Nice to see you. Mr. Patrick thank you for doing this. Oh, my gosh, so grateful [indiscernible] here in New Hampshire, this event [indiscernible] to moderate todays debate, and governor patrick to the stage. [applause] thanks a lot. Professor, thank you for moderating this. Thank you all for being here. Thank you to open democracy for the invitation to be here. I could make it as plain as possible by taking that card and reading it aloud. I actually wrote that sentence. Look, we have a handful of big ideas, and when i say we, i mean we americans, on which there is a broad consensus. But they dont happen, and they dont happen because we have been treating our democracy for a long time as if it would tolerate limitless abuse without breaking. So the things like the amount of money, much of it dark, the gerrymandering of districts so that, as the phrase goes, representatives choose the voters and not the other way around, the influence of lobbyists, especially lobbyists for money interest
Ive been working with the program for two years, though this program has been around for 16 years now. Its an Amazing Program working with 200 interns at 60 organizations in new york and d. C. Were really excited to have a speaker with us today. Her name is lori wallach and she is the director of Public Citizens global trade watch. Public citizen was founded in 1971 and is a nonprofit research, lobbying and litigation organization based in washington, d. C. Global trade watch is the newest of Public Citizens five divisions. It was launched by mrs. Wallach in 1995 and global trade watch is the leader in the Global Citizen movement for fair trade and investment policy. Over the course of the past decade, wallach has helped create a new Public Awareness around globalization. The emerging issue of our time. Working closely with n. G. O. s, scholars and activists in developing countries and with u. S. Congressional environment, environmental, labor and other allies, wallach has played an Im
[applause] good afternoon. Thank you adam jamal for your moving in vocation and your familys. We appreciate that. Thank you to the school choir for the lovely rendition. What beautiful voices. [ applause ] they were unable to perform, they came down to the capitol in december, but werent able to perform. So were so happy to to have them back here now to inspire us. I want to extend a warm welcome to former governor larry loch and thank him for his service at the federal level. Thank you. [ applause ] i would like to welcome swedens ambassador to the united states, who is visiting washington to promote Economic Development and trade. Were happy to see her here today, from a country that has reduced its Carbon Emissions by 27 , while increasing its gdp by 90 . Thank you for being here, madam ambassador. [ applause ] and i am certainly honored to be the First Washington governor to be able to say, madam speaker, lori jenkins. Congratulations. [ applause ] mr. President , madam chief justi
Abouta at an Event Campaign finance. [applause] i dont think i need this microphone. Fork you for coming, braving the cold. I think it is one degree outside. So, we are really excited to have six of the candidates in conversation with us. Joining us will be on livestream. The way this is going to work is the candidates will be coming out, speaking for a couple of minutes about plans to fix democracy, kevin and i will be asking them questions, then we will take questions from the audience. React toage you to things. Please be respectful. Haggling, protesting, no rushing the stage please. I would like to first introduce senator Elizabeth Warren, our first speaker. [applause] they just use your mind and they never give you credit, its enough to drive you crazy if you let it. Sen. Warren thank you. I think the single biggest question we face now and in america is who this government is going to work for. For decades, our government has worked better and better and better for a smaller and
F facial Recognition Technology. They testified before the House Oversight and reform committee. Working on e is legislation to address the emerging technology. Good morning, everyone, and is out objection the chair authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Would now like to recognize myself to give an opening statement. Today the committee is holding on a critical ng issue. Facial recognition tech. Its clear that despite the sectors expanded use of technology, its just not ready primetime. During this hearing, well private sectors development, use and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with Government Entities, using this technology. We learned from our first may 22 of 2019 that he use of facial Recognition Technology can severely impact American Civil Rights and liberties, including the right to privacy. Protection and equal under the law. We learned during our second federal, n june 4 how state and local Government Entities use this technology on wide