financial services subcommittee hearing on creating a federal pandemic risk insurance program. even when they are not recognized by the chair. members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves, and to admit themselves after they are finished speaking. consistent with the regulation accompanying house rest 965, staff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. when not recognized to avoid any background noise. members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and the corn to this remote hearing. history is entitled insuring against a pandemic, challenges and solutions for policyholders and insurers. and i now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. according to the congressional research service, 110 million people worldwide could enter a state of extreme poverty due to the global economic contraction, and here in the united states 657 million people have filed for unemployment insurance sin
their video functions on at all times even when they are not recognized by e chair. members are also reminded tha they are responsible for muting and on muting themselves and to commute to themselves after ty finishedpeaking. constent with the regulations accompanying house resolution 965 will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. when not recognized for inadvertent background noise. members are rinded that our house rules relatin to the order andhe decorum of the hearing. this hearing is entitled insuringgainst a pandemic challenges and solutions for policiesnd i now recognize myself for three minutes to begin with an opening statement. according to the congressional research service, 110 million ople could enter a state of extreme poverty do that tohe global econoc contraction and here in the united states, 67 million people filed for unemployment insurance since march of this year. the harmfu effects of this pandemic are the stability of small bunesses like resta
we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for remote committee proceedings pursuant to house resolution 965. this is the third virtual subcommittee hearing and the ways and means committee. as with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committee s long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. i will continue to work with the ranking member, mr. smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. before i turn to today s important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. first, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a five-minute statement. second, members and witnesses must have t
also asked about a recent report found coverage status admitted to the fcc by various wire carriers to be an accurate and how the commission was planning to respond. good morning. welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. i am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. i know it has been seven months since we had you before us and i know we all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. despite that passage of time many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. for example, i asked about the investigation into phone carrier selling the real-time location of nearly every american. mr. chairman, you told me even after more than one year had passed we still cannot tell whether this practice has stopped and could not say whether the impacted individuals have been notified and could not tell us that members of congress and law-enforcement had their locations sold or tracked and in june of this year
good morning. welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. i am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. i know it has been seven months since we had you before us and i know we all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. despite that passage of time many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. for example, i asked about the investigation into phone carrier selling the real-time location of nearly every american. mr. chairman, you told me even after more than one year had passed we still cannot tell whether this practice has stopped and could not say whether the impacted individuals have been notified and could not tell us that members of congress and law-enforcement had their locations sold or tracked and in june of this year you told senator blumenthal that you were wrapping up this investigation and with that recommendation shortly. that was six months ago. we still don t have them. cha