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Program,ve callin washington journal. Heidi shierholz, former chief economist at the u. S. Department of labor earned the Obama Administration from 2013 to 2017. Now with the Economic Policy institute. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thanks for having me. Host wanted to talk about the impact of the pandemic on workers. What do you see . Its pretty grim. Its really bad right now. So as of mid april, the official Unemployment Rate had jumped to 14. 7 . But because of some misclassification and undercounting of people who had lost their jobs as a result of the virus, i think that a more ac...

Several of whom will participate remotely. I will come artisticpa wish panl of witnesses. I thank them for a period. Today we will hear from mr. Steven berry, president and chief exec of Competitive Carriers Association paid ms. Shirley bloomfield, chief executive officer of the ruralhe broadband association. Mr. Dean kimmelman, Senior Advisor of Public Knowledge who will be appearing at testified remotely and mr. Jonathans vulture, president and chief executive officer of u. S. Telecom broadband association. The crisis has changed lead dramatically for every american. As the administration an...

A half hours. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executiv...

Claims and 21 million continuing claims better than the week before. But still incredibly bad on an absolute basis same thing with the stock market we get crushed today sell, sell, sell. Obliterated wrong. Once again, the averages spent most of the day well into the black despite still more hideous macro data either we sold off the end of the session, dow 148 points, s p falling 1. 2 nasdaq easing 4. 6 , again, the market was up most of the day. The climb were about the incredibly weak labor market what happened when we heard the claims numbers right from the oechg . There is fear actions the ...

The use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows us the number of households without Broadband Service continues to decline. Yet despite these advances, there is still significant work that needs to be done to get every american connected. The Current Public Health crisis has made these efforts all the more urgent. I appreciate the initiatives led by the fcc to sustain and accelerate the availability of br...