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Hours. Good morning. The subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection will come to order. Chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. Good morning. Today we are here to get the facts to learn what happened at equifax that led to the personal information of over 143 million americans information being stolen. Americans deserve to know what equifax is doing to fix the problem and help individuals that are impacted. We must find out what happened. The public ...

Million people at risk. This was one of four hearings mr. Smith appeared at in which he faced questions on how the breach was first detected and what steps the agency took in response. This house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing is three hours. Good morning. The subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection will come to order. Chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. Good morning. Today we are here to get the facts to learn what happened at equif...

Good morning we are here to get the facts of what happened. Americans deserve to know what they are doing to fix the problem and help individuals that are impacted. We will find out what happened. Todays hearing needs to shed some much needed information fre received assurances that mr. Smith can speak for the company on concrete steps that he took in the aftermath to secure the Computer System and protect the affected customers as well as what happened when he was chief executive. The chair of ...

I want to say on behalf of the full committee the families and friends of those effected by a senseless terror act. To most on this committee we have come to expect this. We have spent countless hours working through the threats that exist to this country and around the world and its sad we have come to the point where nothing can happen that surprises us. Its the responsibility of this committee to work hand in hand to help keep america safe by providing the tools that they need. It is in sprea...

Today about president trumps first 100 days. And i would suggest that yes, the Supreme Court is a big deal. But the things that the chairman is working on right now potentially have the longest impact of anything coming out of this administration. That is definitely doable. So i have been at Freedom Works for 12 years. And 12 years ago, when i started this was one of the first issues we worked on. And last year i was very nervous that we were going in the wrong direction. President obama passed ...

If theresl members an issue. We deal with them. Relationun the media ships. So a lot of markets with weekly daily newspapers, we would talk to the press. Run our dcnally office which means i come down on the train a lot to dc. Peter do find in the cable business that its the state and s or the federal regulation that you spend most on . Our time i think in the last two to its been the federal regulations. There was a movement about six, eight years ago to move to state franchises to allow compet...

Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Host tom larsen, what do you do for a living . Guest i run Government Relations for media come communications corporation. Were the fifth biggest Cable Company in america. Used to be the eighth biggest, but we keep moving up without doing anything. Host well, what does that entail . What does your post entail . ...

Tom larsen, what do you do for a living . I run Government Relations for media come communications corporation. Were the fifth biggest Cable Company in the america. Ot to be the eighth but because of the mergers anding acquisitis can he keep moving up. My team manages the relationships we have if the communities. We go to the board meetings, talk to the city councils, mayors, take calls from Council Members and dole with issues. We also run the immediate you relationships, so markets where weekl...

I call to order this hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance and data security. As the title suggests, this subcommittee exercises wide jurisdiction over a diverse range of topics. This will be our first hearing this congress to examine matters pertaining to insurance, specifically, that of Insurance Fraud. Thank you to our expert witnesses who came here to join us today. Insurance fraud is a major concern not only for insurers,we who bear the costs o...

I call to order this hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on consumer protection, product safety, insurance and data security. As the title suggests, this subcommittee exercises wide jurisdiction over a diverse range of topics. This will be our first hearing this congress to examine matters pertaining to insurance, specifically, that of Insurance Fraud. Thank you to our expert witnesses who came here to join us today. Insurance fraud is a major concern not only for insurers,we who bear the costs o...