This week on the communicators we want to produce you terrel mcsweeny, the only democrat on the trade commission what is the charge of the ftc . The federal trade commission is the nations top Consumer Protection Enforcement Agency. We have a general mandate to protect consumers from unfair deceptive acts and practices from anticompetitive practices. Mandate is realtivelily broad. We cover many sectors of the economy but as im sure well discuss we have limitations to our jurisdiction, including around issues of common carriage. So were at a moment in time where the ftcs jurisdiction fccs sure disk is a source of conversation in this area as well. So, i would say the ftcs role is a generalized Consumer Protection enforcer but we need to have some jurisdiction when it comes to telecommunications clarified. Host commissioner mcsweeney, we had on chairman o the Top Republican in fact the only republican on the commission at this time. A fivemember commission. Why are we down to two . Well,
Filipinoamerican, latino, africanamerican, it is an extra ordinary place to represent. How would you describe the relationship between Silicon Valley and washington . Ro khanna it is an emerging relationship. I think there is a frustration in the valley with the type of bureaucracy in washington. In the valley it is defined by a culture you are not afraid to take risks summit to fail risks, to fail. I think people think of washington as riskaverse and cautious. There is a cultural difference. On the flip side i think that people in washington have a real sense of our obligation to the nation. Sometimes i think Silicon Valley needs a dose of not just what theyre doing for technology, but what can they do for the country. As a how do you instill person representing Silicon Valley, how do you bridge that gap . Ro khanna i think this election was a wakeup call to a lot of saying, yes, there is extraordinary innovation and economic growth, but there are a lot of places that have been left o
Colleague from George Washington university. Before he introduces our speaker acknowledge our partnership with the National History center and the American Historical Association we are cosponsoring and coorganizing this seminar with. Donorsacknowledgment our , the George Washington University History department as well as a number of individuals for this series. We want to acknowledge roger lewis, the cochairman of the seminar. Hes here all the way from texas. Andnt to welcome all of you to the ones who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting is here and organize. We are grateful to you. [applause] thank you. With that, i think we should turn it over to eric. One last technical ofouncement, if you have one these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. Turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. With that, it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoons speaker, an independent historian and economist living in w
Cable Television Companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Host and this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to one of the newest members from Silicon Valley. This is representative ro khanna whos a democrat from california. Representative khanna, tell us about your district. Guest its an extraordinary district. Its the heart of Silicon Valley, so you have apple, google, intel, yahoo , cisco, linkedin, tesla all in the district, and its one of the only majority asianamerican districts in the nation. So its one of the most diverse nations. Theres a huge caucasian population, chineseamerican, indianamerican, filipinoamerican, vietnameseamerican, latino, africanamerican be, so its an extraordinary place to represent. Host how would you describe the relationship between Silicon Valley and washington . Guest well, its, its an emerging relationship. I think there is somewhat of a frustration in the valley with the type of bureaucracy in washing
Our choices, not a victim of my circumstances and thats really to me what conservatives is all about spirit in Mexico Mexico the secretary john kelly spoke about deportations. All deportations would be according to our legal justice system, which is extensive and includes multiple appeals. The focus on deportations will on the criminal element that have made into the united states. All of this will be done as it always is in close coordination with the government of mexico spec Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg at stanford university. I never saw a woman in a symphony orchestra. Someone came up with the bright idea, lets drop a curtain between the people who are auditioning and the judges. It worked like magic. Almost overnight women were making their way into symphoni symphonies, symphony orchestras. Now, i wish we could duplicate the drop curtain in every area. It isnt that easy. If i had one real and one fictitious role model, the real one was emily ehrhardt. If the pictures