Wrote comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation to raise the bar on aviation safety, improve the flying experience for the traveling public, better prepare and diversify the aviation workforce and foster innovation in the u. S. Airspace. Todays hearing is a critical milestone in the subcommittees oversight work to ensure the timely implementation of the law in accordance with our intent and to address new challenges. Although the faa has made some progress on fulfilling the laws directives, ongoing implementation delays threaten the important work needed to advance u. S. Aviation and aerospace and maintain our global leadership. Our first panel of witnesses are dan ellwell, faas deputy administrator and joel savat. Mr. Elwell and zavt, i expect your testimony administrations efforts to swiftly implement last years law. I would note theyre joined by staff from faa and d. O. T. And the staff will be available to help us answer any of our questions as well. Witnesses on todays second panel ref
Statement. Online content moderation has largely enabled the internet experience that we know today. Whether looking up restaurant reviews on yelp, catching up on s l on youtuber checking on a friend or loved one on social media. These are experiences that we come to know and rely on. And the plot form that we go to to do these things have been enabled the User Generated Content as well as the ability of these companies to moderate that content in creek communities. Section 230 of the Communications Decency act has enabled that ecosystem to does all. By giving Online Companies the ability to moderate content without equating them to the publisher or speaker of the content, we have enabled the creation of Massive Online Community of millions and billions of people that come together and interact. Today, this committee will be examining that world that section 230 has enabled, the good and the bad. I would like to think the witnesses for appearing before us today. Each of you represent i
The subcommittee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. This one on the role of data and privacy in competition. I recognize myself for an opening statement. I should state the obvious, im not the chairman of the subcommittee. The chairman of the subcommittee will be here in a few minutes. Digital technologies have provided americans are a remarkable array of services. It has never been easier to share news and information, to publish content and communicate with loved ones. As with technological revolutions of the past this has up ended the balance of power across our country. Its important to understand how these imbalances are affecting americans. The committees ongoing oversight of competition in Digital Markets is a key part of this process. Todays hearing will examine the role that data plays in creating rolls of power and how this affects competition. As previous hearings have shown, its controlled by a small number of companies. They are pe
It also included testimony from other environmental advocates in a Plastic Industry representative. The subcommittee on oceans of wildlife will come to order. It may look like congressman hoffman but im not. Congressman hoffman is back in sonoma dealing with the wildfires that are there and was unable to get back here to washington. We are all hoping that the fire subsides and many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returned. Without the subcommittee on will oceans and wildlife will come to order. A testimony on a sea problems. The impact of plastic pollution on oceans and wildlife. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral Opening Statement at the hearing are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice ringing member. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep to their schedules. So therefore i ask in the owners consent to all members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if there submitted to the subcommittee cle
Minutes for an Opening Statement to the happy halloween, everybody. Im dressed as americas most maligned superhero, congressman, able to fly across the country in six hours on alaska airlines. [laughter] we were thinking about titling this hearing frankenstein how the house mailing standards have haunted members for decades, but i suppose we should go to the official un spooky title for the record. Likeue most of the issues that fall into the committees mandate and work of the house he commission on the congressional mailing standards it is very inside baseball. To most people, frank is a name or a hot dog but the reality is for members of congress the congressional frank is actually fundamental to how we communicate with our constituency and every time we respond to the requests were sent newsletters or notices about upcoming townhomes we used to frank and its no surprise with the rise of social media, congress has seen an overall decline. Ten years ago it spent an averae of 58,000 on