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
Live on cspan. Org or the cspan radio app. Senator rick scott of florida and bob menendez of new jersey came to the floor to talk about temporary protection standards for venezuelan citizens fling their government. The senators disagree on certain tenets of the potential deal. This debate is about 10 minutes. Mr. President. Senator from florida. I rise to speak today about my amendment to hr 549. Which grants temporary protective status, tps, for venezuelan, fleeing Nicholas Maduro oppressive regime and reform to the broken cps program. Id like to thank my friends senator marco rubio and congressman bullard is have a been advocates in the venezuelan people as we fight for r freedom across the globe. Im proud to her work with sam rubio along with my colleague a ato offer protections for the venezuelan people while making the forms to tps. Rathe crisis in venezuela is a defining human rights issue of our time. Maduro is starting his own people and innocent children are dying. Whats happe
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
Increase spending by 324 billion over two years. Also suspending the federal debt limit until july of 2021. Live to the house floor. O tempo house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, rabbi gershon avtzon, from cincinnati, ohio. The chaplain almighty god, master of the universe, i invoke your blessings today on the members of the honorable institution, the house of representatives of the United States of america. May they humbly serve their constituencies, aware that creating just legislation is one of the seven laws that you, almighty god, gave all humanity through noah as detailed in genesis. Almighty god, as a descendant of hasidic jews who fled the stalin regime who persecuted religious observance, im especially grateful an blessed to be in america, the country called the nation of kindness by the great spiritual leader of our generation. We thank you for the freedom we have here to practice our faith and we pray for those who still suffer persecution
Hall. Im dara brown a dangerous heat wave is finally beginning to break the scorching temperatures that settled over the country have for for days been blamed for as many as seven deaths. Overnight in new york, about 44,000 people lost electricity as the local Power Company made repairs to prevent further outages. For more on the impact of the recent extreme weather, nbcs kathy park has this report reporter lightning at a beach in clearwater, florida, struck a man in his 40s. Like shocked and thrown to the ground reporter sending him into cardiac arrest hes currently in critical condition, and several others are recovering from their injuries across the country, scorched cities hitting a boiling point with another day of relentless heat its toasty warm. Reporter outside of manhattan in queens, hundreds of customers are without power, and many were finding relief outside rather than inside their home. Last week, expecting mom elsa canoe was admitted to the hospital because of the heat p