The committee on education and labor will come to order. Welcome everyone. A quorum is present. The committee is meeting today in a legislative hearing to hear testimony on hr 2694, the pregnant workers fairness act. I note for the subcommittee that ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois and mr. Cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in todays hearing. Members who sit on the subcommittee and are present shall have First Priority task questions, followed by members who sit only after all Committee Members who are present have gone shall members who are not on the committee on education and labor ask questions. Pursuant to Committee Rule seven c, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions. I recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. As a mom and policymaker, i know how important it is to protect the Economic Security o
The nation infrastructure from foreign interference. Lawmakers heard testimony from boating industry experts. Today, that the subcommittee will consider a number of legislative broke pulls that justss proposals that i challenges from management to securing our nations Telecommunications Infrastructure. The proposals before the subcommittee today are hr 4462, resourcesirway efficiency act, or the chirac, act, with the Ranking Member. Thisll be the strategy for federal energies using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, automated frequency what are nation, and environmental sensing to facilitate more efficient sharing and used by the federal government. The goal would also require the fcc to report to congress on the feasibility of using existing sharing technologies on several important spectrum fans. As we look toward the future, it is necessary for every licensee to use spectrum more efficiently, the federal government being chief among them. Modernizend ways to the
Their homes arent finished. 24 months coverage is the minimum required by law, and thats all Insurance Companies are offering. Homeowners say theyve requested extensions individually and have been rejected. So, now theyre banning together to tell Insurance Companies as a group that it takes longer than 24 months to rebuild a community. 5,300 homes burns. We are rebuilding at an unprecedented rate and weve only rebuilt 18 . So, how are they not getting that it takes more than 24 months . We dont understand. Thats why were having this rally today. The state insurance commissioner has written to Insurance Companies once in may and again this week asking them to extend benefits for families who were still rebuilding beyond the twoyear period stated in their policy. But thats all he can do. The commissioner does not have the power to make Insurance Companies cover policies longer than the minimum set in state law. We reached out to the Insurance Information institute a spokesperson told us
Responsibili responsibility we see it every day now with every data breach, every privacy violation. Every blind eye turned to hate speech fake news poisoning our National Conversation the faults miracles in exchange for a single drop of your blood. Joining us to discuss this morning, ricos editor at large, cnbc contributor, kara swisher, fresh off of code con last week great to have you back im glad to be here we were discussing offcamera how the evolution of cooks rhetoric began in an interview you did with him a long time ago. We were doing an interview for nbc and i asked him what he would do if he was Mark Zuckerberg and he would say, i wouldnt be in this situation, and went on from there, talking about privacy. Which is a good thing for apple to talk about. Its good on lots of levels, a marketing thing, its what theyre like theyve made commercials about it since and this is him continuing to talk about that topic. Hes been ratcheting up over time, which has been irritating a lot
Good morning, the subcommittee on communications and technology will come to order. And the chair recognizes himself five its with the statement. I begin thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today to examine the importance of a. M. Radio receivers in vehicles. A. Im radio has been an integral part of our society for well over a century, and at the americans local news serving is the backbone to our nations Emergency Communications infrastructure. Over 45 million americans tune into a am radio each month, they rely on it for local news Weather Sports and Emergency Alerts its unique frequency characteristics allow for signatures grabbed foreign wide overcoming geographical barriers and reach in both urban and remote areas. This makes a am radio and a valuable tool during times of crisis. When hurricanes, tornadoes, and other Natural Disasters strike, and am radio remains steadfast providing Vital Information to those in affected areas when other Communication Channels fail