Test. Test test. We talked a lot about that, right . All of the efforts that advertisers went to add some kind of value to their product. At a certain point there is no new markets to be found. There is no new demand to be generated. Now when we talk about prices were talking about cost of living. When we talk about expectations, when we talk about expectations what were talking about is the standard of living. Right . So prices, cost of living, expectations, standard of living. And the standard of living in the 1920s was on the rise. This new standard of living was beckenni beckoning americans to buy more and to want more. The threathold of dire was rising. Now let me be really clear with you. All of the things that we looked at and thought about. But they were considered decencies. So the shift from luxury to decencies, and they were coming to become the birthright of all american citizens. Something that all americans had a right to claim, wish for, and to want. So despite the histo
This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome dr. Robert redfield, director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Dr. Redfield, to discuss the cdc and the on going response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas pole and our full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to the subcommittee members here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i move to my Opening Statement, and because this is our first labor hhs and education appropriation subcommittee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between members, witnesses, and other individuals in in the room necessary to operate the hea
Now this is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Frances Perkins is, but a lot of people dont. So, lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Frances Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . How many of you know someone working a 40hour week . More or less. Frances pirngs work. How many of you know a 12yearold who has quit going to school so she can work fulltime in a factory . Frances perkins work, her ban on child labor enacted in the fair standards act made it possible to keep kids in School Longer instead of in mills and factories. Its awfully noisy here. I want to talk more so you know about the breadth of Frances Perkins accomplishments. A middleaged woman waited expectantly to meet with her employer at his residence
Cspan3. Joining us via zoom is laura, washington correspondent for the morning call. We talk about the battleground states in campaign 2020. Lets go back to 2016. What are the lessons for democrats and republicans as they gear up for the Fall Campaign . Pennsylvania is going to be a very close state again. 2016 was a long night. We had a final vote margin in the president ial race of 2400 votes. It was a pretty unusual change because democrats had done well in the president ial race, even though it was a swing state, and trump was able to boost republican turnout in rural areas where they struggle to turn out and he was able to flip some democratic areas that had previously supported barack obama. A couple key counties, including in our area, and those were pretty pivotal changes. Since then, you have actually seen some trends that have been accelerating, and most of those are democrat. Those area of the southeastern part of the state that has been in philadelphia, moving toward democr
I wasnt going to say this at first, but im going to say it. Well take you live now to capitol hill where House Speaker nancy pelosi is holding her weekly legislative briefing. Good afternoon. Theres so much going on. Thank you for accommodating our change in schedule today. As you probably are aware, this afternoon i sent a letter to the president expressing concern about the increased militarization and lack of clarity that may increase chaos. I plan to request a full list of the agencies involved and clairephclair clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal Law Enforcement sources operating in the city. Well, i preface it by saying as you probably saw, the military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The what is it . Ill read it to you. Soldiers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. View of prison officers in Lafayette Square. The National Park service doing that violent act, hassling Peaceful Protesters the other night. States have sent in National G