Today, david. David this no argue about it. We were supposed to have the second president ial debate last night. Instead we got dueling town hall meetings. One moderated by abc news George Stephanopoulos and form Vice President joe biden. The other Savannah Guthrie and featuring donald trump. The contrasts were sharp including the economy and the president s response to the coronavirus. President trump i now it was a big threat. At the same time i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die. We make up 4 of the worlds population. We have 20 of the worlds deaths. We are in a situation where we have 210plus thousand people dead. Whats he doing . Nothing. President trump we had the greatest economy in the history of our country last year. Including the state of florida where we are now and pennsylvania and North Carolina and every place. We had the greatest economy we ever had. We had to close it down. We saved two million lives. We are opening it up. We have a vshape and its comi
Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether theyre there in person or remote. As long as you have your web ex set to acti
Him. Host hello welcome to the session of the National Book festival project via the library of Congress Name Steve Burstein a long time columnist at the Washington Post at George Mason University and the operator of american capitalism my guest today is rick seen from the branch of the steam clan stronger reporting spending time and i man of the left is and reflects tackling the rise of them in another way Barry Goldwater and his latest book americans way turn. Along with a long time the writer former dean of Columbia Journalism School and has written books about the sat and black transaction man. And over the last 45 minutes because of the virus. And transaction man and tell us what it is about. Okay. [laughter] i guess if there is is extensively you really but the premise of the book there is a number of ways to organize a capitalist system that has been organized in a succession and im trying to propose a history of the different ideas of american capitalism and with those institut
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format. And the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommendedf foot social distancing between senators and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. I, again, remind all senators and witnesses that the 5minute clock still applies, and those of you remote should all have a box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process senator brown and i again have agreed to go by sen you arty for this hear