Hearing. [inaudible conversations] this hearing is open, and ask as you know and as you know, my name is richard blumenthal, im senator from connecticut, and i am here, regretfully, in place of chairman rockefeller who has an urgent intel, intelligence matter and, therefore, could not be with us at the opening. I dont think hell be able to join us, but his absence is in no way a sign of any lack of interest in this subject. In fact, ive talked to him in some detail about this hearing, and i know that he would be here if he could be. I want to welcome all of our panel here and all of the folks who are attending. This subject is one very, very close to my heart as a former attorney general for a couple of decades in connecticut. I had First Experience with cramming, both wireless and land line, and worked with at least one of the members of this panel, attorney general sir rell, and ill be introducing him in just a moment. As many of you know, the telephone industry decided to get into t
He is the chief deputy in many ways. The title of the position was deputy. And then you had the ceo overseeing the whole operation and in many ways, if you think about it, decisionmaking from investments to cultural activities and overseeing the whole operation, those decisions were made by five people. Although the precise number may change by one or two, and some of the personalities might change, the fundamentals of the northeast remain concentrated in that includes legitimacy. An example, this is something that they may have had major problems with it that they dont have. So although they might have equal amounts or both or even more wealth, they dont have a agile decisionmaking and leadership as well it also has an incredibly wealthy to find vision. And this includes the activities in agendas that is lacking in other parts of the Arabian Peninsula and across the persian gulf. It is a vision that initially was compounded by survival strategies. And i will mention in a minute, it wa
The socalled direct Carrier Billing method of payment could benefit unbanked customers. And other people looking for an alternative way to shop or make a charity contribution. But the reality of thirdparty charges on telephone bills is a different story. A profoundly different tale and it hasnt lived up to its potential. As soon as the phone Company Opened up outside scammers found a way to scam the system. They have added charges to peoples bill and are relentless in doing so. Many dont understand, including colleag colleagues, that their phone bill have charges for things they never bought. And they are paying for things they never bought. And it is an unwelcome surprise to them especially when they discover that they have trouble they turned their attention to the market was purchasing through the text message service. The Commerce Committee staff and i really want to thank them for their work has prepared a new report documenting how crammers exploited the weakness in the premium m
Items, finalists for the Nonfiction Book award and the winner of the finishing line press jet boat competition is also the author of six nonfiction prose books including revenge of womens studies professor, reel girl and womens history for beginners. Author Bonnie Morris, in your book revenge of womens studies professor, revenge for what . The title is not meant to be provocative or roots, it is about having the opportunity to talk back to many people this stereotyped my fields or asked unfair questions. I have a lot of terrific students who are intimidated by the idea of taking the basic class in womens history. They come to me and expressed doubt or concern, they are afraid of what people would say, what does it look like on their transcripts of those experiences lead me to a keen awareness of how many people feel there is something wrong which looking at half of the worlds history and i negotiated many of these routes conversations throughout my teaching career. The idea of revenge
Thank you very much, and thank you both for being here. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] happy labor day. President obama has his mind on a response to syria. Thursday, the president is hosted by the king and queen of sweden and later will leave for the summit in st. Petersburg. Today the president will sit ton with Republican Leaders discuss an appropriate response to the situation in syria. Both senators have expressed support or military action. At the whitemeras house, should there be any news coming from that meeting. This is ahead of the Foreign Relations Committee Meeting in syria. Senator mccain will attend. The question is whether congress should authorize the use of force for violation of International Law on chemical weapons. That will be beginning at 2 30 eastern tomorrow. The Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations committee offered a statement. He said the American People deserve to hear more