The committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized today declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, were here to examine the impact of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witness is facebooks chairman and ceo, mark zuckerberg. Facebooks plans to create a digital currency, libra, and a digital wallet raise many concerns relating to privacy, trading risk, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy, and the stability of the Global Financial system. I and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks development of this digital currency, libra, and digital wallet until congress can examine the issues associated with a Big Tech Company developing these Digital Products and take
Without objection the chair is authorized today declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, were here to examine the impact of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witness is facebooks chairman and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebooks plans to create a Digital Currency, libra, and a digital wallet raise many concerns relating to privacy, trading risk, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy, and the stability of the Global Financial system. I and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks development of this Digital Currency, libra, and digital wallet until congress can examine the issues associated with a Big Tech Company developing these Digital Products and take action. As i have examined faceboo
They stand for coming out here on this lovely saturday evening. We are very pleased to have steve waldon to talk about his new book. Sacred liberty. It is about religious freedom and what steve calls in the subtitle, americas long, bloodied and ongoing struggle for that freedom. These days we tend to think of a religious freedom as a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and one we take very much for granted. But our countrys history as they recount in a fascinating history is filled with examples of religious prosecution. In just the opening pages of his book, he recall stories of ministers brutalizing baptist ministers around the time of the resolution, the American Revolution and later catholics and jews from holding office, the banning of native american spiritual practices, attempts to exterminate women and much more. All of which underscores and despite the First Amendment, the struggle to ensure religious freedom in the United States has indeed been challenging and compet
On hold. The judges said the government did not present any evidence that proved anyone from the affected countries had committed a terrorist attack in the United States. This ruling showed the courts believed the hold on the president s ban would not cause, quote, irreparable injury. What they do believe causing harm is the executive order. On page 28 they writ the travel restriction was harming University Employees and students, separated families, and stranded people abroad. Now, President Trump responded to this ruling through twitter just in the last halfhour writing in all capital letters, see you in court. The security of our nation is at stake a leading democrat, chuck schumer, tweeted this. President trump ought to see the writing on the wall, roll up his sleeves and come up with a plan to keep us safe. However, the ban was set to expire in just 90 days and would likely run its course before that happens. The white house could change the order including altering its scope and
On earth. North korea is an acute danger for us. They are in the process of the building and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile which will be able to hit anywhere in the United States. The farm policy has been a failure. A sign supported the congresswoman to take the senate seat. I dont feel the democrats would lose anything by doing what this population wants them to do. We want out of the wars. The moderate moderator said she cannot be too vocal against trump. I think we will see action but i think she has to be measured in terms of what she can say. The senator has another town hall meeting in los angeles and plans to hold another one in San Francisco. The term is up next year but when asked whether she would run for reelection she declined to say. Ktvu fox 2 a San Francisco Police Officer was injured after police tried to stop the driver. It happened at 4 30 am. Investigators say the officers were trying to stop two people in a stolen car when the driver trashed crash into the patr