Have the ability to make appointments for. Or if you decide to run for Public Office. You know, when i decided to run for supervisor, i wanted to be a good supervisor for the people of the district i represent, where i grew up in. And so that entailed making sure i knew how to do policy and legislation and i understand how the process worked and the city worked. And the good news id been on commissions and other places. So i understood it. But i actually went back to school late in life, before i ran, to get my masters in public administration. And i ended up graduating from u. S. F. With honors, because i was committed to making sure that i was the best policymaker for the people that i represented. And im not suggesting that you do that. Its just that whatever role you want to play, you set your sights on that role and you make sure that youre prepared to take it on and all that it entails. And unfortunately in the world of politics, and in the world of public service, it also comes
Law, and Consumer Protection which covers a wide swathe of territory but includes everything from gardenvariety scams to [inaudible] both of those areas are squarely in the middle a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technologies which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. Host technology and telecommunications had become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, havent they . Guest to some extent yes your essay to some extent because telecommunications are much more purview of the Commerce Department in the fcc. But, for example, with respect to privacy, we do work there with respect to advertising claims. We do work there and certain technology is a a big part of t we do. Host and antitrust when it comes to technology, correct . Guest yes, very much so. Host it was a recent article in the wall street journal talking about a potential lawsuit against facebook. Can you tell us about that . Guest all i can tell you
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Organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. The committee will come to order. I am pleased to have this opportunity today to hear directly from organizations that work with, represent or support millions of veterans every day. This committee has gatheredli today to hear from these organizations their firsthand perspective and reasons they support our comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, the commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This is a legislation that is been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those Veterans Service organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts that in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its p
You really look at what is happening. But a random act of kindness planted a seed of hope. Soledad i am soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Barriers to the ballot are not new for black and brown people in america. From poll taxes and literacy tests to intimidation and physical violence, all were blatant forms of efforts to suppress the vote. Today, Voter Suppression is the result of overly strict voter id laws, complicated rules for mailin ballots, extreme consolidation of polling places, and mass purging of voters from election rolls. Some examples, oklahoma, where state law requires absentee ballots to be notarized. Texas, where vulnerability to covid19 can not be used as a reason to get an absentee ballot. Kentucky, where just one polling place was open during the primary election in jefferson county, which serv roughly many people could be turned away from the polls in november or find out that their ballots did not count . Janai nelson is the associate director counsel of t