Good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to the second of our series of hearings investigating competition in the Digital Markets. This one on innovation and entrepreneurship. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. 30 years ago the First Software for the worldwide member was released into the Public Domain to create a Global Communications network. Within a few years, search and browsing services were built onto this software to give people tools to communicate, share, and explore information through decentralized platform that was designed to be open and nondiscriminatory. An internet pioneer and codesigner of the internets early architecture testified in 2006 on behalf of google that the overarches principle of the open internet was no central gatekeeper should exert control over the internet. As he noted this open and competitive environment meant ent
Electing a president. The u. S. Is one year away, the Campaign Battle still ahead and the bold ways candidates are getting attention. In missouri tonight what good afternoowhat beganas a campus Pe University of missouris president is under increasing pressure to resign after African American students say he refused to answer appropriately, and the states u. S. Senator weighed in on the controversy. Paul beban has more on the campus protest. Reporter protests arent usually part of the College Football play book racial but rl tensions may put the football season on hold. Refusing to take the field in a el show of solidarity. Saturday night, Student Government tweeted a picture of 30 players linked with Jonathan Butler. He is willing to die until the president resigns. Racial slurs shouted at black students, even swastika smeared in feces on a bathroom wall. The time for talking is over. Lots of conversations including conversations with protesters, where they came in and asked questions
May not know. His name is allen dixon. And allen dixon passed away a few years now. He is somebody who in his time everybody really liked. He had a nickname in politics. His nickname was al the pal, which was not tongueincheek, not satirical. He was kind of everybodys pal. He was a go along to get along politics and proudly so. He wrote a memoir about his time in politics. He was unsentimental and forward about it. Generally speaking, my political career was built on good will and accommodation. Good will and accommodation. By all accounts, he was a great guy. Tons of friends, and good will and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. Alan dixon first ran for elected office. He ran for Police Magistrate in belleville, illinois at the ripe old age of 21. And he one running for like the kids seat on the Police Magistrate board or something. He was running for real office. He won that first seat at age someone, and then he spent the rest of his adult life continually winning
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you know. you ve got to do something trickery to get that thing through. mr. mcclintock: justice bran dice told us sunlight is the best brandeis told us sunlight is the best disinfectant. suspect the majority seems so frightened of. that s why it s so important to get the 72-hours notice, not just for the members of congress being asked to vote on it, but for the people of the united states who are being asked to live under it or have some chance to know what bills are being proposed and being adopted by this congress in their name. the direct that directly affects the quality of their lives and their families lives. mr. akin: the idea, i was just talking a little bit earlier, did you serve in the california house as well? mr. mcclintock: uh-huh. mr. akin: i m sure you got phone calls from your constituents saying, hey, congressman, i m having trouble with this, that, or the other part of the federal government, and you or your office goes to bat for those people, trying