[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this full Committee Nomination hearing will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations the key transportation positions within our jurisdiction. Nominees before us today are eric soskin, the nominee to be Inspector General for the department of transportation. Robert primus who is been nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sarah feinberg, nominated to be director of the amtrak board of directors, and chris coons was been nominated to be a direct of the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General for the part of transportation overseas critical audits and investigations of dots programs with the end goal of ensuring that our National Transportation system is safe, efficient, and effective for the american people. Eric soskin the numbered for the some portable. Mr. Soskin is a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he h has s
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The heroes and congress from Freedom Caucus in the conservative caucus, my good friend up in d. C. Still fighting the fight that were still on china today and im kind of going to go one by one, we have three panels of four u. S. Congressman, were honored to have all of you here today and lets just start off with brian from texas and brian im going to lead off, the other brothers from congress who can hear this in the back room, hello brothers back there and sisters, i hear you in the back room. There all my friends. [laughter] congressman babbitt, the first hurdle is upon which Everything Else depends is the sense of how did china send us this virus, was it intentionally in any respect, was it an accident, we know it came from the wuhan district and it was near a lab but everything hangs on this proposition, we have 40 Million People out of work, we have deaths and suffering in family breakup, bankruptcy is small businesses, disaster in this country, in some sense its caused by china,
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Apple were virtually on capitol hill for hearing on big tech and at the trust. Thats our discussion this week on the communicators. Joining us is cerebellar who is with the American Economic liberties project. Shes the executive director, and former congresswoman Barbara Comstock two is now a Senior Advisor at Baker Donelson. Sarah miller, the question i always ask quite a bit at the hearing was his big tech too big . What is your answer to that . Guest i think the obvious answer to that is absolutely. The members of the subcommittee, both democrats and republicans really focused in on the power of these corporations over the way that we communicate and the way that we engage in commerce. That was the dominant theme of this hearing, and he also got into the guts of how these businesses work, how they abuse their dominance, i think gauge and predatory behavior and just how they are hurting other businesses, small, medium sized businesses and everyday families. Families. It was really qu