[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to ord order. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today we are here to examine the act of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witnesses the facebook chairman and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebooks plan to create a Digital Currency, libra, and a digital wallet raised many concerns relating to privacy, trading risks, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy and the stability of the Global Financial system i and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks
Increased scrutiny. A very warm welcome you are watching r. T. International with mina karan. The british Prime Ministers risked their roster of m. P. s by securing Parliament Since a suspension during arguably the u. K. s most sensitive postwar political chapter sparking a large protest outside westminster in the process. God. First johnson earlier secured the queens permission to parag parliament shortly after it reconvenes off the summer recess is being seen as an attempt to thwart pais attempts to avoid a no deal brags it will make as we have just 2 weeks parliamentary time before the latest deadline for britain to leave the e. U. On halloween. But im going to wait until october the 31st before getting on with our plans to take this country forward were going to have a queens speech and were going to do it all ok but the 14th and weve got to move ahead not with a new program. Well the Prime Ministers move has been lambasted by lawmakers on that and undemocratic and on the streets a
If they need food, were going to get them food. You know, if they need love, were giving them the hug. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan president elect donald trump has penciled in two more names on his white house staff sheet. He announced today that Thomas Bossert will be assistant to the president for Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Bossert also served under president george w. Bush. And, Jason Greenblatt will be special representative for international negotiations. Hes now the chief legal officer for the trump organization. In the days other news shinzo abe became the first japa
If they need food, were going to get them food. You know, if they need love, were giving them the hug. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan president elect donald trump has penciled in two more names on his white house staff sheet. He announced today that Thomas Bossert will be assistant to the president for Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Bossert also served under president george w. Bush. And, Jason Greenblatt will be special representative for international negotiations. Hes now the chief legal officer for the trump organization. In the days other news shinzo abe became the first japa
Issues like labor trafficking and hhs and how they allowed kids to get into the hands of traffickers. Government oversight there. Next month we will be combatting looking at the ways to combat isis propaganda and locking at our government response to that for those who follow what we do, that will be something well be looking at next week. Certainly a topical issue and one that everybody is concerned about is how do you stop this isis propaganda from taking more and more of our impressionable young people and radicalizing them. Well look at the opiate abuse issue. And some specific issues we think the subcommittee can provide some additional insights on. We have done tough, significant, important oversight and will continue to. And again, i appreciate the witnesses coming here today and the fact that this process, not just the hearing today, but the investigation has improved some of your individual practices as it relates to the people that we represent. I want to thank senator mccask