And subcommittee on Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strac strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because it is growing effect on business in the United States as well as culture. Last fall, for example, the National Basketball association had the Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topics have become more manufactu important. The timely information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contributed to the havoc wreaked on our economy and health and indeed the pande
First will be taken advantage of. Our state and federal governments as well as our nations largest corporations have a responsibility to do what is right. And let me end by saying this, this virus doesnt care whether or not youre republican or whether or not youre a democrat. It should not be about party or politics. This is will health and safety of our nations food workers and our food supply. And as such, no company should be shielded from the responsibility for adopting irresponsible practices that foster the spread of this virus through their facilities. For the sake of this country that i know that we all love i urge you to Work Together to do what is right for these workers. And, again, thank you for your time and id be pleased to answer questions you may have. Thank you very much. Miss dixon. Good afternoon, chairman graham, Ranking Member feinstein and members of the committee. Im grateful for the opportunity to testify today. Im rebecca dixon, executive director of the Nation
Campus. The University Says classes will not meet in person, but will move to online plat of platforms, a large group of ants are also being canceled or adjusted this is the Second College campus to close because of the outbreak university of washington in seattle closed its campus yesterday. New cases were confirmed out of contra costa and santa clara counties today, heres a list of the cases announced by officials Santa Clara County is the hardest hit in the bay area. Health officials there today confirmed 4 new cases bring the total number to 24. There are 8 cases in Seminole County for in contra costa. And 3 in sonoma. There are 2 in san mateo counties, San Francisco and alameda and one in marion, San Francisco city leaders announced a set of recommendations to help stop the spread of coronavirus this comes just a day after the city confirmed its first 2 cases of coronavirus as for the major changes in San Francisco, local leaders are urging people to avoid going to large gathering
How can increase or decrease better turnout, and look at the best way to educate local journalist covering issue, it is an hour and a half. Okay everybody it is time to take your seats please. So our next panel, this is the whole side you will see for the next panel so the theme of this panel is Voter Suppression and voter turnout and in particular the roles that Network Information technologies play in Voter Suppression and voter turnout from a variety of different perspectives so another way to think of it is maybe as peeling back the curtain a bit and getting into the technological underbelly of some of the things that the prior panel discussed. Once again we have a fantastic panel of experts from multiple perspectives backgrounds and disciplines and im not gonna repeat everything thats in the program but just briefly. To my immediate left is kara here is a senior policy analyst in the Economic Security initiative that georgetown law and our center of poverty and inequality she come
Discussion on technology and how can increase or decrease better turnout, and look at the best way to educate local journalist covering issue, it is an hour and a half. Okay everybody it is time to take your seats please. So our next panel, this is the whole side you will see for the next panel so the theme of this panel is Voter Suppression and voter turnout and in particular the roles that Network Information technologies play in Voter Suppression and voter turnout from a variety of different perspectives so another way to think of it is maybe as peeling back the curtain a bit and getting into the technological underbelly of some of the things that the prior panel discussed. Once again we have a fantastic panel of experts from multiple perspectives backgrounds and disciplines and im not gonna repeat everything thats in the program but just briefly. To my immediate left is kara here is a senior policy analyst in the Economic Security initiative that georgetown law and our center of po