You for coming on to discuss monopolies suck. Its a very timely book because the issues you write about in the book, the power of dominant companies in the u. S. Economy and the impact on workers and consumers and citizens is really a very hot topic in economics and policy making right now. And we will see but could play a big role in the incoming Biden Administration. So i thought we should begin with sort of the big picture about, that you lay out in the book. I think when people hear the title they might say of course, no one likes monopolies, no one likes dealing with monopolies. The religious book is about a bigger issue. You are warning about a warring trends across the economy that i think many people may not fully understand. I think you could maybe first set the scene for us and describe what you see happening. Guest first, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me today about this book, and thank you to cspan for having here to talk about it as well. We all know mon
Question, we will move to the next senator until resolved. I remind all senators that the five minute clock still aflies. You should have a box on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is remaining. But we have had some troubles, and i have had senators who cant find that box or dont see it. And so, in fact, last hearing one of the senators ask me again to get a reminder, i will do that at this time for everybody. So at 30 seconds left on your clock, there will be a tone, a bell ring, to remind senators and the witnesses that their time has almost expired. At the end of the five minutes, a bill will ring. That way we can all know how the clock is working, even though we dont find it on our screens. Today we will receive testimony from the security and Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton, regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you chair clayton for your appearance before the committee today, which is e
Cbs news projects former Vice President joe biden winning michigan. Cbs news also projects biden as the presumptive winner in wisconsin. Now after a long night of counting its clear that were winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Reporter in pennsylvania, more than a million mailin ballots still have to be counted. Officials say it could take days before the winner is known. Well be done as soon as were done. We want to make sure that every vote that is legitimately cast and is good. Reporter the former Vice President gave his perspective on the state of the race here in delaware as President Trump continues to undermine confidence in the integrity of the election. The president tweeted this afternoon, theyre working hard to make the 500,000 vote advantage in pennsylvania disappear, likewise michigan and others. His campaign challenged the vote count in pennsylvania and asked the u. S. Supreme court to get involved. This is absolute fraud. Wev
The Senate Returns today and they vote later on a house passed resolution disapproving a new federal rule revising oversight oflow income banking services. Later in the week , a vote on a gop backed coronavirus Economic Relief bill. They will also take up the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Live now to the senate floor on cspan2. In the law and the prophets. We praise you for this profound maxim to guide our ethical conduct. May it provide our lawmakers with wisdom to make sound decisions and strength to walk in the way of justice and freedom for all. We pray in your wonderful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the president pro tempore. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business, please. Th
Eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2 online at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property held a hearing on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act which outlines when website hosts are required to remove pirated content. Witnesses included musicians, authors, photographers, filmmakers and ahead of the Internet Association. A ceremony will come to order. Well im disappointed we cant all be together in person today, im grateful to chairman graham, and our Ranking Members clerk for facilitating this through web apps. As an initial matter, i want to make sure this subCommittee Hearing is not distracting from the full committee. And my personal work on other pressing issues facing our nation. Congress must address issues of Police Brutality and the horrific circumstances that led to the murder of george floyd and the senseless depths of so many of africa African American brothers and sisters. Thats why im gra