[applause] good morning, my brothers and sisters. That not good enough. Good morning and my brothers and sisters. The faith that they past has brought us. We will, we will, we will, march on. Until victory is won. Blog i welcome you on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus foundation, youre at the legislative conference, conference that you could not afford to miss, and be reminded and still i rise. Welcome you again and delighted you have come for the focus of todays discussion is fighting the systemic destruction of our civil rights. It is very timely, it is urgent, and im confident that well have a productive discussion. Early this mark i was at the time onof our missions for homeless men here in washington, dc, along with the Congressional Black Caucus foundation spouses. I said to them, we must live with hope, but when you see individuals, where the system has fail them, where there is no future, then you know that we have to stand in the gap. I did not leave them with that tho
[applause] good morning, my brothers and sisters. That not good enough. Good morning and my brothers and sisters. The faith that they past has brought us. We will, we will, we will, march on. Until victory is won. Blog i welcome you on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus foundation, youre at the legislative conference, conference that you could not afford to miss, and be reminded and still i rise. Welcome you again and delighted you have come for the focus of todays discussion is fighting the systemic destruction of our civil rights. It is very timely, it is urgent, and im confident that well have a productive discussion. Early this mark i was at the time onof our missions for homeless men here in washington, dc, along with the Congressional Black Caucus foundation spouses. I said to them, we must live with hope, but when you see individuals, where the system has fail them, where there is no future, then you know that we have to stand in the gap. I did not leave them with that tho
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 233. The nays are 187. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Members are advised to take your conversations from the floor so the house can be in order. The speaker pro tempore once again, the chair would request that members remove their conversations from the floor,. Lear the aisle pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 652. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 652, an
Existing laws and regulations that may have become obsolete or need updating to reflect technological advances. Weve held hearings on health i. T. Technologies, drones, autonomous vehicles, Internet Things and many other issues. Today we turn our attention to law and regulations regarding political advertisements. In addition, the fcc enforces additional clDisclosure Requirements. Some have proposed increased disclaimer and or disclosures for ads placed on internet platforms and have proposed a role for the ftc. The interplay between these three agencies and how they each apply the law is something the Oversight Committee is uniquely situated to examine. I hope we dig into that today. In many ways the hearing is another example of our efforts to examine emerging technology. Theres a level of urgency that cannot be understated. Since the sun rose on our experiment our enemies have wanted to undermine our democracy. As weve seen in recent weeks, russia has attempted to influence our demo
Technology companies which do their work via automated systems, programmatically in the industry parlance. Legislative proposals that would require web sites to field expensive disclosure mechanisms create burdens on struggling media organizations, yet would barely capture the illicit political communication which is placed programmatically. This is why we would like the congress support for strengthening the selfregulatory mechanisms we already have built by which Digital Media Companies Police their supply chains for bad actors and provide Greater Transparency into who is putting what on their sites. We can monitor the financing chain whether the paid support takes the form of conventional advertising or whether it shows up in less familiar formats. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. Thank you, mr. Rothenberg. Youre now recognized for your Opening Statement of five minnesotas. Thank you. Good afternoon five minutes. I thank the subcommittee for holding this hea