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. 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 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 the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in june of 2019. And what a first year you have had. Obviously, covid forced closure of all 19
You for coming on to discuss monopolies suck. Its a very timely book because the issues you write about in the book, the power of dominant companies in the u. S. Economy and the impact on workers and consumers and citizens is really a very hot topic in economics and policy making right now. And we will see but could play a big role in the incoming Biden Administration. So i thought we should begin with sort of the big picture about, that you lay out in the book. I think when people hear the title they might say of course, no one likes monopolies, no one likes dealing with monopolies. The religious book is about a bigger issue. You are warning about a warring trends across the economy that i think many people may not fully understand. I think you could maybe first set the scene for us and describe what you see happening. Guest first, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today about this book, and thank you to cspan for having here to talk about it as well. We all know mon
Center for defense concepts, with me is the adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute. We welcome the cochairs of the task force from the house. Congressman jim banks from indiana. Congressman moulton has been in 2014, a marine veteran. Also focus on defense in the past, serves on the budget, seapower and strategic forces. In the 2017, indianas third district, from the labor committees. He is a major reserve list, continues to serve even today. Thank you for being with us today. Honor to be here. I was afraid to mess that up. The task force, a yearlong study, what the United States is going forward, a strategic environment, a rise in china, that is a potential opportunity to improve the ability to protect us interests going forward. We both found a great job of capturing the strategic environment and opportunities available to us as a recommendation we thought did a great job addressing new concepts and new technologies and how the defense department. What do you find are the most importa
Announcer coming up in an hour, rovnerhealth news julie discusses the future of health care, including legal challenges to the Affordable Care act. Judge Amy Coney Barrett begins two days of questions from senators in the review of her nomination to the highest court. Journal andgton good morning. The second day of hearings begins at 9 00 a. M. , but we would like to hear from you about what you saw yesterday and what you expect today. If you support the nomination, the line to call in is 202 7488000. If you oppose the nomination, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text 202 7488003 the line to use and include your name and where you are from. cspanwj ande are on facebook at cspan. Wednesday and thursday as well our coverage plans. We will show you some of the sights and sounds as members come in. 9 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan, cspan radio, and streaming live at cspan. The reporting yesterday on the first day of hearings, the Opening Statements, op
They also reflect on the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and her influence on the court, and the legal profession. From Georgetown University law center, this is two hours. Welcome, everyone to our annual, Supreme Court preview. Before we get started with todays scheduled program, i wanted to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsburg. She was a trail blazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist, and a largerthanlife human being. Anlife human being. But but what i will remember most about her was her indomitable spirit. That and the devastating series of questions she hurled at me inf course. Invite time, i want to any Panel Members who wish to do so to say anything they would like about Justice Ginsburg, but first, let me introduce our panel. [reads names] anybody who wants to come up be on video and take the floor. To, be on video and take the floor. Anyone want to start . Don . To get myill trying head around the idea that Justice Ginsburg wont be o