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I this hearing is an hour. I want to thank everybody for getting here sort of in a rush. Were going to have to vote a little after 3 00. I think theres like six votes and there may not be a rezmption of the hearing. So were going to get to it and have a good discussion. Today were going to look at the federal governments role in funding research. Im concerned that government system of supporting research have inefficient and often incents haves the wrong thing which leads to wasted taxpayer dollars. Weve posted examples like this National Science Foundation Study which had money being spent on...

Get to it and have a good discussion. Today we are going to look at the federal governments role in funding research. I am concerned the government system of supporting research and is inefficient and often incentivizes the wrong things which leads to bad science and wasted taxpayer dollars. Weve posted examples like this National Science Foundation Study which had money being spent on ugandan gambling habits and we do it year after year. Senator langford found investigating if kids dont like food that has been sneezed on. Are you more or less likely to eat the food in the buffet line if someo...

We have the biggest highlights from earnings season. First to our lead. Facebook, google, and twitter go to washington. Executives for all three firms appear before an executive committee this week to discuss how russia manipulated their platforms to manipulate the 2016 u. S. Election. Facebook, google, and twitter told congress they were not sure they had measured the full extent of russias meddling in social networks. They do not yet have the technology to prevent it from happening again. I caught up with the former twitter ceo in the core founder of chorus to get his reaction. I think it wo...

Joining us. My name is frank mora. I am the director of the kimberly green latin america and Caribbean Center here at Florida International university. We are, for our friends in cspan, we are here located at the biscayne bay campus of Florida International university here in miami. We have another campus where the center is located in west dade. The center that i direct is one of the institutes of programs or centers at the stephen j green school of public and international affairs, again at Florida International university. We are just absolutely delighted to be posting or cohosting these ev...

Hes currently writing a study of the textile strike of 1926. Is considered a period pioneered many of the labor protests that were to become born in the 1930s. The coworker strike was using the union to provide social and Relief Services to striking workers. This describes the tremendously violent means police used. We ask that you please join us for a light reception after the event. Lets welcome professor jacob zumoff prof. Zumoff thank you very much. I am very happy to be here, especially since quite a bit of my research is based on material here, including the town of pelham, new jersey. W...