mr. castro. mr. castro, you are muted. you are on muted but ike -- unmuted but i can't hear you. having trouble. mr. castro, i will come back to you next and hopefully we can figure out the technological glitch before we do. let's move to mr. heck. andhank you, mr. chairman, my appreciation to the members of this panel, which i frankly find extraordinary and provocative. i want to preface my question with a confession, which is on some level i have a difficult time getting my arms around realizing the magnitude of this problem because of the sheer absurdity of the conspiracy premise. frankly and bluntly put in my mind, how could anybody in their right mind believe that? that is exactly what i want to get at. you are all incredible experts on the sociology of this, but what i'm interested in hearing from whichever one of you would be best suited to describe it, is not the sociology but the psychology, what are the characteristics that make people be receptive to that which is so self-evidently, patently absurd, ridiculous, harmful, crazy? i ask this question because i think in ord

mr. castro. i just switched out from my computer to my phone. as we analyze these issues essentially social media like other industries produce a product and in this case it may be damaging to our health and democracy in public discourse over the past few years at the hispanic caucus take on the media and the entertainment produces groups of people but the product being produced is damaging and how you deal with that over the course of american history the best counter to a why is truth but we presuppose what everybody is attuned to and ultimately to sort that out for as a senior social media it's more of the asymmetric conversation people that are two different channels they may agree with her get suckered into and then and up leaving it without being exposed or confronted and by the time they are they disbelieve the sources for countervailing on - - countervailing information so it's important for me is to believe and in the united states where you have to battle between fact and fiction and the truth and a lie? what is the state of american m

mr. castro. the for us to do what senator but for us to do what senator kennedy has suggested would bring results which i know he would not want and certainly which the american people would not want. sen. kennedy: [inaudible] he surely must be aware the equipment came from united states, flown out of florida and parts of united states to castro in the mountains. there isn't any doubt about that, number one. number two, i believe if any economic sanctions against latin america are going to be successful, they have to be multilateral. they have to include the other countries of latin america. very minute effects of the action that has been taken this week to cuba, economy, i believe castro can replace those markets very easily through latin america, through europe, through eastern europe. if united states can have strong prestige and influence in latin america, it could proceed as frank the roosevelt in 1940. -- franklin roosevelt in 1940. that's the only way you can bring real economic pressure o

mr. castro. you are muted. i can't hear you we are still having trouble i will come back to you next and we can figure out that technologicalef glitch. so my appreciation to the members of this panel that i find extraordinary and provocative want to preface my question with a confession on some level i have a difficult time getting my arms around realizing the magnitude of this problem with the sheer absurdity of the conspiracy promise. quickly and bluntly that anybody in their right mind believe that in those with a sociology of this am interested in hearing from whichever one of you not the sociology put the psychology what are the characteristics that lead people to be receptive to that which is so self-evident absurd and ridiculous? what causes the individual so perhaps you came the closest thing give me some insight i appreciate that very a much. >> i am not a sociologist or psychologist. but it's interesting that you say that and we can wholeheartedly agree with that and what we see now the way in which t

mr. castro. mr. heck. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. maher, i'm sure you'd agree that the southern border has been a preoccupation of the administration for some time. it was obviously a campaign issue in 2016. leading to chance of build that wall. in fact, during the last four year, funds were illegally diverted for that purpose. all of this of course to keep foreigners out of our country. you'll recall that in 2017 and '18, the president rallied for the hardening of our boarders t purportedly protect the country from migrant caravans coming from central america. at the time, there were all kinds of conspiracy theorys floating around about who was funding them and on october 17th, 2018, one of my colleagues made accusations that george tsiros or u.s. backed ngos offered cash to migrants to encourage them to join the caravan. mr. maher. are you aware of any efforts by ngos or george soros to secretly give out cash to migrants to encourage them to join a caravan? >> i am not, but i think officials within customs and border protection are

mr. castro and mr. kris. any written materials that you have, you can submit to rules documents before the conclusion of this hearing. without objection it will be entered into the recognize. i recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to make sure i was unmuted. i appreciate being here, chairman, good afternoon. and to the rest of the committee, thanks again for allowing me to testify today. the 116th congress has been full of surprises. the silver lining is our ability to learn from challenges and adapt and make our institution work member for the american people. i'm going to highlight three buckets of changes to pave the path for continued improvement. the first set of changes is a clarification of -- >> mr. davis, could you put your video on? >> i thought i had it on, sir. i apologize. >> you're on now, yeah. you're in stereo and in tech color. >> the first set of changes that i'm asking for is a clarification of current house rules regarding the use of proxy

