The hearing will come to order we will look at and linkedin but hopefully we can resolve that at some point sebecause former diversification board discussed the declassification policy and in particular to protect their classified material and safely they can get their moment in the sun. I prepared to defer my Opening Statement because there is a chair hearing at 330 and also has to go in between so is it okay if i give my time so he can open with comments that way he can share on chair his hearing at 3 30 p. M. And i reserve a special favor do you want to see your comments and not miss your hearing . To make it is a privilege to testify to be in front of this committee and i recognized it is Important Role to secure the safety of our citizens and i appreciate that consideration you and senator warner gave in the timing. Members of the committee they give her the opportunity to advocate for declassification reform and for having an open setting as you may be aware i am a sponsor along
Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Panelists weigh of propaganda and political on voters and consumers. This is one hour. [laughter] thank you. I will introduce the panelist, how hirschfield, a behavioral psychologist at the ucla school of management, where he studies cognitive bias and how people and mentioned their future selves. He also contributes opeds to the New York Times and wall street journal. A historian of american political rhetoric at texas a m university and a editor. She is also the author of the rhetoric of her rogue expectations, establishing the obama presidency. And currently at work on her next book titled, demagogue for president , the rhetorical genius of donald trump. [laughter] she will be talking about that later. Emerituss a professor of social psychology at uc santa tripand the coauthor of a propaganda can the everyday use and abuse of persuasion. , age of propaganda, the use and abuse of persuasion. [laughter] so, thank you for being here. , istheme of this panel is contemporary propaganda d
Hello, thank you. Thanks for the chance to spend time with you. My name is pete buttigieg. I am the mayor of south bend, indiana. They just call me mayor pete. President pete. That has a good ring to it. Im running for president because i think our country is running out of time. We cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting it to get better. The problem is we are dealing with are even bigger than the problems that this president represents. Wrong . Thise president represent some serious problems. The biggest problem is the president thinks we are all suckers. We have a country where the Gross Domestic Product is going up, and Life Expectancy is going down. We are in a country where there will be 130 more millions of guns on the streets by 2020, and houses will cost half 1 million. He wants us to think our biggest problem is Political Correctness , and the biggest solution is the passe tax cut for corporations and the wealthiest among us, so we deftly h
Two hours. [background noises] [background noises] good morning the Senate Special committee will come to order welcome everybody. Welcome to the committees eighth hearing of the one her 18th congress about Drug Development for rare and serious diseases. As is the tradition of the committee, the aging Committee Ranking member, Ranking Member brought in this case will offer an opening statement. Thank you, senator. Thank the witnesses for coming and for all of the folks from around the country here today. There are over 7000 rare progressive and serious diseases known to man. It is estimated 95 black treatment. Yet in my time et cetera there is not been one Senate Hearing to examine promising therapies for people with rare progressive and serious diseases. The room is packed with people, patients and caregivers that live in this reality every single day. Right here, 350 patient stories from 44 states. This is long overdue. People that watch their bodies deteriorate in real time. Family