The Incoming Biden Administration i thought we should begin with kind of the big picture that you lay out in the book when people hear the title they might say of course. I think many people may not fully understand. Taking the time to talk about this book and thank you to cspan for having me here to talk about it as well. That isnt a surprise for anyone but what has been happening over the last several decades is our economy has been highly concentrated and theres been consolidation on an ongoing basis in every sector of the economy so we hear a lot about but not only are we talking about food or agriculture in the industry you will have a monopoly problem and im also talking about the duopoly is there are harms that flow from this that i want to highlight to help them understand what it means for their everyday life and how it affects them. As you write about, it is the Cable Service and industries. Can you talk about how we got to this point you sort of explain in the book that ther
Sally hubbard thank you for coming on to discuss monopolies suck it is timely because the issue you write about in the book with us economy and the impact on workers and citizens is a hot topic at the moment with policymaking right now and it could play a big and the Incoming Biden Administration so i thought we should look at the big picture you lay out in the book when people hear the title no one likes monopolies are dealing with monopolies but really this book is about a bigger issue that the economy people may not fully understand. s so can you set the scene and describe what you see happening . Thank you for taking the time to talk out the book in cspan2 have me talk about it as well. We all knowonopolies suck. Thats not a surprise to anyone but what has been happening the last several decades is t economy is getting highly concentrated with consolidation that leads to every major sectoof the economy. We hear about whether techr food in the industry all have monopoly problems tal
The committee on rules and Administration Come to order. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person, same for our witnesses, we are going to be welcoming them as well. The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, miss jane abraham, former chairman of the Congressional Commission to study the potential for a National Womens History Museum. Miss cc rojas of the Latino Coalition and mister danny vargas, of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this had been sponsors of this bill. Senator collins, senator cornyn, senator menendez joining us for remarks following the remarks of the three of us. This is secretary bunchs second appearance before the senate rules committee. We are grateful to have him with us today. He was appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in june of 2019, what a first year you have had. Obviously covid19 forc
Chairman blunt the Senate Rules Committee held proposals for two new Smithsonian Museums, the american Womens History Museum and the National Museum of the american latino. Among the witnesses, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and actress eva longoria. His is about 90 minutes. Chairman blunt the committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person. The same for our witnesses. We are going to be welcoming them as well. The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, miss jane abraham, former chairman of the Congressional Commission to study the potential for a national Womens History Museum. Miss c. C. Rojas, chairman of the Latino Coalition, and mr. Danny vargas, chairman of the friends of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this and have been sponsors of this bi
Held proposals for two new Smithsonian Museums, the american Womens History Museum and the National Museum of the american latino. Theg the witnesses, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and actress eva longoria. This is about 90 minutes. The committee on rules and administration well come to order. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person. The same for our witnesses. We are going to be welcoming them as well. The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, miss jane abraham, former chairman of the Congressional Commission to study the potential for a national Womens History Museum. Miss c. C. Rojas, chairman of the Latino Coalition, and mr. Danny vargas, chairman of the friends of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this and have been sponsors of this bill. Senator collins, senator cornyn, senator menendez will all be joining u