Good afternoon and welcome to the Commonwealth Club of california, the place where you are in the know. You can find the club on the can you just give us insight into what it was like to be a dissident input and led russia and how that kind of crackdown on Civil Liberties and participation intensified . Was it gradualtalk to us about how that happened . Its funny , eight months ago i was here in South Pacific and i traveled across the country promoting my previous bookk. Which well talk about also. Everybody wanted to ask me about ibm and the blue. [laughter] so now i have a new book. And i dont think its inescapable. But somehow its the two are connected because a lot of russian stories are connected to cyber security, to, its not ai but interference using new technology. Now, regarding the situation in russia, its, its also quite extraordinary moment. I just arrived here today and just in the square board and while im waiting for of course, i looked at the news from moscow, from alex
Garry is chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, former world chess champion, and author of the new book odeep thinking where Machine Intelligence ends and human creativity begins. Born in azerbaijan, he became the under18 chest champion of the ussr at age 12. And the world yeah. And the world under 20 champion at age 17. He gained International Fame at the aim of 22 as the youngest world chess champion in history. He defended his title five times, including a Legendary Series of matches against his ale archrival. He called for democratic reform. He was a early porter of Boris Yeltsins push to break up the soviet union. In 1990 he and his family escaped agent nick violence as the uss collapsed. In 2005 in his 20th year thats word los top rate player re retired from professional chess to join the van guard of the russian prodemocracy movement. In 2012 he was named chairman of the new york based Human Rights Foundation, succeeding pavel, and he was facing imminent arrest in 2013 during
20,660 a year to 50,440. The Senate Small Business Committee Held a hearing on the new labor rules. Senator david vitter chairs this hour 10 minute hearing. Good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us today for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing to examine the obama administrations proposal to more than double the current salary threshold under the fair labor standard acts overtime exemption for administrative, executive, and professional employees. Were going to hear from a Diverse Panel of experts and stakeholders on the impact this proposed rule would have an Small Businesses and organizations around the country. And i want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today. In previous hearings, this committee has focused on the need for Regulatory Reform in light of how federal agencies often issue new rules and regulations that cause extreme undue burden on Small Businesses. As one of the most controversial labor regulations pushed by the obam
Like labor, they may have to cut Critical Community services to reduce labor costs. This is really unacceptable, especially for rural and poor areas that rely on Different Services provided by nonprofits. After hearing from many concerned workers and Business Owners, i urged secretary perez to extend the Public Comment period to allow Small Business owners and employees the opportunity to examine the proposed rule and comment carefully. Shortly afterward, the office of advocacy wrote a similar Public Comment letter requesting a 90day extension of the comment period. Unfortunately, all of these requests were denied by secretary perez. I have serious concerns with president obamas proposed changes to overtime regulations which will negatively impact the ability of Small Businesses and other organizations to operate effectively. While the rule is expected to become finalized within the next several weeks, its crucial that the administration reconsider their onesizefitsall approach. Now le
Job cuts for the colleges employees. Senator alex ander joined senator tim scott to author s2707, the protecting workplace advancement and opportunity act, which would prevent the department of labor from finalizing president obamas proposed rule. I strongly support these efforts to move forward with the bill and want to commend their work on this important issue. Along with the Small Business Administrations Office of advocacy and members of congress from the house and senate, i have raised several concerns about the role and representation of Small Businesses throughout this rule making process. I storongly believe this proposl lacks adequate Economic Analysis and i was alarmed when the office of advocacy submitted comments that sharply criticized the mean in which the dol crafted the proposal. Their comments stated that the dols initial regulatory flexibility analysis was inaccurate and severely undercounted the number of Small Businesses that would be affectaffect ed by the rule. I