Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us to fill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of or f other suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are more federal regulations for ballpoint pens and magic markers than there are for Voting Systems and other parts of our election infrastructure. So there may be more work to do and much for congress to learn about this industry. Many
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I have to start. Well break down the Holiday Retail rush as power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Lets take a look at where we stand. Stocks are shrugging off the d. C. Drama as tyler mentioned. As tyler mentioned, its christmas crunch time, six days makes me nervous too lets check out some of the retailers hitting record highs today. Nike, best buy and target, hitting their highest levels ever were going to talk about some of those names as the hour goes on thank you very much wall street focused on washington today at least a little brit as the house begins to debate impeachment. A vote is expected to take place later this evening, and a man javers has more. You. See the action taking place down on capitol hill, on the other end of pennsylvania avenue from here at the white house, where it is all quiet in the west wing. In fact, surprisingly quiet, no indication of any particularly special meetings today no indication that the president is doing much of anything at all