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Her series of hearings investigating competition Digital Markets. This one on the role of data and privacy and competition. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. I should state the obvious, im not the chairman of the subcommittee. The chairman will be in a few minutes. Digital technologies have provide americans with remarkable array of services. It is never been easy to share news and information to publish content and to commit it with loved ones. All at a moments notice. As the technological revolutions of the mask of this transmission has opened up about the power across our economy. It is support for congress to study understand of these imbalances are affecting americans when it is causing these asymmetries of power and whether these new and growing inequalities are compatible with our democratic values. The committee ongoing oversight of competition Digital Ma ....
Federal minimum wage to 15 per hour. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host the House Rules Committee meets to discuss a rule on a resolution finding william barr and wilbur ross in contempt of congress for failing to comply with subpoenas. You can watch that hearing at 5 00 eastern. You can listen live on radio app. This is the washington journal. Joe biden unveiled his plan for Health Care Calling for fixes to the Affordable Care act, but not fully supporting a medicare for all Type Health Care plan. It is the Affordable Care act we want to talk to you about and ask if it should be fixed, and it, or there s ....
People were outraged. The Things Congress should be doing to keep political campaigns from using our data to change the way we think about our votes in ways we struggle to perceive. Mr. Khanna absolutely. We need to pass strong privacy laws. I have an internet bill of rights which articulates a few things. We should never have Data Collected without knowing about it and our consent. We should know whats happening to our data. So in the cambridge an lit can case facebook should have a responsibility to immediately notify people when they were transferring their data. They didnt do that. People should also have been able to inquire at any point with facebook what was happening with their data. That law wasnt there. I think if you pass a basic protection for people online, ou would avoid things like the cambridgeanalytica scandal. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern ....