[inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. The committee will come to orde order. We are here this morning to review ongoing Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the Virgin Islands in weeks of Hurricane Irma. We are now over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and st. John on september 6. Its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. This is a little over a week ago that senators cassidys, franken and i, along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors, the governor or cello for your hospitality, the time that you gave us during that visit was incredibly important for all of us to see to be on the ground and to be hearing directly from you. I know that some other members of our committee have traveled to puerto rico previously and i thank them for that as well. What i think we observed is that the
Impact that its products have on smartphone addiction in children cnbcs leslie picker has more on this story for us. Leslie hey, bill, thats right, its a twist on activist investing. Jana and california state teachers retirement system, sending a letter over the weekend to apples board pushing for changes there. In the letter, they say that apples ubiquity has created unintended negative consequences for children, particularly when it comes to their physical and mental health. They want apple to form a committee to study this issue and add more restrictions for younger users. Apple already provides tools that allow parents to restrict what their kids do on their phones, but jana and calsters believe there should be more thats done there. The letter was part of the firms announcement of their own social impact fund the plan is to raise money then use their activism knowhow to target Companies Like apple they they believe could do better when it comes to social issues now, investors and
Governor brian governor governor bryant good evening, thank you so much. Thank you so much mr. Lieutenant governor for the kind introduction and thank you for the friendship you in the speaker and the speaker honor the state and people. I will always consider it an honor to have served with you and your members. Mississippians, if everyone is seated right behind me. For the past six years, she has devoted herself to improving the lives of all citizens, particularly our children and for 41 years, she has put up with me. Wonderfulgerman, the , my wife, deborah. To the members of the house, senate and other elected officials, thank you for your attendance. I do not take your attention for granted. Thank you for allowing me to stand at our beautiful capital and offer my vision on how we can reach Greater Heights together. I realize many of us here tonight and those watching and listening, there sometimes seems to be to mississippis occupied in the same time and stay spirit of the critics w
Good evening, thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much mr. The tenant governor, for the kind introduction and thank you for the friendship you and the speaker continue to offer me because together we honor our great state and her people, i will always consider myself fortunate to have served with , you and your respective members, speaking of mississippi, my favorite one is seated right behind me, she has devoted herself to improving the lives of all of our citizens. Children and our 441 years, she has lovingly and patiently put up with me. Ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of mississippi and my wonderful wife, deborah. To the members of the house and senate, thank you for your attendance, i do not take your kind attention for granted. Thank you for allowing me to stand in our beautiful capital and to offer my continued vision for how we can reach even Greater Heights together. I realize that many of us here tonight and to those watching and listening, there someti
It will be interesting to see how this plays down in terms of the story in the post on money in the bush world. I think there will be a broad sense of that is the way politics work. I think that will push for it being Even Stronger in advocacy on going after money and going after the way government works. Can i ask another question. I was struck by the New York Times piece a week ago now about election polling in near crisis and they cited an increasing number of homes that only have cell phones, willing to answer surveys, and likely voters, and the result is pollsters will be less reliable and may not even know when they are off pace. I thought, given your long experience, would let you say whether you agree with that . Stan they set up question . This being the only poll that you could trust, and the reason, i am not just saying that, the reason is 60 on cell phones. Stan right. And also, we are the only ones in a national poll. We are only dealing with people who voted in the prior