Cspan2. Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations iran policy before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the president s decision to kill iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Committee chair representative eliot engel threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Subject to limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that todays mr. Mccalls birthday. So happy birthday. Im 35 years once again. Me, too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today, as well. After we invited him, he announced that he would instead be in california. Thats unfortunate whether you agree with this administrations ap
Government is contemplating isnt going to just let facebook off the hook for policing free free speech its its going to possibly wipe out free on line speech entirely you see on wednesday this week u. S. Attorney william barr convened a workshop featuring many of the Tech Companies critics to explore potential changes to section 230 of the Communications Decency act which was passed back in 1996 and that is a long time critic of section 230. 00 attorney general barsa could instruct his Justice Department to explore ways to limit the provision which per tax on Line Companies from liability for User Generated Content meanwhile the kings of Silicon Valley are quickly realizing that all is now well with their worker bees as this week we also saw these circus storm the ramparts one that workers at the crowdfunding platform kickstarter made history on tuesday when they voted to unionize making them the 1st in the industry to do so. What a day what a week in Silicon Valley online free speech
Shading other individuals on your platform i think thats a very different thing and it also opens up a brand new can of worms because there are people who are literally using their twitter and facebook niggers every day to attack other people and it may be wrong in and of itself and nothing to stop individuals from suing those who pay me their names or she would think that they shouldnt be sharing but you also have to also be able to come after the company is a problem in and of itself i dont agree with that oh yeah thats where i feel like theres advocates for this on the democratic side of the republican side you know within the u. S. Government like saying look section 230 which essentially if you didnt understand you know if we didnt understand if the web scrub it earlier is basically like it prevents average citizen from suing somebody if i say your mission youre a terrible human being on facebook you can sue me and say like tell your lying im a wonderful human being which you are
A thunk. I thought that if its a different time 2020 have a lot of supply of it appears with with everything that facebook has come under scrutiny for when it comes to all of the all of the ads that theyve been running particularly Political Campaign ads that many feel arent necessarily the most truthful but in all honesty are most about is a huge leap from endorsing in housing on your platform political ad that doesnt have truth and it to actually pushing to change the law for individuals who may be speaking out against something or who may be shading other individuals on your platform i think thats a very different thing and it also opens up a brand new can of worms because there are people who are literally using their twitter and facebook figures every day to attack other people and it may be wrong in and of itself a nothing a thumping individuals from suing those who pay me their names or she would think that they shouldnt be sharing but you also have to also be able to come after
[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone and welcome back as we return from Holiday Season to continue our work and Economic Opportunity subcommittee. Without objection the chair is authorized to callec for recesst any time. Todays hearing is entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resourceson come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to