Her series of hearings investigating competition Digital Markets. This one on the role of data and privacy and competition. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. I should state the obvious, im not the chairman of the subcommittee. The chairman will be in a few minutes. Digital technologies have provide americans with remarkable array of services. It is never been easy to share news and information to publish content and to commit it with loved ones. All at a moments notice. As the technological revolutions of the mask of this transmission has opened up about the power across our economy. It is support for congress to study understand of these imbalances are affecting americans when it is causing these asymmetries of power and whether these new and growing inequalities are compatible with our democratic values. The committee ongoing oversight of competition Digital Markets is a key part of this process. Todays hearing was examined the role that data plays in creating and main
He is an economist and also a senior fellow at the George Washington institute of public policy. Dr. Singer, in a recent paper that you coauthored, the curious absence of Economic Analysis at the federal communications position, an agency in search of a mission is the title, you write that the fcc is often an economicsfree zone. What do you mean by that . Guest what i mean theyre not taking economics into consideration making policy decisions. Theyre instead relying on noneconomic evidence, the popular whims and fancies of the day, to reach decisions that have tremendous economic import. Cspan has it always been that way . Guest it hasnt always been that way. That is what the paper is about. We chart ebb and flow of economic influence offer time. Weve been in periods like this before. This is not the first time that economics has been really gated to something well below the 8th floor, but we havent seen something in recent history as weve seen under the wheeler fcc. Cspan you write of
Bengahzi could have been prevented. Security officials ignored warnings about threats to american personnel. The ambassador to libya was one of those killed in the attack. And the United States is renewing the image to help syrians affected by the war. The United Nations said 2. 4 billion has been raised so far. Those are the headlines. Im tony harris. Those are the headlines for this news hour. Inside story is next for al jazeera america. Riding on that information super highway. It turns out there are fast and slow lanes. New rules which means you may have to pay for the quickest ride on inside story. Hello, im ray suarez. Put a plug in a wall socket. Electricity powers and appliance. There is no better or worse electricity. Its the same juice supplied to your neighbors in mansions or shacks. Head into a hotel lobby, people who stay more often have their own checkin line, get a different level of service and access to a nicer room. You can stay but you may not get the same service re
I think they thought that the white house was so glamorous, and that what you did was so glamorous, and your life was so glamorous. All they saw were the parties and the greeting people. I have got to tell you, i have never worked harder in my life. Nancy reagan was Ronald Reagans fiercest protector. She was active in key staff decisions and in campaigning. She had a signature white house issue with her just say no campaign. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Let me introduce our two guests. Judith woodruff is the coanchor of cbs news hour. She coproduced a documentary about the first lady. Thank you for being with us. He is the Washington Bureau chief for real clear politics. He is a californian who has been covering National Politics since 1984 and cowrote a book with his father, a reagan biography. Lou, nice to see you. We looked at hundreds of hours of video about the reagan presidency in the cspan library. We decided to start with the closing chapter. This is footage fro
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