Airlines ucsf cardiologist was returning home after treating covid19 patients in new york in one tweet he writes i guess united is relaxing their social distancing policy these days every seat full on the 7. 37 is it simply a another you know like i for united douglas kidd is the executive director of the National Association of Airline Passengers even before the coronavirus pandemic his organization petitioned for more space and safer flight he says because fewer people are flying new standards should be implemented right now. The health and safety of the passenger has to come first as a part of its social distancing policy united says theyve been limiting seat selections in all cabins so customers wont be able to select seats next to each other or middle seats where available. But as documented by doctor weiss his flight had lots of passengers the airlines are really taking a lot of measures i actually just take me to make sure answer high range aviation expert, an Airline Captain la
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a re cess for the committee at anytime. Entitled bureaucratic overreach for Consumer Protection. Examining the cfpbs latest action to restrict composition in the payments. Without objection all members have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. I want to recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing, bureaucratic overreach or Consumer Protection, examining the cfpbs latest action to restrict competition in payments in my view is critical because its going to talk about this large participants in the general use of Digital Consumer payment applications market. This is the sixth lpr that the cfpb has initiated. And putting aside the egregiously short Comment Period which frustrates both members of this committee, the deeply flawed cost benefit analysis which are both have become hallmarks of th
Everything in life should be earned, not allowed and not about to be raising men who were entitled to something just because the try their best. Are we living in a world where everyone gets a trophy . We want to get your opinion on whether or not you think participation trophies and passing out of awards is appropriate as a reward for participating . Call 202 7488000 if everyone gets a trophy, call 202 7488001 if you disagree. An issuee has become in the National Media as well. Kelly wallace of cnn has posted this article does Sports Participation deserve a trophy . With the parental debate begin. The awards children get just for showing up strike such a chord. After James Harrison took to instagram this we get announcing he would be sending back the trophies his sons, six years old and years old, received, until they receive a real trophy, parents responded with the majority of plotting harrison, who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Twitter stood firmly with harrison, quote, i dont
Lets see. Since we do have members here that want to be recognized, introduced, different ones, and i happen to be one of those, i think we might go ahead before Opening Statements and do that before we lose someone. So i would like to go ahead. We already know Lieutenant General todd simonite. This is your third time here . Yes, sir. Youre a regular here. I recognize at this time senator cardin to recognize pete ron, to introduce. Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to have secretary ron here before our committee. Secretary ron is the secretary of the of transportation in maryland. As i was telling the chairman, this is the third state that he has been secretary of transportation. Hes also directed the Missouri Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and transportation department. He just cant hold on to a job. [ laughter ] but were very proud of the work that he does in maryland. We have a pretty challenging organization in maryland where the secretary of transpor
Lets see. Since we do have members here that want to be recognized, introduced, different ones, and i happen to be one of those, i think we might go ahead before Opening Statements and do that before we lose someone. So i would like to go ahead. We already know Lieutenant General todd simonite. This is your third time here . Yes, sir. Youre a regular here. I recognize at this time senator cardin to recognize pete ron, to introduce. Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to have secretary ron here before our committee. Secretary ron is the secretary of the of transportation in maryland. As i was telling the chairman, this is the third state that he has been secretary of transportation. Hes also directed the Missouri Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and transportation department. He just cant hold on to a job. [ laughter ] but were very proud of the work that he does in maryland. We have a pretty challenging organization in maryland where the secretary of transpor