Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the president s pick for several ambassadorial positions including james story to be u. S. Ambassador to venezuela, and William Douglas to be the u. S. Ambassador to the bahamas. Want to thank each of our nominees today for their willingness to serve in these important roles and to my colleagues on this committee for joining this hearing. One of this committees most important tasks i have discovered is to review and evaluate the president s nominee to serve in critical posts around the globe, like those you aim to serve. These nominees serve as the most window into america and to our universal values. ,he willingness of talented qualified individuals to serve has never been more valuable than it is today. As American Leadership is crucial in bringing the world out of the shadow of covid19. In advocating for American Values, defending human rights, transparency, and Economic Freedom and seeking to ensure a more secure, stable, and prosperous world,
As they demurred to the awesome power of the u. S. Congress. They were dismissive of any notion, they of all people would stifle competition or could in any way strangle free speech and crush conservative voices and votes. They claim to be the fartherrest thing from monopolists or oligarchs. They compete not only against one another and viciously but against others. Googles ceo, sundar pichai, claims his Company Faces intense competition, yet somehow, some way, google manages to dominate search traffic, accounting for, are you ready, almost 92 of all searches done online, 92 . That is very close to monopolistic, dont you think . And google also remains the largest digital ad platform by market share. Last year nearly 32 of all Digital Advertising dollars were spent, on google. The company paying a 1. 7 billion fine in march to the European Union where they stood accused of abusing the giant Advertising Market dominance, well, that denial was found to be absurd. All four companies today
As they demurred to the awesome power of the u. S. Congress. They were dismissive of any notion, they of all people would stifle competition or could in any way strangle free speech and crush conservative voices and votes. They claim to be the fartherrest thing from monopolists or oligarchs. They compete not only against one another and viciously but against others. Googles ceo, sundar pichai, claims his Company Faces intense competition, yet somehow, some way, google manages to dominate search traffic, accounting for, are you ready, almost 92 of all searches done online, 92 . That is very close to monopolistic, dont you think . And google also remains the largest digital ad platform by market share. Last year nearly 32 of all Digital Advertising dollars were spent, on google. The company paying a 1. 7 billion fine in march to the European Union where they stood accused of abusing the giant Advertising Market dominance, well, that denial was found to be absurd. All four companies today
As they demurred to the awesome power of the u. S. Congress. They were dismissive of any notion, they of all people would stifle competition or could in any way strangle free speech and crush conservative voices and votes. They claim to be the fartherrest thing from monopolists or oligarchs. They compete not only against one another and viciously but against others. Googles ceo, sundar pichai, claims his Company Faces intense competition, yet somehow, some way, google manages to dominate search traffic, accounting for, are you ready, almost 92 of all searches done online, 92 . That is very close to monopolistic, dont you think . And google also remains the largest digital ad platform by market share. Last year nearly 32 of all Digital Advertising dollars were spent, on google. The company paying a 1. 7 billion fine in march to the European Union where they stood accused of abusing the giant Advertising Market dominance, well, that denial was found to be absurd. All four companies today
I want to thank everyone for their adherence to the guidelines as we continue to do our work while protecting the health and safety of our staff, families and communities. Thank you for joining us today. In pursuant to notice, todays hearing is taking place in our ways and Means Committee hearing room, with members permitted to attend remotely in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings, pursuant to House Resolution 965. We currently have 33 members logged in and participating via the webex platform. For those members who arent here in washington and plan to participate in person, we have a limited number of available seats to ensure that we adhere to social distancing guidelines. I encourage members to watch from their office and only come to the hearing room when it is your turn for questioning. Before we turn to todays topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures as we navigate this hybrid hearing setting. First, consistent with regulations, the commit