Feel its impacts for some time to come. The energy and Commerce Committee has been conducting oversight of the trauma administrations response to this crisis in this subcommittee is charged with overseeing the ftcs response is the primary federal agency tasked with overseeing our nations telecommute occasions infrastructure and charged with administrating the universal Service Program at no point has Broadband Service in the work done by the fcc but more important to americans as it is right now. For many of us highspeed broadband has become the means by which we work, live and stay healthy. In the last seven months the internet has become the lifeline we use to buy groceries, see doctors and interact with the outside world. Zoom has become a verb and americans all over the country are connecting over video chat for virtual worship, family reunions and so much more. In so many ways broadband has become the glue holding our society together as our nation and the world weathers this stor
Oversight of the trauma administrations response to this crisis in this subcommittee is charged with overseeing the ftcs response is the primary federal agency tasked with overseeing our nations telecommute occasions infrastructure and charged with administrating the universal Service Program at no point has Broadband Service in the work done by the fcc but more important to americans as it is right now. For many of us highspeed broadband has become the means by which we work, live and stay healthy. In the last seven months the internet has become the lifeline we use to buy groceries, see doctors and interact with the outside world. Zoom has become a verb and americans all over the country are connecting over video chat for virtual worship, family reunions and so much more. In so many ways broadband has become the glue holding our society together as our nation and the world weathers this storm. But the Digital Divide is growing has more americans struggle to pay their bills and stay c
And make sure that they get exactly what they need. The chair would like to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mister schrader. Is he available . Not seeing or hearing him. The chair recognizes Mister Kennedy. Mister kennedy available . Not in his chair. Then the chair will recognize thegentleman from New Hampshire , miss custer or five minutes of questions. You need to unmute. You. Thank you very much. Thank you madam chair. I appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to address you on this important issue. Here in New Hampshire weve had a dramatic increase. Depression, anxiety, trauma and grief as a result of covid and we are struggling as well with changes to the Economic Impact on our Healthcare Providers particularly Mental Health providers. 83 percent of small and large groups Substance Abuse providers have described what is a Financial Hardship as a result of covid and 48 percent of those providers have had to cancel income generating events while 74 percent hav
Sterling in just a few minutes. And of course, the u. K. As well, where weve seen quite a volatile quite a lot of volatility. A little more than we expect it for labor turnover, 7. 2 6 7. 26on billiard million. Now for the extrusive interview. Kathleen i want to welcome our bloomberg audience for this interview with Robert Kaplan, president of the Federal Reserve bank of dallas. It is a windy, rainy day. Clyde you could make it over here. Interesting because you made it clear you are a voter next year. Lets put that on the table. Youve made it clear you are one of the 13 fomc members. You must be one of the dots that sees no rate cuts, no rate hikes unless something happens in 2020. What has to happen . Robert there has to be a Material Change in the outlook, either for better or worse. Ive already got baked into my outlook, we are going to have weak manufacturing next year, sluggish growth, pretty sluggish Business Investment, but with a strong consumer. There would have to be some Ma
It is important because a lot of people say, it is one of the top issues that people contact me about, it is also the top issue that the fcc and the ftc receive every year, it is about robocalls. People say, i thought i signed up for this do not call list, what happened . Unfortunately, you signed up, but the calls are coming from overseas. There has been great work that has occurred on this. Not only in congress, but with the fcc and the carriers. Earlier this year, in the meetings i had with the fcc, what we are going to see is they have call identification. It is called stir shaking technology, when that call originates, when you look at your phone, you will know that is who the call is coming from. It will not be spoofed. Spoofing is when someone thinks, i am answering a call from my daughter, friend, doctor, but it is just to make you pick the call up. At the same time, you will say that is exactly what the call is. Our legislation makes it congressman doyle from pennsylvania, cha