The committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized today declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, were here to examine the impact of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witness is facebooks chairman and ceo, mark zuckerberg. Facebooks plans to create a digital currency, libra, and a digital wallet raise many concerns relating to privacy, trading risk, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy, and the stability of the Global Financial system. I and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks development of this digital currency, libra, and digital wallet until congress can examine the issues associated with a Big Tech Company developing these Digital Products and take
Without objection the chair is authorized today declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, were here to examine the impact of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witness is facebooks chairman and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebooks plans to create a Digital Currency, libra, and a digital wallet raise many concerns relating to privacy, trading risk, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy, and the stability of the Global Financial system. I and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks development of this Digital Currency, libra, and digital wallet until congress can examine the issues associated with a Big Tech Company developing these Digital Products and take action. As i have examined faceboo
All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Leah wright rigeueur is the author of the loneliness of the black republican. Cspans American History tv interviewed the professor at this years annual meeting of the organization of american historians in providence, rhode island. This is about 10 minutes. The loneliness of the black republican, pragmatic politics and the pursuit of power toga what is power. What is this book about . Prof. Rigueur it looks at the black men and women who worked within the Publican Party from 1956 to present day. This spans a huge expanse of africanamericans. It has is as broad as a jackie robinson, but also includes figures like a Whitney Young of the National Urban league or a Jesse Jackson of the rainbow coalition. You focus on the role of women within the rePublican Party. In the time period we are looking at, 1936 to the present, how have africanamerican women tended to vote in president ial elections . Prof. Rigueur one might describe africanamerican women as
Nomination. The failure to do anything about high prices and the failure to do anything about housing. My duty as president requires that i use every means within my power to get the laws of that people need on matters of such importance and urgency. On american00 artifacts, we take a look at the new society and National Museum of African American history and culture with its director. The museum opens its doors to the public in september of this year. Were able to get amazing collections of movie posters such as the ones behind you. That is an early oscar poster from the 1920s and then this is part of our job is to help people relearn history they think they know. That movie posters from spencer williams. He is known by most people as playing amos and andy did he was one of the most important black film directors in the late 30s and 40s. And sunday night at 8 00 on the presidency, historian john talk about the process of writing a president ial biography. For our complete American His
Historians in providence, rhode island. This is about 10 minutes. You wrote the loneliness of the black republican, a pragmatic politics in the pursuit of power. What is this talk about . Looks at the black men and women who worked within the Republican Party roughly 19 86 to the present day. Its a huge expanse of broadnamericans, its as as edward brooks, jackie robinson, but also includes figures like a Whitney Young of the National Urban league or a Jesse Jackson of the rainbow coalition. You focus on the role of women within the Republican Party. In the time period we are looking at, 1936 to the present, how have africanamerican women tended to vote in president ial elections . Prof. Rigueur one might describe africanamerican women as being the backbone of the Democratic Party. They are the most loyal constituents and of voters for the democrats. We have really seen this over the past 80 years, since 1936 africanamerican women have cast their support for the Democratic Party and the