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now. in downtown san mateo, a popular chef is facing backlash over a pair of tweets. earlier this week, j. kenji altt wrote it hasn t happened yet, but if you come to my restaurant wearing a maga cap, you aren t getting served. same as if you come in wearing a swastika, white hood or any other symbol of intolerance or hate. maga hats are like white hoods except stupider. the tweets raised questions about businesses refusing service to customers based on political belief. john boyle of the san mateo county gop was surprised to learn about the ban. it s a slippery slope from there. you re going to refuse service on the basis of somebody s religious beliefs or economic beliefs. it s the kind of thing that really is inappropriate. others understood where the chef was coming from. it s his own business. so why not? why not also stand up for what you believe in. the people who wear that hat stand up for something. he also stands up for something that should be respected.
backlog at the agency s field offices. he is the former chair of the federal retirement investment board, the senate finance committee hearing is an hour and 15 minutes. are you ready? okay. let s do it. good morning. i would like to welcome everyone to today s hearing. this morning we are meeting to discuss the nomination of andrew s whole, to be commissioner of social security. this was a long, overdue nomination. if confirmed, you will become the first confirmed commissioner at the social security administration since 2013. i believe most if not all of my colleagues agree that having a confirmed commissioner and sustained leadership will benefit the social security administration, its operations, employees, and the american people who rely upon the social security checks. it is confirmed you would take charge of an agency facing many challenges including persistent information- technology modernization issues and large work backlogs. last week i laid out some of these
are you ready? okay. let s do it. good morning. i would like to welcome everyone to today s hearing. this morning we are meeting to discuss the nomination of andrew s whole, to be commissioner of social security. this was a long, overdue nomination. if confirmed, you will become the first confirmed commissioner at the social security administration since 2013. i believe most if not all of my colleagues agree that having a confirmed commissioner and sustained leadership will benefit the social security administration, its operations, employees, and the american people who rely upon the social security checks. it is confirmed you would take charge of an agency facing many challenges including persistent information- technology modernization issues and large work backlogs. last week i laid out some of these challenges at a nomination hearing for another important position within the agency. this agency needs someone in charge to help reduce disability determination backlogs an
which will get him in serious trouble in court if he tries the same thing on the witness stand. and we will bring you the rest of the major legal developments of the day, including federal judges officially finding that rudolph giuliani did lie about two election workers in georgia, an innocent mother and daughter, who were attacked by not just giuliani but the then president of the united states, donald trump. and there is more we have to get to tonight, because it happened again. in tennessee. you would think that the republican legislature learned their lesson when they suffered worldwide condemnation for expelling representative justin jones and representative justin pearson, who were then immediately reappointed to their positions by local officials, and then went on to win their reelection s to the legislature. but this week, the tennessee speaker of the house, formally ordered the silencing of representative justin jones. and once again, the republicans in the tennesse