Weve got a great response out of our short period of time and i want to say right now we have our second hearing next tuesday on the Affordable Care act. Thank you everyone for joining us and thank you to the staff. We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with regulations for Remote Committee proceedings and as resolution 965 and this is my first hearing is chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and my First Official virtual oversight subcommittee hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Before return to todays important topic i want to remind members of the decisions and procedures while we navigate this platform. First, consistent with regulations we keep microphones needed to limit background noise and members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for five minutes. Second, the members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you are for a second or few moments leave your camera on. Third, we wil
965 and this is my first hearing is chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and my First Official virtual oversight subcommittee hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Before return to todays important topic i want to remind members of the decisions and procedures while we navigate this platform. First, consistent with regulations we keep microphones needed to limit background noise and members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for five minutes. Second, the members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you are for a second or few moments leave your camera on. Third, we will dispense with the practice of observing and go in order of seniority for christian dating alternating between minority and majority and [inaudible] after all subcommittee members have asked the questions we will move in seniority order to off subcommittee members. Finally, without objection representative [inaudible] will also serve
We will bring you a number of interviews with freshman house memories, starting with congressman Steve Russell of obama and then congressman brad ashford of nebraska, and congressman tom mcarthur. We will also hear from representative elect Josh Gottheimer of new jersey. Every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Here is what is coming up this weekend. Saturday at 5 45 eastern, photographer Matthew Christopher tells the stories behind a series of photos of abandoned schools, factories, zoos and beachfront communities across the u. S. In his book abandoned america, dismantling the dream. Joseph beck talks about his book, my father and atticus finch. Then at 10 00 p. M. , afterwards, Johns Hopkins professor alan silberg ailed looks at new farming methods and technology and their impact on consumers, the environment and workers in her latest book chickenizing farms and food. She is interviewed by dan glickman, former u. S. Secretary of agriculture. Most pe
Seems this is happening every day during certain periods but we are rushing into the street because there is power in these numbers. Host do we know who left cuecue guest we dont. It was one of the demonstrators, that was a night that was probably a few dozen protesters, wasnt one of the massive nights but i remember seeing that, making a note in my notebook that day that it captured a lot of the feeling i have been seeing and hearing from demonstrators. Host what was your experience in ferguson . Guest i went to ferguson two days after Michael Brown had been killed. I was a National Reporter for the post covering congress and very different be. I happened to be free. Had a bag packed, got back from a trip covering up senate race in michigan and we were having a conversation around the office about see what is going on in missouri, what is the coverage plan. I offered i can call from congressional representatives, maybe they will call for a little Investigation Committee get a dc scoop
And we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11 00 with National Book award winner Colson Whitehead talking about his fictional book the underground railroad, that happens tonight on cspans book tv. So welcome, everybody, im the cofounder of civic hall and civic hall i should say is, weve been here now almost two years. It grew out of an annual conference that we do called personal Democracy Forum, which is focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004, which is in fact how i know both of our guests. Weve traveled similar paths for a long time. Two years ago we opened civic hall to be a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations, focused on civic tech, how tech can be used for public good. And so, its a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me just say that im really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries, how big organizers can change everything. Because we are livi