[applause] rep. Gabbard aloha. Aloha. Rep. Gabbard good morning. Reverend jackson, thank you so much for inviting me here to join you. I saw him at the South Carolina democratic convention, and he said, you have to come to chicago this weekend. I said, roger that. I will be there. But subfloors Bishop Forrest smith, thank you for hosting us in your church, your service and your kind hospitality. I appreciate the leadership that all of you bring here this weekend. A leadership focused on justice, on service, and on fighting for people, fighting for humanity, fighting for our planet. I grewup in hawaii, and up in a multifaith family. My dad is catholic and my mom is hindu. I am the fourth of five kids. At nighttime, we would often hear bedtime stories from the new testament as well as the i got fromssage that both of these scriptures was the message of love for god. And love for others. One of my favorite verses comes from matthew 22. I know you know this well. Love the lord your god wit
Import bank with chair Kimberly Reed. This is an hour and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come t the committee will come to order. Today the committee turns its focus to the export import of the United States. Just last month the Senate Confirmed Kimberly Reed to be president and chairman of the Export Import Bank along with board member spencer bach cuss and judith pryor. The nominations of claudia slei Board Members are approved by this committee and pending on the full senate floor. United states exporters are able to compete very effectively in intern International Markets on the basis of price and quality. However, when foreign governments provide subsidies as a matter of policy and general practice to their exporters, u. S. Exporters are placed at a competitive disadvantage purely because of such financing arrangements. According to the 2017 xm bank, competitiveness report, chinese export credit agencies provided more medium and longterm investment suppor
Marketplace. To help us discuss that this , wethe communicators have two guest. David chavern of the News Media Alliance which represents spapers, and matthew which represents technology and communications firms. When someone goes to a social media site and access news and information and perhaps a news site, is that a boon or a bust to traditional legacy news sites . It is definitely a boon. These Services Provide an extraordinary amount of traffic to traditional news media publishers in the context of a variety of other services. Internet users go to these services not just for news content but also to learn, to get answers, to engage with friends and families, to engage in communications but one service is accessed in his content. Happens, is publishers on the receiving end get extraordinary benefit. These services send upwards of 10 billion users a month to news publisher sites which those sites can then monetize either through their own services or through at networks. Pete if i w
Witnesses to the final panel. The final phase of today is to discuss with the Tech Companies and academic experts as well. If i could start off by asking members of the panel if they could give their view on an issue that is giving us cause for concern. Public uset consumption is increasingly moving out of a curated news space. The news bulletin, edited newspaper, or news website, and people are consuming news more and bite sized pieces that they discover and share via social media. Increasing numbers of people get their news by social media. Of the people in this country get their news from social media sites. What causes concern does that give you about news from your also from theand consumers point of feel whether they are getting a fair and balanced picture. If they are consuming a variety if theyre or exposed to the newsfeed on social media sites. , if you could give a perspective from your News Organization. Thisy wilson on one hand, is the reality of how people consume news and
About the recent debate on net neutrality. Later, School Safety concerns after last weeks shooting in parkland, florida. Members of the British Parliament were recently in the u. S. For a daylong hearing on fake news and the state of the media. This portion included representatives from cbs news, cnn, and the New York Times talking about some of the challenges facing News Organizations. It is just under 1. 5 hours. Welcome to the witnesses and to the final panel of todays evidence section. The final phase of todays to discuss some of the issues of the Tech Companies with academic experts. Off by asking members of the panel if they could give their view on an issue that is giving us cause for concern. Public uset consumption is increasingly moving out of a curated news space. The news bulletin, edited newspaper, or news website, and people are consuming news more and bite sized pieces that they discover and share via social media. Increasing numbers of people get their news by social me