We extend a special welcome to our witnesses and thank them for appearing. Remotely all appear this morning. Commissioner noah phillips, commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. This agency was established in 1914 by the federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace, including protecting Consumer Privacy and the security of their data, preventing harmful uses of technology and combating deceptive advertising and illegal robo calls, among other issues. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity and theatory business practice fcc is intended to help prevent americans from falling victim to frauds fraudsters and other actors. Recently discussed, the subcommittee hearing on covid19 scams last month, coronavirus becauseted a new avenue of stayathome orders, a prime target for exploitation. I appreciate the ongoing efforts to protect consumers f
111,000 times which is wild. What was your reaction to this news when you first learned about it on monday . My reaction was shock. Like many people, i have friends and colleagues and former classmates who are International Students and i worried about them and how they could be affected because this decision throws a lot of peoples lives into confusion. It really does. Before we get into that confusion, for people who arent fully read in on this and dont know all the details, why dont you walk us through what you know about what ice is saying, who might be impacted and which universities in the u. S. Might be impacted as well. Sure. So at the start of the pandemic, when schools first began to go online only, ice said to students who are here, International Students here on student visas, they were going to waive the rules that said students couldnt attend online only courses in the United States and they said they would keep up that rule through the entirety of the national emergency.
In 2011, the government required employers to provide Insurance Coverage for all fda approved contraception, including many religious employers who objected to the coverage, sparking years of litigation. Traditions the best of this countrys commitment to religious liberty, the government sought to resolve the issue by promulgating new rules, excepting those employers who objected to the mandate. Those exemptions are lawful for two reasons. First, they are authorized by whichn 13a4 of the aca, requires employers to provide the types of coverage that the health, resources, and services of administration provide for and support. So it authorizes the agencies to require most employers to provide contraceptive coverage while exempting the small number of employers who have sincere Conscientious Objections. But it does not create an all or nothing choice. Require coverage for everyone or no one. Otherwise, the Longstanding Church exemption, the effective exemption for selfinsured church plan
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. This oral argument from may is just over an hour and a half. The honorable, the chief justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oh yea, oh yea, all persons having business before the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to give their attention as the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court. We will hear arguments in case 19431 Little Sisters of the poor v. Pennsylvania in the consolidated case. General francisco. Mr. Chief justice, may it please the court. In 2011, the government required employers to provide Insurance Coverage for all fda approved contraception, including many religious employers who objected to the coverage, sparking years of litigation. In 2017, in the best traditions of this countrys commitment to religious liberty, the government sought to resolve the issue by promulgating new rules, excepting those employers who objected t
Committee in january of 2019 and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats. Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow. That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea. Raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the Cyber Capabilities including