he explained his efforts to the senate foreign relations committee. this is about two hours. thanks for being here. we all know each other, i know. how are you? this is yours, i promise. it s selling heavily across the country. how are you? senate foreign relations committee will come to order. thank you. i m going to re-hit the gavel since people are tied up in the back for a variety of reasons. i want to call the meeting to order. i want to thank everybody for coming today. and for those who are here and traveled extensively to be here, i want to apologize on the front end for what s happening today. we have two votes at 10:30, which means that people will be streaming in and out of the meeting. and secondly, unfortunately, i understand there is a democratic caucus meeting called without talking to some of the chairmen. in any event, that doesn t take away from the importance of this. i just hope that people will bear with us. we re at a historic turning poi
u.s. ambassador to israel, david friedman, will testify at his confirmation hearing tomorrow. will take questions from members of the senate foreign relations committee. we will have live coverage at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. you can also follow live coverage on c-span radio and c-span.org. washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. willifornia congress men talk budget issues in the future of their affordable care act. washington democratic congress room and will join us to talk about her work as a leading member of the hardee s new coalition. the parties new coalition. actor ashton kutcher testified on capitol hill about human trafficking and slavery. mr. creature is founder of an anti-human trafficking organization. the senate foreign relations committee is chaired by senator bob corker. senate foreign relations committee will come to order. i m going to hit the gavel since. our tied up in the back. fornt to thank peopl
senate foreign relations committee will come to order. i m going to hit the gavel since. our tied up in the back. fornt to thank people coming today and to those who are here and traveled extensively to be here. i want to apologize on the front end for what is happening today. we have two votes at 10:30, which means that people will be streaming in and out of the meeting. i understand there is a democratic caucus meeting that was called without talking to some of the chairman. in any event, that does not take away from the importance of this. i just hope people will bear with us. we are in an historic turning point in the global fight to end slavery-based to the efforts of so many committed individuals. several are in the audience, and certainly many up here at the dice. just people around the world that come together around this issue that we are highlighting today. this is the third year we have held a hearing to shine a light on slavery. people around the world are ve
relations hearing on how to stop human trafficking and modern-day slavery. after ashton kutcher testified on efforts he is leading to stop the practice. the other witness leaves the organization human rights first. this is just under two hours. chairman: the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. [indiscernible] hitrman: i m going to read the gavel since people were tied up in the back for priority reasons. i want to call the meeting to order and thank everybody for coming today. andhose who were here traveled extensively to be here, i want to apologize on the front end for what is happening today. we have two votes at 10:30 a.m., which means that people will be streaming and then out of the meeting. i understand that it s a democratic caucus meeting that was called without talking to some of the chairman. in any event, that doesn t take away from the importance of this. i just hope people will bear with us. we are at historic turning point in the global fig
impose a new set of regulations under the employment retirement income security act or erisa on a greatly expanded number of people. under current law, brokers and dealers that provide services to retirement plans are already heavily regulated. they are not, however, automatically consider labor law fiduciaries and therefore they are not subject to the increased liability provided under erisa. instead, these service providers are subject to regulations issued by the securities and exchange commission to protect investors from fraud and ensure transparency. under the new d.o.l. rule, virtually any broker that provides investment advice of any kind to individuals regarding their individual retirement accounts or ira s will be considered a pension plan fiduciary subject to higher standards and greater liability. as my colleagues have aptly noted, this rule will reduce the availability of investment advice for retirees and make the advice that is available more expensive which wi