48 after the event. Let me say a few words about our speaker. now in his second tm of te u. S. Civil rights commissions book the moral foundation of economic behavior was nominated for the highest book prize in his latest book which is the subject of our talk today is on why culture matters most. This is an extremely important book given the political and cultural crisis that we now find ourselves in here in america. Think about it, the institutions that are supposed to hand down the great cultural inheritance of western civilization, the civilization upon which the United States faced are failing miserably at the respective tasks in education, media, the arts, business, politics. Its hard to think of an Important Institution in America Today that takes seriously the virtues and the ideals that make it possible it requires a trust, high trust society. Many would argue that this is the one type of society we do not now have. We seem to be educating the next generation intellectually, mo
Chairman the committee will come to order. The department of health and Human Services, everybody is sitting six feet apart. All Witnesses Today are participating in person. We thank you for that. Participatingare by videoconference. I would like to say a word about masks. The office of attending physicians advised us we may remove the mask and talk to the microphone as long as we are six feet apart. Msak imask isy off. When i am walking the senate floor, i am wearing a mask. Simple clothsd, help from transmitting it to others. Unfortunately this practice has become part of the political debate that says if you are forced from you do not wear a mask, if you are against trump you do. I suggested the president occasionally wear a mask even though, in most cases, it is not necessary for him to do so. The president has plenty of admirers. They would follow his lead. End this help an political debate. The stakes are too high about this to continue. Masksrs and staff wear because we do not w
Thank you for joining us today thank you for welcoming the ftc chairman. Has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before the subcommittee so gentlemen, you are late and this is long overdue one of the most Important Agency the subcommittee funds. Policing most sectors of the economy with the crackdown on robo colors to expose sensitive personal information to analyze consolidation in the Healthcare Market with essential Health Services atop beep for Consumer Privacy violations. And respecting the privacy choices of customers we have seen some promising actions recently they did not take a break they have high profile settlements to launch antitrust investigation and we recognize the challenges we face thats why this years house appropriation bill has a 40 milliondollar increase proposed funding bumping at more than 10 percent. And then to understand how the ftc investigates these resources widely and also it is our duty as chairman of the ftc to see that existing resou
Has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before the subcommittee so gentlemen, you are late and this is long overdue one of the most Important Agency the subcommittee funds. Policing most sectors of the economy with the crackdown on robo colors to expose sensitive personal information to analyze consolidation in the Healthcare Market with essential Health Services atop beep for Consumer Privacy violations. And respecting the privacy choices of customers we have seen some promising actions recently they did not take a break they have high profile settlements to launch antitrust investigation and we recognize the challenges we face thats why this years house appropriation bill has a 40 milliondollar increase proposed funding bumping at more than 10 percent. And then to understand how the ftc investigates these resources widely and also it is our duty as chairman of the ftc to see that existing resources are being used as efficiently as possible as efficiently as possible
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Thank you for joining us today. Im pleased to welcome federal trade commissioner Joseph Simons and commissioner chopra. Batting. 100 so far . 1000. Its the cupping im thinking of. It has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before this Sub Committee. Youre right. Its overdue, and ftc is one of the most important agencies this Sub Committee funds. And its only gotten more important over the last few years. You have enormous jurisdiction. Policing most sectors of our economy for bad behavior. You crack down on abusive robocallers. They investigate data breaches that expose sensitive personal information. They analyze consolidation in the health care market. Helping to limit abusive pricing for essential drugs and health services. Perhaps at the front of mind they are the top cop on the beat for Consumer Privacy violations and other issues in the Technology Sector. This is something everyone worries about these days. Democra