we welcome you and respect your right to be here. we also asked in turn for your respect as we proceed with the basis of the committee today. it is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruptions. any disruption of this committee will result in the u.s. capitol police restoring order. now listen up. this is very important. if a disruption occurs, a capitol police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they seize the demonstration. if the person does not cease or begin the demonstration after the initial warning i the officer, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. we are very grateful for your presence today, and we very much appreciate that you want to listen to the witness, but we also ask you to respect the witnesses ability to express himself. i would also remind all members to avoid engaging in adverse personal references. i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statemen
three-hour hearing. this hearing is called to order. good afternoon. let me say to folks are attending i apologize the hearing was delayed in our start time. we had a series of votes on a singapore that just concluded and so welcome. welcome to our witnesses. this past april the subcommittee held a hearing on social media buys with witnesses from facebook and twitter. as i noted then, in inquiry into big tech censorship practices must take an especially hard look at google. that s what we re doing here today. google s control over what people here, watch, read, and say is unprecedented. almost 90% of internet searches in the united states use google. google domination of the search engine market is so complete that, to google, is now a commonplace. with that market power, google can and often does control our discourse. and sometimes tech companies talk about their products and the effects of those products as though their forces outside of big text control. as we ve heard
working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. officials from the department of veterans affairs, testified about the g.i. bill and payment delays for benefits subcommittee hearing, congressman shared this to our hearing. to our hearing. good afternoon, everyone, the committee will come to order. i m going to apologize in advance for the link for my remarks. i think they are important, so let s begin. first again, thanks for everybody being here, and everybody participating in the hearing. the subcommittee on economic opportunity, where we will continue the oversight, the implementation of the post-9/11 g.i. bill of 2017 and associated payment processing delays. as i said in the two previous hearings, the subcommittee is held on this topic, it is critical we work to ensure that this bill is implement it so that veterans receive their due benefits they deserve and in a timely and consistent manner. after all, if all we do is pass or reform bills, they are a mem
good afternoon, everyone, the committee will come to order. i m going to apologize in advance for the link for my remarks. i think they are important, so let s begin. first again, thanks for everybody being here, and everybody participating in the hearing. the subcommittee on economic opportunity, where we will continue the oversight, the implementation of the post-9/11 g.i. bill of 2017 and associated payment processing delays. as i said in the two previous hearings, the subcommittee is held on this topic, it is critical we work to ensure that this bill is implement it so that veterans receive their due benefits they deserve and in a timely and consistent manner. after all, if all we do is pass or reform bills, they are a memo that they actually implement them effectively. what did you agree? so, our hearing that we had on july, sometime in july, we implored the va officials who were here to remedy whatever problems existed. and we were promised that they would be addresse
good evening ladies and gentlemen. welcome, it is a great pleasure to have you here. it i am kirk graham, the director of the harry s. truman educational library and museum. it is wonderful to see you here. i think this is an amazing set of programs that we do here at the truman library. we have a remarkable programming team, and our partners and staff here i think put together some fantastic programs. i am sure you agree day she ll agree that tonight will be no exception. it is a terrific opportunity to reflect on a legacy that has so much to say to us today. today, speaking of which, july 26, is the 70th anniversary of the executive order, 9981, to desegregate america s armed forces. think back to december 1948, harry truman had a lot going on. he recognized israel in may. he desegregated the armed forces and federal workforce in july, and by the way, he ran for reelection that september. lunch the whistle stop campaign towards the end of the summer, spent 2 to 2 1/2 mont