chairman. >> thank you, senator allsop. i hope you are okay with a few more questions.we've been at it for a while. we've been very patient. >> do we have a choice? >> no. but thank you very much. it's been very useful. i want to follow-up on a number of the questions i've been asked. first of all, on the international issue. there are examples and models for international cooperation. mr. smith, you mentioned civil aviation. the 737, the 737 max. i think i have it right. when it crashed, it was a plane that had to be redone, in many respects. and companies, airlines around the world looked to the united states for that redesign. and that approval. civil aviation, atomic energy. not always completely effective, but it has worked in many respects. and so i think there, there are international models here, where, frankly, the united states is a leader by example. and best practices are adopted by other countries when we support them, and, friendly, in this instance, the eu has been ahead of us, in many respects, regarding social media. and we are following their leadershi

he is interviewed by journalist jon allsop. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guess who was top nonfiction authors about their latest work. work, they would rather do just about anything else. so what induced you to want to write a book about the times? good question. first, thanks for having me on the show. you know, i have always admired and wanted to work for the new york times since i was a student in college and one of the books i read is as a college student, i think pretty early on was gay talese, his book at the times, and it's something i always thought about the important you raise a really good point in your question. i'm writing a history. so basically this book goes from 1977 through 2016. there are a bunch of advantages of that. for one thing, i'm not, for the most part, writing about people who are there, or to put it more directly. writing for people i work with or about a few exceptions. but generally that's really the case. but more than that, in terms of approaching a project like this

senator allsop? >> thank you, mr. chairman.ou to our panelists for joining us today, to all of you for your testimony and your courage in speaking publicly and speaking before the senate. i think it's worth just stepping back and acknowledging the tremendous stress and anxiety that so many across the country are dealing with for so many reasons, but that, without question, as we see in survey after survey, as we see from mental health professionals, from psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, that lgbtq youth are experiencing. particularly in a political and cultural environment, whereas we've discussed today, these issues are being haunted up and exploited to score cheap political points, and to divide people. and when we see vulnerable people targeted by powerful politicians for the purposes of dividing people and gaining power, with reckless disregard for the impact that it has on, in particular, children and young people who are struggling, who are bullied, who are marginalized, who are bravely grappling to reconcile the