Includes amazon, apple, facebook and google. This week on the communicators a discussion about antitrust and regulation. Joining us, Jennifer Huddleston of the american Action Forum, and Barry Lynn of the open markets institute. Mr. Lynn, are we entering a new era of antitrust action . Guest thank you for having me today, peter. Absolutely. This is, were off the charts in terms of where weve been for the last 30 years in terms of competition, antimonopoly, and in the last year we had five antitrust lawsuits against Google And Facebook. We have all kinds of actions against amazon. We have people talking about new philosophies of Competition Policy. This is all radically new, and this conversation can turn out to be truly transformative for the United States because Competition Policy sounds kind of technical but this is like, its underneath everything. So this is an exciting moment, truly important moment for the United States, and thats a good thing for all of us. Host Jennifer Huddles
Welcome to our audience. Im coming to you from our virtual courtroom of the sixth circuit thats been home for 14 font happy to report last week we went back to court in prison for the first time gaza through and i hope federal society will get back tomorrow in prison so we can do this together in the coming weeks and months. A privilege to have for lawyers in court participating in todays program. The exception of general and perhaps a few others, our speakers have served in the most significant legal positions in the executive branch and as someone before taking the bench had the opportunity to work the department of justice white House Counsels office. Tremendous respect i have for Response Release these positions entail. Its fair to say Attorney General the toughest job in washington, we have one on the call who can maybe confirm that but its also true for those who work closely with Attorney General in senior positions as well in the white House Counsels office given the continuous
Im a journalist with the Washington Post and msnbc. Thank you for joining us today. Across the country and around the world the month of june is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing the Lgbtqi Community but both at home and abroad there are significant challenges that affect the everyday lives of lgbtqi individuals. In his first year in Office President Biden and his administration have an opportunity to advocate for the social economic and political inequalities for gendered minorities. Already the State Department has encouraged us missions to fly the Pride Flag in solidarity with a global Lgbtqi Community and by taking a more assertive approach to Lgbtqi Foreignpolicy so the us government has a chance to accept change and lift the needle on human rights around the world. Today im delighted to be joined by us secretary of state Anthony Blinken to hear more from him about the biden administrations priorities for protecting and promoting the Lgbtqi Community guarding with the State
It is great to have Leader Mcconnell with us. What is your . He recently wrote a book called the long game. I know having served in the senate that for many senators, the long game is running for president. Did you ever think about running for president . What is your long game . I didnt, unlike most senators. I did not look in the mirror and see a future president. But i did want to have a long career in the senate. John mccain enjoyed the story i frequently told about when i first got here. We were called to do a lot of things on a seniority basis, including the location of our desk on the senate floor. I had the very last desk all the way in the corner. I shared that actually. I was 102. It is an honor. I remember the fe were all sitting where we were supposed to, which did not happen often, but i remember looking around the Room And Thinking to myself, none of these people are ever going to die. But i noticed Bob Dole had the best seat on the republican side and i thought maybe som
Under 90 minutes. The committee on Banking And Government affairs will come to order. A few reminders as you begin once you start speaking therell be a slight delay before you run the screen. Please push the new that until its your turn to speak or ask questions. The clock will show time remaining. The Fiveminute Clock applies for your questions for you will hear a Bell Ring to remind you youre time has almost expired. If theres a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. We have agreed to go by seniority for this hearing as most of my senate colleagues on this committee know thursday will be our first in Person Hearing in more than a year and of which i have the privilege to share. All of us especially since the average age of the senator is higher than the average age of the typical american citizenry no we have learned a lot about technology among us, slower learners than others in the last 15 months. Today we are joined by local leaders who represent a c