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You are joined by those from the ngo community, industry and capitol hill. Perhaps this is the first time so many stakeholders have a lawful access conversation have been in one place. I am especially thankful to be joined by two good friends from abroad, our staunchest allies, peter didnt, administer for home affairs and the home secretary of the united kingdom. I think each of you for accepting my invitation to be here. Our nations face a constellation of Common Security concerns but we dont f...

[gavel] this meeting will come to order. Will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use o...

Discussion on slave refugee camps during the war. Watch American History tv tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. This past june, facebook announced plans for its own crypto currency called libra. The cocreator of Libra David Marcus answered lawmakers concerned over the Digital Currency before the Senate Banking committee. This is about 2 1 2 hours. This hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus, head of libra at facebook. On may 9, senator brown and i sen...

And all of todays program at cspan. Org. Well leave here. The u. S. House gaveling in shortly to continue debate on 47 billion next year for the treasury department, the judiciary and executive branch, as well as the district of columbia. About 6 more than this year than last. Live coverage of the house is herere on cspan. The speaker pro tempore t he house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for...

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Business news live from singapore. The chief Janet Yellens swansong as she chairs the last meeting this week. What can we expect on us Interest Rates . And young tech entrepreneurs in taipei are ditching the traditional culture of playing it safe. Welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. Now, it is the key week for the federal reserve. Janet yellen will chair the last meeting of the federal open market committee, or the fomc, before handing over the reins to jerome powell, and the two...

Creeping back into this market lately, as attention remains squarely on the potential for tax reform, on lower oil prices, and on the health of the economy. When all was said and done, the dow jones industri dropd another 138 points, closed at 23,271, its lowest level in three weeks, by the way. The nasdaq was off by 31. And the s p 500 fell 14, but it does still remain just 1 from its most recent high. And tax reform is indeed a big deal for the markets and investors. This afternoon senator joh...

We have some limitations to our jurisdictions. Around issues of common carriage. We are at a moment in time where the jurisdiction is very much a source of conversation in this area as well. I would say the ftc rule is a generalized Consumer Protection enforcer, but we need some of our jurisdiction when it comes to being clarified. A top republican, the only republican on the commission. Wiry down to two . Why are we down to two . We are waiting for new commissioner nominees from the new york ad...

Guest well, its a great question and be incredibly topical given the wanna cry Ransomware Attack that is really zipping around the world over the last few days. The ftc is a generalized Consumer Protection enforcer and has also taken on the role of protecting consumer Data Security. And in that context, weve actually brought about 60 cases in the last few years involving whether security practices of companies are adequate to protect the consumer data that theyre holding. So weve been very activ...

This week on the communicators we want to produce you terrel mcsweeny, the only democrat on the trade commission what is the charge of the ftc . The federal trade commission is the nations top Consumer Protection Enforcement Agency. We have a general mandate to protect consumers from unfair deceptive acts and practices from anticompetitive practices. Mandate is realtivelily broad. We cover many sectors of the economy but as im sure well discuss we have limitations to our jurisdiction, including ...