We will now proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all a good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing in the economic Emergency Management subcommittee. One of the purposes of this committee is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring they are spent effectively, efficiently and with transparency. That brings us to todays hearing which is entitled landlord and tenant. You can tell from the title that today we will be investigating fairly unprecedented situation. The federal government owns the building that houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel hotel. Since President Trump has declined, he is essentially acting as both the landlord and the tenant. Before i was elected to congress , over three decades Teaching College students about American Government and politics. Serious discussions about the legislature holding the executive Branch Accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards and that is exactly what we hope to do today. First lets start with some facts. All federal wor
The video streaming Platform Company sees its second sell rating. A pivotal reachers Pivotal Research calls the stocks first to our top story. Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of thirdparty apps that were using the companys developer tools as part of a review facebook started following the cambridge analytical privacy scandal. The number of suspended apps was at 400 in august of 2018. Facebook stated that not all of the apps were necessarily abusing or selling user data. Many were not live when they were suspended. I am joined by bloomberg out of d. C. And San Francisco. Fact they are closing down some of these apps showing facebook is finally doing enough . Its unclear if any of these apps were on were important or relevant. I do think it shows the followthrough. We are going to review all the stuff and take it seriously and see if we can find any apps that are violating these policies. They are actually going out in following through. I think its a good sign they are stepping
Thank you for being here this afternoon. As we continue to monitor the challenging situation on the southern border we look forward to hearing your perspective on i. C. E. s operational and Funding Priorities and requirements. As chair of this subcommittee i am committed to ensuring the integrity of our borders and strengthening our immigration system. But i am equally committed to making sure we do so according to all of our laws and in a way that exemplifies our american values. In particular we must assure that in accordance with our laws and values those fleeing must have equal opportunities to seek asylum. We must get this balance right and i believe we can if we work together. It is a false choice to believe more migrants need to be unnecessarily detained and that cruel and exclusionary immigration laws need to be enacted in order to increase security in our country. Our own constitution, federal law and several International Agreements serve as the foundation for the right and p
Its meetings. Sxl also provide remote Public Comment via telephone. Those attending inperson will be allowed to speak first. And then well take those waiting in the telephone line. The Public Comment call in number is streaming across the screen and when you are connected, youll be in listen mode only. Those joining us inperson should line ufp up to speak and those on telephone should dial up 23, turn down the tv and all devices that you may be using. Alternatively, you may be submit Public Comment in either of the following ways, email them to me, at clerk. If you submit Public Comment via email it will be included in the file. San francisco, and final lima dam chair, items today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda on july 25th, unless otherwise stated. Thank you, and just a reminder, today is the last of the budget and finance committee before, its the last one before we take recess for the entire board of supervisors starting next week, or a week after next wee
State of health and the victims who were evacuated to moscow in federal and moscow institutions. These are mostly serious patients, both adults and children, but they are provided with the necessary assistance , and all measures will be taken in the necessary amount, as far as it concerns, and those who are in the institutions of dagestan, there are 50 of them, including including 14 children. They are also in trouble. We are in a state of seriousness, but we are closely cooperating with the republic and all the necessary assistance is being provided. Everything that is needed for this is available in the republic about the fact that all the services worked, worked quickly and quickly and i thank uh alexandra vyacheslavovich for this. How do you assess the situation does the group really work . And now the deputy minister is there, the operational headquarters is deployed, and everything in the environment is analyzed and calculated, well, all the tasks are clear. In fact, its clear to