mr. castro, i didn't see where you were seated. we'll now recognize mr. castro. >> thank you, chairman. want to follow up on some of the questions that mr. heck was asking and give you some context first. on january 11th, 2019, chairman schiff wrote a letter on behalf of the committee to mick mulvaney, dan coats, and then head of ina david gulaw we, concerning efforts from the white house to exagg ratd the threat of alleged caravans of y migrants from central and south america who were heading to the southern border. at the time, president trump was trying to convince congress to fund the border wall. the letter noted that the white house and dhs had repeatedly claimed that in 2016, dhs had prevented 3,755 known or suspected terrorists, ksts, from entering the country in fiscal year 2017 when making its case for congress to fund the border wall. but dhs and the white house misleadingly failed to discloe how many of those so called ksts tried to cross the southern border. in mr. murphy's whistleblower complaint, he claimed dhs leadership at the time was potentially aware of the misleadin

i didn't know mr castro i believe that we take great hope. in the fact that execution will never be repeated including by the state of saudi arabia to which she was so attached. has continued to call on the security council or the u.n. secretary general to conduct an international criminal investigation. but the sharpest u.n. reaction so far was at the recent general assembly on september 2020 when denmark's ambassador criticized saudi arabia on behalf of 29 mainly european states calling for quote transparency and holding all those responsible accountable. but the saudi government always denied any direct involvement despite mohammed bin salamone once suggesting the buck stopped with him did you order. absolutely not this was a heinous crime like but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. under what the court decided when in december 29th teen it found 8 of the 11 men accused of the murder guilty. but the crown prince was in the clear. 5 was se

took a trip to cuba to call him mr castro during the election in order to get the benefit of the castro supporters within brazil. there are many indications guinea and guyana. two independent countries within the last three it's guinea and fifty seven ghana within the last eighteen months. both now are supporting the soviet foreign policy at the un mr herder said so himself is moving in that direction. so i would say our prestige is not so high. no longer do we give the image of being on the rise along to give an image of vitality. as >> >> i would say first of all the senators kennedy's statement that he just made is not going to help our gallup polls abroad. isn't going to help our prestige either. let's look at the other side of the coin. let's look at the vote in the congo the vote was seventy to nothing against the soviet union. let's look at the situation with regard to economic growth as it really is. we bind the soviet union is a very primitive economy. its growth rate is not what. it's whether it is catching up with us. and it is not catching up with us where well i had. and we

mr. castro. and as we analyze these issues essentially that social media like other industries produces a product and in this case that maybe damaging to health and democracy in public discourse. d and then to take on the media with the stereotypes with different groups ofes people. also what's interesting is the standard line has been the best counter why is truth but these are the ideas everybody is attuned to and ultimately to sort out faster affection because we have seen the social media it is asymmetric conversation with people are two different channels and then end up believing it without ever being exposed to confronted and by the time they are they display the countervailing information. what is important for me do believe there is any kind of current on - - common marketplace off ideas to have a battle between fact and fiction and the truth and a lie? what is a state of american media as we try to figure out and as legislators we try to figure out what our world is to take away tax inc

mr. castro. >> can you hear me? >> clerk: we can. you have five minutes. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, commissioners and thank you for your time. i am scott castro and a resident of block 1546 and i present on behalf of the neighborhood association which is comprised of homeowners on this block. there's exceptional and extraordinary circumstances. in fact, commonplace points with this would not restore the neighborhood character. can we turn to the next slide. block 1646 is a unique block, notable for defining features. private easement that is shown in this slide that is abutting the properties on third and fourth avenues, including the applicant's. next slide, please. and this is connected to provide a small town neighborhood where people socialize and children play on a daily basis. as you can see there's a lot of trees on the alley and most of the homes have consistent setbacks. can we have the next slide, please. and as you can see in this image, as noted in the staff report, the m

mr. castro you are recognized. >> i will follow up on those questions so to give you some context on january1 with a letter on behalf of the committee to nick mulvaney and then head of ina concerning efforts of the white house to exaggerate the threat from the alleged caravans of migrants of south and central america headed to the us southern border at the time president trump attempted to convince congress to fund the border wall and noted the white house and dhs repeatedly claimed in 2017 dhs prevented 3755 known or suspected terrorist from entering the country in fiscal year 2017 when making the case to fund the border wall that they misleadingly failed to disclose how many of those tried to cross the southern border and mr. murphy's whistleblower complaint he claims the leadership was potentially aware of those that was cited to support president trumps argument for a border wall what was not disclosed is the number of alleged terrorist was nowhere near the figures the administration was using according to mr. murphy it was less than ten so here's my question we were involved in the disc

mr. president. put tougher sanctions on castro. not make it easier. >> mr. president, what is your attitude toward cuba and how it should be treated. >> first of all, for the last four years, we have worked hard to put more and more pressure on the castro government. to bring about more openness and a move toward democracy. in 1992, before i became president, congress passed the cuban democracy act and i enforced it vigorously. we made the embargo tougher but increased contacts. people to people with the cubans, including direct telephone service was largely supported by the cuban-american community. then cuba shot down two of our planes and murdered four people. in international air space. they were completely beyond the law and i signed the hellsburg legislation. i did give about six months before the effective date of the act before lawsuits can be filed, even though they're effective now. it can be. legally binding. because i want to change cuba. the united states needs help from other countries. nobody in the world agrees with our policy on cuba now but

