Written materials. You are the ema offices that required for all meetings. I expect all members to wear a mask expect when speaking. I recognize myself for an opening statement. More than a year ago, this subcommittee launched an investigation into Digital Markets. The twoives b have been to document problems and since then, weve received millions as well as conducting hundreds of hours of interviews. There were experts here, the subcommittees Ranking Member. We work closely with all members who have taken this work seriously and study the issues. This is the most bipartisan effort ive been involved with. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine the dominance of amaz amazon, apple, facebook and google. Amazon runs the Largest Online marketplace in america, c capturing 70 of all online marketplace sales. It operates across a vast array of businesses from cloud compute i ing. Apple is a provider of smart phones with more than 100 million in the United States alone. Services include fi
Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe
Taken by the Federal Reserve the path depends of course on the virus it societies the crisis will weigh heavily in the medium term and poses keshl risk, very much a carbon copy, just a couple additions here and from the year, there was one other change that i will tell you about. It was that the path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus. Kelly . We appreciate it. Were going to welcome in our fed panel. Mona hodges, david kelly and jim carron its great to have you all here. Ill go to you, dave, for what you think are the most important messages as we watch the markets so far showing little change from where we saw before the decision came out. Really whats happened since their june meeting is we have seen a surprisingly strong bounce, but then the viruses come back, and that resurgence is what theyre saying is this is not over we know its very uncertainty. The economy has a lot of recovery to do yet, and theyre going to remain very dovish while the pandemi
Dramatically access to users on internet virtually any gist that wants to be found on the web must pay google a tax. With that i recognize the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, mr. Sensenbrenner. For first round of questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ive been in congress 42 years. That is coming to an end at the end of this year. Im breathing a sigh of relief. During that period of time, during decade of 90s and 00s, i was involved as chairman of the Science Committee and chairman of this committee and trying to make the net universal, open it up to everybody and one of the, one of the theses that we used that the net should end up becoming basically the debate on issues, not only in our country but throughout the world and in exchange for that this committee and the Congress Gave Internet Service providers immunity so if somebody said something defamatory in what they posted. Isps could not be a part of a lawsuit for defamation. After hearing mr. Jordan, you know, a long line of cen
Over its handling of the pandemic. Sweden staff told jumps again with 170 people dying in 24 hours suggesting its relaxed approach may not be working. And the big win for ruling party in south koreas election which saw high turnout despite the coronavirus. Less than 24 hours after u. S. President donald trump announced that he was Holding Funding to the World Health Organization the number of coronavirus deaths across the United States has passed 30000 thats according to a tally by the voters News Agency New York and new jersey alone account for more than half of those deaths residents there have been told to prepare for a new normal when their economies are eventually reopened new york state Governor Andrew Cuomo says people will be ordered to wear masks when a safe distance cannot be maintained. Well the head of the w. H. O. Says he regrets Donald Trumps decision to suspend its funding over the w. H. O. His handling of the corona virus pandemic heteros then yesus says the w. H. O. Is