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Test. Test test. We talked a lot about that, right . All of the efforts that advertisers went to add some kind of value to their product. At a certain point there is no new markets to be found. There is no new demand to be generated. Now when we talk about prices were talking about cost of living. When we talk about expectations, when we talk about expectations what were talking about is the standard of living. Right . So prices, cost of living, expectations, standard of living. And the standard of living in the 1920s was on the rise. This new standard of living was beckenni beckoning americans to buy more and to want more. The threathold of dire was rising. Now let me be really clear with you. All of the things that we looked at and thought about. But they were considered decencies. So the shift from luxury to decencies, and they were coming to become the birthright of all american citizens. Something that all americans had a right to claim, wish for, and to want. So despite the histo ....
This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome dr. Robert redfield, director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Dr. Redfield, to discuss the cdc and the on going response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas pole and our full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to the subcommittee members here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i move to my Opening Statement, and because this is our first labor hhs and education appropriation subcommittee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in ord ....
Now this is a self selecting crowd. I know some of you already know who Frances Perkins is, but a lot of people dont. So, lets start by asking this question. How many of you know who Frances Perkins is . Oh, yes. This is great. Good, good, good. How about this . How many of you know someone on Social Security . Please raise your hand. How many of you know someone who is receiving Unemployment Insurance or who has ever received Unemployment Compensation . How many of you know someone working a 40hour week . More or less. Frances pirngs work. How many of you know a 12yearold who has quit going to school so she can work fulltime in a factory . Frances perkins work, her ban on child labor enac ....
Cspan3. Joining us via zoom is laura, washington correspondent for the morning call. We talk about the battleground states in campaign 2020. Lets go back to 2016. What are the lessons for democrats and republicans as they gear up for the Fall Campaign . Pennsylvania is going to be a very close state again. 2016 was a long night. We had a final vote margin in the president ial race of 2400 votes. It was a pretty unusual change because democrats had done well in the president ial race, even though it was a swing state, and trump was able to boost republican turnout in rural areas where they struggle to turn out and he was able to flip some democratic areas that had previously supported barack obama. A couple key counties, including in our area, and those were pretty pivotal changes. Since then, you have actually seen some trends that have been accelerating, and most of those are democrat. Those area of the southeastern part of the st ....