[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly t
Colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick in the use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows
If you agree or disagree. Let us know. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you want to talk about this idea of spending to help the economy and text us, it is 202 7488003. Ur twitter feed, cspanwj you can post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The Financial Times picked up the story in which chair powell talked about in washington. Additional fiscal stimulus may u. S. Orth it to shield the economy from longterm damage left by the pandemic. The oce secretarygeneral warned the rising debt level would come back to haunt us. Powell told the Peterson Institute in washington yesterday that although the economic response is timely and appropriate at large, it may not be a final chapter. That event is available on cspan. Org. Here is a bit of that event featuring jay powell. [video clip] we will continue to use our tools to their fullest until the crisis has passed and the economic recovery is well underway. Recall that the fed has lending
Cases and new york has opened its first drivethrough testing facility the doctor behind that program is going to join us in just a few minutes here kelly. All right bill, thanks our team of reporters is covering this story for us bob pisani is watching this rally fade and then try to come back today Rick Santelli is tracking the bond market where yields are moving up. Eamon javers is at the white house awaiting a press conference from Speaker Nancy Pelosi any moment now and from President Trump at 3 00 p. M. Eamon, what can you tell us . We got new information from the white house. The president was scheduled to hold a meeting with ceos and got as list of the ceos here and this gives you a sense of what the president is working on right now. Theyre saying that it included in this meeting are richard from walgreens, Brian Cornell of target, Doug Mcmillon of walmart, Steven Rokowski of quest, matt from roche and a number of other ceos i apologize for butchering some of the names in the p
Ive not received a request from the member of the public to address you. Is mr. Kennedy coming back . Clerk yes. So Board Members, unless theres a question, ill entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Okay. All those in favor . Opposed . Item 5, miss boomer. Clerk item 5, communications. Board members, any new or Unfinished Business . Clerk directors report. Director tumlin . How are you . Im still great, and im litt still loving about 80 of my job. 20 in three months. Good afternoon, directors. So last week, San Francisco was called to testify in congress at the house energy and commerce subcommittee. Theyre hosting a forum on Autonomous Vehicles and pending litigation. San francisco was called to testify, and i spoke covering a couple of critical topics related to the pending legislation, including asking that we put safety first, including having event data recorders board all Autonomous Vehicles that preserve data both before and after the crash and investment in a Nationa