2, Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. Good afternoon. My name is ellen. I am a psychiatric social worker for the department of Public Health for more than eleven years. I am a Bargaining Team member for the Public Services employees. We had approximately 16,000 Public Services employees. Again, my name is ellen. Thats elllleellen. I am here today to ask you to do an investigation on the Ethics Commission department. I represent Public Workers. I brought five Public Workers who experienced the discrimination with the Ethics Commissioners. We reported to them between april to june 2017. I was with them. I was with all five of them make the initial interviews. We provide with them a lot of reports, documentation to the Ethics Commission staff. Three months ago, i was informed one of the employee from the Ethics Commission that they do not have our record anymore. I followed up with the Ethics Commission. They said theres no record to be found. Five of us,
Television, please help. Thank you. President turman thank you. Any further Public Comment . Thank you, mr. Salinas. Thank you, president , chairman, commissioners. Jim salinas. Im here to thank the chief through the chair for the respect and the attentiveness hes given the Latino Community the last few months. I truly appreciate the fact that this chief is in great demand, and as i said earlier is working favorishly to try to reinstill the trust and the confidence and to build the Community Relations that were once much much better. I just wanted to come down here. I know that hes very busy, and i know that hes taking time. I also want to thank while im here deputy chief sainz, when hes not able to come down and answer questions and continue to build on this relationship, that theyre there. And again, despite the fact that all of them have a great many duties. Lastly, i just want to say in december, commissioners, i read an article in the Mission Local regarding some issues with the s
This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most recently, he served and was partner and cochair of the entrust group at a law firm. Christine wilson is an antitrust and Consumer Protection attorney who served as Vice President for regulatory and International Affairs at delta airlines. She too as worked at the commission before serving as chief of staff to kim murris during the george w. Bush administration. Noah Joshua Phillips is a familiar face to many of us, as he currently serves as chief counsel to senator john cornyn, where he advises on issues such as antitrust and intellectual property. Finally. Mr. Chopra has extensive experience in Governm
Report it is 11 13 pretty good for senate time. I would like to call on senator markey. Thank you youre just as good [inaudible conversations] Grammar School you got that whole break in perfectly. Net neutrality, in december federal trade Commission Commission or mcsweenny wrote, quote, scrapping the fc cnet neutrality rules will harm consumers and content creators and federal trade commission is not going to be able to sop it. The federal trade commission does not have specialized expertise in telecommunications. We dont have engineers with Technical Expertise in data Network Management practices. These are very real and significant limits to effectiveness of the federal trade commissions tools in ensure ising that networks are open and free of harmful discrimination. Mr. Do you agree with commissioner rick. I share a lot of scept kism and concern and i would also add that given ongoing litigation and rule technician in the ninth circuit ftc may face unlevel Playing Field where some m
And Transportation Committee heard from the four nominees on issues including antitrust laws, Prescription Drug pricing, Credit Rating agencies and the influence of Big Tech Companies like google and facebook. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most recently, he served and was partner and cochair of the entrust group at a law firm. Christine wilson is an antitrust and Consumer Protection attorney who served as Vice President for regulatory and International Affairs at delta airlines. She too as worked at the commission before serving as chief of staff to kim murris during the george w. Bush administration. Noah Joshua Phillips is a familiar f