called safeguarding americans consumers, fighting scams and fraud during the pandemic. due to covid-19 public health emergency today s hearing will be conducted entirely remotely and all members and witnesses will be participating via videoconference as part of hearing microphones will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise and members and witnesses will need to unmute your microphones each time that you wish to speak and i will try to remind you and additionally members will need to be visible on screen in order to be recognized. documents for the record can be sent to [inaudible] sorry and at the e-mail address that we have provided to staff and all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing and before i recognize myself for an opening statement i want to take a point of personal privilege and recognize some of the or all of the new members to our subcommittee and first let me just recognize the democrats.
welcome to the subcommittee on consumer protection and commerce and now it will come to order today. will be holding a hearing safeguarding american consumers fighting scams and fraud and to that public health emergency and entirely remotely all members and witnessespa will be participating at the conference as part of the hearing and then to be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating background noise. members only to unmute to the microphone you want to speak additionally members need to be visible to be recognized. documents can be sent over at the e-mail address that we provided to staff all documents entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. before i recognize myself and an opening statement i want to take a point of personal privilege with the members of the subcommittee and with the democrats we have kathleen rice craig from minnesota fletcher from texas and also fromom massachusetts and then the new members and thehe republican side and then i will
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