Other thingsost of the ftc has explicit authority to do that we dont. Sec start to move that direction and i was disheartened to see a pullback, and i think restoring that work is a valuable endeavor for congress to take. Host rebecca slaughter is one of two democrats on the federal trade commission out of five members. She was sworn in in 2018 and her term is for seven years. She is former chief counsel to senator charles schumer, the democratic leader in the senate. She is a Yell University trade Yale University trained lawyer. Leah covers antitrust. We thank you both for joining us. Youre watching cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. With the ongoing Global Pandemic and many schools shifting to online learning, cspans studentcam competition continue to provide students with a platform to engage in conversation. We are asking Middleton High School students to provide to
Created by americas Cable Television comedies as Public Service and brought to today by your Television Provider. This week on the communicators of democratic member of the federal trade commission, rebecca slaughter. Our guest reporter is leah nylund who covers technology and antitrust for politico. Commissioner slaughter, what has this pandemic fed like for you when it comes to your work at the ftc . Guest thank you so much for thinking for having me. It is a pleasure to be here today. Well, as you can see from my special guest here what this pandemic has involved for me in part has given me a brandnew baby and juggling those response abilities which is not a common occurrence for commissioners pandemic or no pandemic. Ive been muddling through that and then in terms of the work of the agency it has been a really important and really fascinating time. We switch to all telework pretty quickly and i will say it relatively seamlessly in march, which i was very impressed by but even thou
Common occurrence for commissioners, pandemic or no pandemic. I have been muddling through that, and in terms of the work of the agency its been a really important and really fascinating time. We switched to all telework pretty quickly and i will say relatively seamlessly in march, which i was very impressed by, but even though the technological work got up and running very quickly, at least for me personally, i found it incredibly challenging to be juggling the responsibilities of the job and fulltime parenting. This baby here is my fourth so i have three kids home fulltime and needed fulltime attention, and a job that need fulltime attention. Even with an incredibly supportive partner that was in normalcy challenging. My first reaction to your question is really to think about the logistics, and i know if that was true for me, it was maybe doubly true for our staff across the agency just like it is for people working from home across the country whether they have small children in th
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You and your family. We would love to hear from you. Our phone lines are open. For the eastern half of the country. 202 7488001 for the mountain and city time zones. 202 7488002 if you are a medical professional. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Around the world, 3. 1 million confirmed cases. The death toll in 185 countries is 216, almost 217,000. In the United States, the death toll has surpassed 58,000. Joining us from princeton, new jersey is the president and ceo of the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. He served as the former acting director of the cbc. Today, named on the restart and recovery commission. Thank you for being with us. Guest nice to be here. Host your region has the highest percentage of covid cases in the country. How do you balance the Public Health with the desire to reopen the economy . Everyone wants to get the economy back up and running. People are suffering. People are out of work. People lead income. You want to make sure that a