This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most recently, he served and was partner and cochair of the entrust group at a law firm. Christine wilson is an antitrust and Consumer Protection attorney who served as Vice President for regulatory and International Affairs at delta airlines. She too as worked at the commission before serving as chief of staff to kim murris during the george w. Bush administration. Noah Joshua Phillips is a familiar face to many of us, as he currently serves as chief counsel to senator john cornyn, where he advises on issues such as antitrust and intellectual property. Finally. Mr. Chopra has extensive experience in Governm
Report it is 11 13 pretty good for senate time. I would like to call on senator markey. Thank you youre just as good [inaudible conversations] Grammar School you got that whole break in perfectly. Net neutrality, in december federal trade Commission Commission or mcsweenny wrote, quote, scrapping the fc cnet neutrality rules will harm consumers and content creators and federal trade commission is not going to be able to sop it. The federal trade commission does not have specialized expertise in telecommunications. We dont have engineers with Technical Expertise in data Network Management practices. These are very real and significant limits to effectiveness of the federal trade commissions tools in ensure ising that networks are open and free of harmful discrimination. Mr. Do you agree with commissioner rick. I share a lot of scept kism and concern and i would also add that given ongoing litigation and rule technician in the ninth circuit ftc may face unlevel Playing Field where some m
And Transportation Committee heard from the four nominees on issues including antitrust laws, Prescription Drug pricing, Credit Rating agencies and the influence of Big Tech Companies like google and facebook. This hearing is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. Today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. Nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. Mr. Simon served as the ftcs chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. Most recently, he served and was partner and cochair of the entrust group at a law firm. Christine wilson is an antitrust and Consumer Protection attorney who served as Vice President for regulatory and International Affairs at delta airlines. She too as worked at the commission before serving as chief of staff to kim murris during the george w. Bush administration. Noah Joshua Phillips is a familiar f
Connell it was. Thanks for having me. Maria bartiromo, welcome back to new york. Have a great day. Good morning, thanks for joining us. Happy thursday. I am maria bartiromo. Thursday, february 1. Examine the east coast. Technology taking on wall street. Apple, amazon, also that after the bell tonight. Weve got the preview. Last night we heard from facebook and microsoft after the close. A rise in profit but investors showed that the concern after the company said users are reducing the time they spent on the social media site for the first time ever. Microsoft topped expectations on news that it took a onetime tax related charge of nearly 14 million. The stocks are bouncing. The market spending the day higher. The dow in january at 6 for the overall month. Futures this morning take a look. Dow industrials at 72 points in the futures that could have pulled the dow down 40 points. The dow and s p are higher with earnings as we speak beating expectations on revenue as well as earnings. Eu
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