The hearing will come to order we will look at and linkedin but hopefully we can resolve that at some point sebecause former diversification board discussed the declassification policy and in particular to protect their classified material and safely they can get their moment in the sun. I prepared to defer my Opening Statement because there is a chair hearing at 330 and also has to go in between so is it okay if i give my time so he can open with comments that way he can share on chair his hearing at 3 30 p. M. And i reserve a special favor do you want to see your comments and not miss your hearing . To make it is a privilege to testify to be in front of this committee and i recognized it is Important Role to secure the safety of our citizens and i appreciate that consideration you and senator warner gave in the timing. Members of the committee they give her the opportunity to advocate for declassification reform and for having an open setting as you may be aware i am a sponsor along
Weve seen the dow and triple gains. S p in positive territory too. Down 22 points, s p futures are off by four. Yesterday was a good day for the markets. You had the nasdaq wed been watching closely was a big outperformer gain of 293 points the first day out of the last four both the nasdaq and s p have been in positive territory. Those three days before that give you something to worry about . Futures had been higher. Down a lot but come off the highs in the session looking at the treasury market where the 10year stands right now. Just below 0. 7 . Oil prices which really fluctuated and sold off sharply. This morning are down again. Wti off 1. 5 andrew thanks, becky a couple big stories to talk about. The senate set to vote on that slimmed down relief bill today talks between the white house and House Democrats and a report that President Trump may step in with more executive actions to try and fill the gap if something doesnt get done joe . There are other places in the world too. We
Just said we live in a fragile world today. And as a class as complex and difficult situation that we as a society have yet to figure out. At a personal level, i make decisions every day, i bought this car a while back, a hybrid but i tell you i have annoyed you if the co2 i get for my 70 Miles Per Hour gallon as a benefit to all of us outweighs the cost of creating the car and the potential pollution impact of the battery after get stored. And maybe if we had not done the battery we would export new technologies that have less of an impact, was it good for me too buy this car, i do not know. This is my mom, i bought her that scarf a couple years ago at christmas. If i had bought that 100 years ago fine, no problem. Today i dont know if that scarf was made in a sweatshop using cotton that had pesticides growing on it and there were huge amounts of co2 as the scarf traveled a long way away to the place were about it. My choices have actions at a distance and i have annoyed you what thos
This hearing will come to order. Good morning. Today, we will discuss with the technology is doing to remove violent and extremist tenth from their platform. This is a matter of serious important to the safety and wellbeing of our nations communities. I hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. Today, we representative on the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms, we hear from this Monika Bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook, and mr. Nick pickles, policy director of twitter. Mr. Derek slater, Global Policy director, and Senior Vice President of program for the anti defamation league. Over the past two decades, the United States has led the world in the development of social media and other services to allow people to sites like google, facebook, and twitter, and platforms like instagram and twitter have ch
Hearing. The chair is roger wicker of mississippi. This hearing will come to order. Good morning. Today, we will discuss with the technology is doing to remove violent and extremist tenth from their platform. This is a matter of serious important to the safety and wellbeing of our nations communities. I hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. Today, we representative on the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms, we hear from this Monika Bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook, and mr. Nick pickles, policy director of twitter. Mr. Derek slater, Global Policy director, and Senior Vice President of program for the anti defamation league. Over the past two decades, the United States has led the world in the development of social media and other services to allow people to sites like google, facebook, and twitte