25th district deemed me worthy of the honor of representing them. I thought i can make a difference in making our community, country in the world a better place for generations to come. D the world a better place for generations to come. I, like so many of my colleagues, ran for office because i believed that our political system was broken, controlled by the powerful and the wealthy, ignoring and failing the regular people that its supposed to serve. I came here to give a voice to the unheard in the halls of power. I wanted to show young people, queer people, working people, imperfect people that they belong here, because this is the peoples house. I fell short of that. And im sorry. To every young person who saw themselves and their dreams reflected in me, im sorry. To those who felt like i gave them hope in one of the darkest times in our nations history, im sorry. To my family, my friends, my staff, my colleagues, my mentors, to everyone who has supported and believed in me, im sor
On theprivacydebate. Please feel free to live tweet on that. Its been at the center of the that debate as Congress Moves forward and as we as a government, a as people, deal with the policy issues of privacy. The commission has been very much in the spotlight with major cases, the Facebook Cambridge analytica settlement, youtube settlement, and a series of hearings on competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st century. Were focused to have with us today two commissioners, Rebecca Kelly slaughter and Christine Wilson, both of whom have long backgrounds in public policy. Becka slaughter on the hill, Christine Wilson previously as chief of staff at the commission and both experienced in private law practice and in other capacities. Want to just jump right into it, and just kind of begin if we could with an overview. You now, i think, becka, you started in may of last year, christine in september, both of you are about a year on. Youve had the experience of the cases, the hearings. Ho
Shortly after takeoff. All 189 people aboard perished. Five months later, Ethiopian Air trio to departed out of ethiopia. Just like lie in flight 610, Ethiopian Airlines flight rio to experienced problems shortly after takeoff and crashed. All 157 persons on board died. Both of these accidents were entirely preventable. We cannot fathom the pain experienced by the families of those 346 human beings who were lost. Family members are here today and we appreciate their ascendance. I appreciate many of them meeting with membersrs of the committee over time. As chairman ofma this committeei promise their loved ones that we are working to obtain a full answer as to how to prevent future tragedies. These families deserve answers, accountability and action. And the public deserves no less. The type of aircraft involved in both accidents is a 737 max eight manufactured by boeing. Safety regulators began grounding the max the day after the ethiopian crash. On march 13, federal Aviation Administr
They like the tax cut incentives. There like the rollbacks. They like the opening in the Energy Sector and the like the fact that the president is trying to reduce trade barriers and is engaging china in order to protect american the American Economy and defend american workers. They like those policies. The stock market, which is up about 20 s p yeartodate, which i would argue, by the way him and his predicting better conditions ahead. The stock market has benefited ,rom these incentive marketdriven policies and they want to see change paired when to see change paired when you get these votes and so forth. I am not here to talk about the chronology of impeachment. I think the impeachment story in fits and starts has hurt the stock market. I think President Trump is right. I will say this. This is not my lane. I want to say a couple of things about this. Transcript ofat the phone call probably a dozen call probably a dozen times, it just seems so clear to me that there is no problem wi
Thank you. Mayor, welcome back. You were here in february before you became an official candidate. I see you are playing now do you ever stop and say to yourself how did this happen . Every now and then. Go from here today are . At that time, you were essentially and times. [laughter] maybe a little more than that. You were asterryas k plus. You are one of the flock of smalltown mayor young guys and now you are a contender. What have you learned about the country . What have you learned about yourself, the journey from there to here . The biggest thing i learned is you arrive sensing Something Different if you are not like the others, you get your ideas across that anything can happen. I believe the but didnt actually have any way of knowing as of january or february, that we could build a following, that we could attract a movement. That has proved out from the south bend, april through the debates, we have been able to advance past the first 20 or so, my competitors. The biggest hill