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mr. president. >> i'm thinking fidel castro, julius caesar -- that was not an american president giving an acceptance speech. if >> sean: that's just the media mob and honestly we could play that all show long. their colleagues in the democratic socialist extremist party, they've been worse -- take a look. >> sadly the domestic enemies to our voting system and honoring our constitution are right at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with their allies in the congress of the united states. >> you don't see anybody from that cabinet, you get out and create a crowd. >> they go low, we kick them. >> output mr. burgess up against sean hannity. he'll tear him up. >> sean: don't forget every two years, every four years republicans are racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic, they want dirty air and water, grandpa and grandma to eat cat food, take your grandma in a wheelchair and threw her over a cliff. let's not forget our morally superior folks out in hollywood, those hypocrites and here's how they have exemplified their civility over the past four years. they are so outraged. the vapors, we

mr. president. >> as i'm watching this, i'm thinking fidel castro, julius caesar, that was not an american president giving an acceptance speech. >> sean: that's just the media mob, and honestly, we could play that all show long. now, their colleagues in the democratic socialist extreme party, they've been even worse. take a look. >> sadly, the domestic enemies in our voting d system and honoring our constitution, right at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with their allies in congress of the united states. >> in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station. you get up and you create a crowd of. >> when they go low, we kick them. [laughter] >> i will put mr. burgess up against sean hannity. he'll tear him up. >> sean: i don't forget, every two years come every four years, republicans are racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, dirty air and water, grandma and grandpa to eat dog food, take your grandma in a wheelchair and throw her over a cliff, and let's not forget our moral superior -- superior folks out in hollywood, those hypocrites. here is how they have exemplified their civility over th

castro regime. the move by the progressive left to advocate socialist policies is really driving this forward. stated your case. do you see any indication that mrn of delaware has decided to support the far left of the liberals on that matter, or is he running more centrist? rep. waltz: i think he's been all over the place, to be honest with you. at some point he was for the green new deal. it is on his website. then in the debate, he says it is not his plan. his vice president has certainly pounded the table for medicare for all. he brought the progressive left into his working groups for health care is not a solution. look at the problems with the which runs from the government, and is still not serving our veterans. that is just an example of where the left wants to go, and i think that will dominate biden's policy. tom: i am sure you want a debate in miami just for bragging points for florida and all of that. the governor doubt once a debate in miami as well. how do we do a debate in miami that fits the realities of one candidates healthy and the other one rather ill? rep. waltz: well, the typical course of the virus in poor and teen be don

mr. biden as a socialist he said he's almost like the republicans make them out like castro.ou know practically. how does that play in this state and which demographic do you think will decide it? or elderly a voters they were retirees have come down from the northeast and then midwest will it be the latinos? will it be african-americans? who do you think is most critical as we head into the deadline of this race? >> welt the fact that president obama is talking about socialist message that we're hearing from republicans, obviously, shows how much democrats are worried about that resonating with miami voters from cuba and from venn venezuela there's large populations that are impactful in this election and data show that joe biden is doing much worse with those groups than he did than hillary clinton did four years ago. it is kind of interesting to see how the loss of older votes has helped -- has been balanced by surge that president has seen from latino and hispanic communities so might come down instead to other demographic that we haven't been paying as much attention to

castro upper market community benefit district, and item 34, for the noe valley community benefit district for fiscal year 2018 through 19. >> president yee: okay. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yes, mr. president. >> president yee: did you want to be added to one of these? >> supervisor safai: yeah, i wanted to be added as a cosponsor to ocean avenue, if that's okay. >> president yee: okay. item 32. madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll. >> clerk: on items 32 through 34 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. without objection, the resolutions are adopted unanimously. so madam clerk, let's go to the next item. >> clerk: item 35 is a resolution to declare the intense of the board of supervisors to receive and approve a final annual report for the property based business improvement district known as the top of broadway community benefit district for fiscal year 2018-19, to disestablish the district, and to remove a multiyear assessment on all parcels in the district, ordering and setting a time and place for a public hearing of the board of supervisors, sitting as a committee of the whole on november 17, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., on the proposed disestablishme