brad smith, where is the balance? does the -- how should a school board, a town council, a city council balance both the rights of the people who want to testify, who want to speak out, and the rights of the organization itself to conduct its business? >> sure. well, you know, it's really nothing new. obviously, you can limit people who are disruptive, who make it impossible to carry on legitimate government meeting. and we also always have had certain restrictions on protests. you can't get violent in your protesting. but within that framework, again, people have a right to protest. they have a right to air their views. again, if the school board or any local body or any state body has a public comment period, people have to be allowed to comment publicly. what's alarming about the attorney general's memorandum was that he was threatening to get the fbi involved in what is traditionally local police matters if there's actual violence, and moreover, most of the alleged incidents that were discussed in this memorandum

we will hear from brad smith asked. guest: i am not familiar with particular rulings out of the d.c. superior court. historically, the rule in the u.s. was you could state your opinions. there were very rare exceptions if your opinion was likely to imminently incite a riot, imminent danger of inciting a riot. then, it might be limited. but those are very rare circumstances the fact that people might be persuaded by an idea, might act on it, is not a basis for censoring that idea. i favor old traditions. i think we are very fortunate that in recent years our supreme court has been very protect evolve free-speech in a wide variety of circumstances. i fear, as i talked about earlier, that our society is becoming more and more -- i think they presume they will be the ones never centered. i've forced them to quit speaking by distorting their ability to earn a living, threatening them, so on. these things are bad for democracy. used to be said way back in the founding era that given a choice we would rather have their newspap

we will hear from brad smith asked.st: i am not familiar with particular rulings out of the d.c. superior court. historically, the rule in the u.s. was you could state your opinions. there were very rare exceptions if your opinion was likely to imminently incite a riot, imminent danger of inciting a riot. then, it might be limited. but those are very rare circumstances the fact that people might be persuaded by an idea, might act on it, is not a basis for censoring that idea. i favor old traditions. i think we are very fortunate that in recent years our supreme court has been very protect evolve free-speech in a wide variety of circumstances. i fear, as i talked about earlier, that our society is becoming more and more -- i think they presume they will be the ones never centered. i've forced them to quit speaking by distorting their ability to earn a living, threatening them, so on. these things are bad for democracy. used to be said way back in the founding era that given a choice we would rather have their newspapers

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they're handling over your information in a washington post opinion piece. microsoft president brad smith writes, not long go if the government wanted to serve a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation. it had to do so in person with notice. and agent or officer needed to bring a signed warrant to a house or a building and hand it to the target of the probe at the front door. only then could the government search the premises for documents records and computer files by serving search warrants on companies such as apple, google, and microsoft to obtain e mails and messages that belong to our customers. government prosecutors also asked courts to impose gag orders on companies such as ours that prevent us from letting people know that copies of their emails are now in. the government's hands creeped out. yes, this has been going on for a long time, and the noblest aimed patriot act through gas on the flames. what's wrong with this picture? let's ask attorney madeline. pend lee from levon papp, antonio rafferty and pensacola. madeline, welcome. thanks for having me. how hard is it

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brad smith observed that today information is sideload and we need these entities been a position to scan the entire horizon and connect the dots between all of that and what is taking place. wind, has devised having a single entity to which all of us can report, building speed and agility and argue private enterprise should be instructed for reporting requirements being name for community vision for private sectors to put together on addressing this issue. kevin mendiola testified about the importance of centralizing intelligence for the speed at which the picture and vision will come together. hearing convinced me congress must act to ensure cybersecurity and infrastructure agency, timely cyber incident for critical infrastructure owners and operators. chairman thompson, ranking memberitoh, the reporting framework, i would like to think - i would like to thank them both for their efforts. the draft legislation is the product of months of dialogue, with private sector stakeholders. i want to express my gratitude to those who work with the committee to provide various drafts of legis

microsoft president brad smith observed that today information is silo and we need one entity in a position to scan the entire horizon and connect the dots between all of the attacks or hacks that are taking place. solar winds president testified having a single entity to which all of us can report will serve the fundamental purpose of building speed and agility and argued that private enterprises, quote, should be instructed with reporting requirements and be made part of this community vision where public and private sectors can work together on addressing this issue, end quote. at the same hearing, fire eye's ceo testified about the importance of centralizing intelligence to improve the speed at which the picture and vision will come together. end quote. that hearing convinced me that congress must act to ensure the cyber security and infrastructure security agency receives timely cyber incident information from critical infrastructure owners and operators. since then, i've worked with chairman thompson, the ranking member, to draft legislation to establish a mandatory cyber incident rep

microsoft president brad smith observe that today, information is siloed. and we need one entity in a position to scan the entire horizon, and connect the dots between all hacks taking place. solar winds president mr.-rama krishna testified, and a way in which all of us can report with speed and agility, and argue that private enterprises should be instructed with reporting requirements, as part of the community vision where public and private sectors can work together on addressing this issue, and quote. at the same hearing, kevin men zia, fire ceo, spoke about intelligence improving the speed at which picture envision can come together, and quote. that hearing convince me that congress must ensure that infrastructure and cyber security infrastructure must receive critical information. to this end, i was with chairman thompson and ranking member katko to discuss a mandatory cyber reporting framework. i applaud their work in this effort. the draft legislation we are discussing today it's the product of months of dialogue with government officials and privat

former republican federal election commission chair brad smith weighs in on free speech issues, as senate democrats push for finance reform and allegations of infringement at school board meetings by parents with covid's row. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our new mobile app. join our discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the days biggest events. from live streams of the house and senate floor, and key congressional hearings, to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. even our live interactive program, washington journal, where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. next, formal federal trade commission leaders testify on the need to fund the agency to ensure its ability to protect consumer privacy. they spoke at a senate commerce committee hearing for two and a half hours. >> the u.s. committee on commerce, science and transportation will come to ord

. >> brad smith, thanks so much for being with us this morning, brad smith. >> thank you, bill. >>> today admiral karl schultz testifies before a senate subcommittee. watch live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org or video video app, c-span now. >> on thursday attorney general merrick garland testifies on the justice department's mission and policies before the house judiciary committee. we're covering it live at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, online at c-span.org or new video app, c-span now. >>> get c-span on the go. watch the day's biggest events on our new mobile video app, access top highlights, listen to c-span radio and discover new pad casts all for free. download c-span now today. >>> joining us now patrick penfield, of syracuse university. a supply chain practice professor here to talk about the delays in the supply chain. professor, thanks for giving us your time this morning. >> good morning. glad to be on the show. >> what's the best way to think about the supply chain particularly with the issues that are currently at play? >> yes, so supply chains are pretty simpl

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