Sen. Graham i think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Is it ok if we move forward . Sen. Blumenthal absolutely. Sen. Graham this is about censorship and suppression of the 2020 election. Sort of a deep dive when it comes to twitter and facebook about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them, can we do better, chemically do we need to do better . The first thing i want to talk about here is health risk associated with social media. A 2018 Pew Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly and 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram, or snapchat. If so why are we having this hearing . The products that these two companies offer, people like and they use. So the bottom line is theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams, and theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the left and the right. And what were trying to do is look at section 230 an
Private companies who have worked together in record te to get theseaccineso the point where hopefully we will be able to get them out to the American People andtart t good work, the hard work of ensuring that we are doing everything we can to beat this virus. We have our job and wt to do here in congress and our response ability and i think congress should pass the conavirus relief bill which hapassed the senate or should i say has drawn a majority of support not once but twice and it is a targeted bill and fiscally responsible bill that deals with schools and healthcare and the ppp program which benefits Small Businesses all across country and it could become law. The House Democrats and the democrats here in the senate for that matter seem insistent on clinging to this multitrillion dollar liberal wish list that she put out there even as their majority, democrat majority in house continues to shrink by the day. If nothing else, i think the market people were sending a message that t
Good morning, everybody. I think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay, senator blumenthal, if we move forward . Absolutely. Thanks very much. Okay, ill make a brief Opening Statement and this is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election, sort of a deep dive, when it comes to twitter and facebook, about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them. Can we do better . Do we need to do better . So the first thing i want to talk about here is Health Risks Associated with social media. A 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly. A 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram or snapchat. So why are we having this hearing . The products that these two Companies Offer people like and they use. So the bottom line is, theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams. And theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the le
David hawkings is the editor in chief. There are leadership elections. Explain how they go about the two parties electing their leaders and can we see any changes . We will see some so, they meet in caucuses, different causes. No surprise here. The things are happening a little bit differently this year because of the pandemic. The Democratic Caucus which is happening the first of the meetings is happening today. There is a virtual opportunity for members to stay home, stay in their districts and cast the votes in the upcoming leadership elections using a secure app that the democrats have come up with. We wont see any changes at the top. The republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, maybe, maybe not liz cheney, thats staying the same. Were not seeing any changes at the top there either. Remarkably long run of nancy pelosi as the leader and jim clyburn of South Carolina as number three, thats all continuing. Thats continuing for a into a 16th year. Its a remarkably long run
Im sarah and im in harlem. I wrote the yellow house to answer what is a basic and also annex substantial question about who belongs, whose stories get told. I wanted to speak a voice into the literature. I wondered why the stories of me and my family and my nieces and nephews didnt exist in the narrative of new orleans. I wanted to make a book that was the beginning of an answer to a question about how our lives matter and how we deserved to also be on the american map and in the citys stor cities story. This book is not only a book about the house i lived in and loved and that in certain ways remains a part of me but its an attempt to think about what it actually means to belong to a place, what it means to feel that you have somehow come from a place that has shaped you and made you into the person you are. For me, American Ingenuity i understand because i come from the city where jazz was born and so what it teaches us is we pull from all the disparate pieces of the world the things