pact invas...

Bowl is half empty. Its getting quiet. Were definitely a seasonal business. We make our money in the summer and hang out in the winter. Reporter normally they have thch warmer weather gear than is. Their stock comes next week. Last stop rosslyn, virginia, where i met two fair weather friends. Fan of the cold or a hater of the cold . Im definitely a hater of the cold. Reporter what did you say . Hater is not a Strong Enough word. Reporter what would you say . Miserable. Reporter is there a word y...

The fed can rein in inflation and avoided destabilizing asset price when the time comes. The minutes posted online do little to answer the questions of when and how this we will be done and the most recent fomc transcript available to the public is from 2,008 over seven years ago. Even though the fed has several Monetary Policy tools at its disposal an action of this magnitude as never before been taken to my knowledge. The federal open Market Committee continues to report that it can be patient...

Of justice. The optimism but i sense not just from our students but everyone who feels now is the time to do things differently is palpable. On that very optimistic note i think all of us should thank this marvelous panel. [applause] and i also want to say i no all of you are extraordinarily busy. They are so appreciative. Let me then turned to my cochair and to all of the panelists or Task Force Members for their final comments. A few final thoughts. This is the 7th and last listening session. ...