To declarer can rise a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection members of the full committee not on the subcommittee are authorized participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Thatrs are also reminded they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, we will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. When not recognized for to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that our house rules relating to the order and the decorum of the desk decorum applied to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled insuring against a pandemic challenges and solutions for , policyholders and insurers. I now recognize myself for three minutes to begin with an opening statement. According to the Congressional Research service, 110 Millio
Sally hubbard thank you for coming on to discuss monopolies suck it is timely because the issue you write about in the book with us economy and the impact on workers and citizens is a hot topic at the moment with policymaking right now and it could play a big and the Incoming Biden Administration so i thought we should look at the big picture you lay out in the book when people hear the title no one likes monopolies are dealing with monopolies but really this book is about a bigger issue that the economy people may not fully understand. s so can you set the scene and describe what you see happening . Thank you for taking the time to talk out the book in cspan2 have me talk about it as well. We all knowonopolies suck. Thats not a surprise to anyone but what has been happening the last several decades is t economy is getting highly concentrated with consolidation that leads to every major sectoof the economy. We hear about whether techr food in the industry all have monopoly problems tal
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Will talk about later to get to senator alexanders remarks at the 10 30 scheduled time. Thank you, mister president. It is such an honor to be here and to join my colleagues in paying tribute to senator alexander, there are many that want to speak and have a few words to say. All of us wish we could do this to a background of music with lamar playing the piano. That would be the proper setting but i am so pleased to stand and honor the three terms of service in this body and the way he touched the lives of individuals in this body and millions of tennesseans. We know that he has talked about it in his remarks, he has worked with educators. He has worked with innovators. He has worked with the healthcare community, and works with entertainers, many of whom called tennessee home. When i was serving in the house and representing tennessees seventh Congressional District so many times i would look over here and i would say what is lamar not working on today because he always had such a bro
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