Intelligence Committee Concludes its second week of public hearings. You can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Is next. Host good morning. Two weeks of hearings in the books. Congress is in recess for the thanksgiving holiday. We heard yesterday from david holmes who is political counsel to the embassy in ukraine and dr. Fiona hill and now the question before washington and the nation, what happens next . It is friday morning. Ahead, highlights from cspans live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee. How the hearings are playing out in the morning papers, social media, political circles and your calls, tweets, and comments. You can begin dialing at 2027488000. That is our phone line if the hearings changed your mind. If they did not, 2027488001. If you remain unsure, 2027488002. Also, you can send us a text message at 2027488003 or tweets at cspanwj. We will read your tweets during the course of the morning and facebook at facebook. Com
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Who are very active in looking at technology and product 50 and the implications for the labor force. It will depend over time on workers having the skills and aptitudes to benefit from technology. Hashistory for 250 years been that Technology Enables higher productivity and those who have the skills and aptitude to operate and benefit from that technology, their wages go up. Their stated of living goes up. Youre at a place where there may be a period and there have been periods where there could be several decades that is not the case. Where the evolution of ofhnology leads to periods bad distributional effects. Over time, it has always led to lifting all boats. This particular period is one of concern. Ought to beress, we thinking about the potential impact at whether there are any policy moves we ought to make to anticipate or to try to accommodate Artificial Intelligence and other technologies. Chair powell i think it is hard to imagine you can stop the march of technology. It will
Thank you. Just wanted to make a few observations about the hearing today. Thankof all, i want to these incredible Public Servants for the testimony and the decades. They have half a century to a century of experience in war and peace. I thought the testimony was very powerful. Obviously these are two very credible witnesses who speak from the heart. They have the greatest dedication not only to the United States but the deepest care for ukraine. An abiding interest in ukraine and its future and its prospects. Painsk their testimony one of in a regular paints one of in a regular channel. Mick mulvaney, ambassador somnolent Gordon Sondland, down to rudy giuliani. The president sought to expand his political ought the expense security. L he did that by pressing this vulnerable ally to get involved in the next president ial election in the way the president thought would advance his reelection prospects. More than that, it serves with conditioning the white house meeting as well as ultima
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