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comments, texts and tweets for sheryll cashin live february 6th at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>> next a hearing on competition and privacy in the tech industry. witnesses testified about the growing market concentration of companies like amazon and the negative effects their size have on consumers. the senate finance sub committee on fiscal responsibility and economic growth held this two-hour hearing. >>> this hearing will come to order. good morning. today's hearing of the subcommittee on fiscal responsibility and economic growth. i'm pleased to be working with ranking member cassidy on this hearing of promoting competition, growth and privacy protection in the technology sector. senator cassidy will be joining us remotely. we're going to do a mixed hearing with some people in person and some people remote. under president biden's leadership, the american economy is rebounding. the unemployment rate has dropped from pandemic height of 14.8% in april 2020 to 4.6% today. 5.6 million jobs have been added since president biden's inauguration. more than added in the first ten m

immigration, and join in the conversation with your to encalls, facebook comments, texts and tweets for sheryll cashinve sunday, february 6th noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> in honor of mlk day, martin luther king iii, house speaker nancy pelosi, representative joyce beatty and voting rights advocate spoke at an event for lawmakers on the filibuster to advance the freedom to vote act. [inaudible conversations]

georgetown professor sheryll cashin will be our live guest to talk about inequality in america. her many books include the failures of immigration, place, not race and her latest "white space, black hood." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets for sheryll cashin live february 6th at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>> next a hearing on competition and privacy in the tech industry. witnesses testified about the growing market concentration of companies like amazon and the negative effects their size have on consumers. the senate finance sub committee on fiscal responsibility and economic growth held this two-hour hearing.

. >>> sunday, february 6, on in depth, law professor sheryll cashin will talk about race relations and inequality in america. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets, live, sunday, february 6, at noon eastern on c-span2. >>> a new mobile video app from c-span, c-span now. download today. >>> the house select committee on the climate crisis heard from native american tribal leaers about the impact of climate change and how tribes are investing in clean energy and technology.

. >>> sunday, february 6th, on "in depth," georgetown university law professor sheryll cashin will be our guest. her many books include "the failures of integration," "the agitator's drawer," and her latest, "white space, black hood." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. live sunday february 6th at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up to date with live video coverage of the day's political 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 morning program, "washington journal," where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >>> next, part of a house hearing on holding big tech companies accountable for user-created content. witnesses addressed questions of censorship, content moderation, racial and linguistic biases and protecting kids online. this portion of the hearing is four hours.

. >> >> sunday, february 6th, on in depth, georgetown university law professor sheryll cashin will be guest. her many books include the failures of integration, the agitator's daughter, place not race, and her latest, white space, black hood. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. live sunday, february 6th, at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up to date with live video coverage of the day's biggest political 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 morning program, "washington journal," where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >> "washington journal" >> >> patricia kelmar joins us now. she serves as director of health care campaigns at the public interest research group. joins us today as a new ban on surprise medical bills went into effect at the beginning of this year. so patricia, first, start by explaini

immigration, and join in the conversation with your to encalls, facebook comments, texts and tweets for sheryll cashin, live sunday, february 6th noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> in honor of mlk day, martin luther king iii, house speaker nancy pelosi, representative joyce beatty and voting rights advocate spoke at an event for lawmakers on the filibuster to advance the freedom to vote act. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. my name is-- i am greatful to be joining here this day in our nation's capitol by calling on the freedom to vote and john r lewis act. and deep gratitude to martin luther king iii, partners to call on americans to mark this year's mlk day and the true spirit of the holiday. by holding our lawmakers accountable to protect our voting rights. the mission of this coalition is simple. demand the senate and the president apply the same amount of urgency and pressure to deliver infrastructure as it will to deliver our democratic right to vote. last year we saw congress pass historic-- a historic infrastructure bill. we have long recognized that ou

join in for sheryll cashin on book tv, on c-span two. washington journal continues., senior legal counsel with the campaign legal center, here with us this morning on washington journal to talk about the trading of stocks by congress and their families, and also the effort to update the stock act. delaney marsco, welcome to the program. guest: it's nice to be here. host: let's take a look at this, the bill that was passed, the original stock act was passed in 2012 and signed by president obama. this bill as stands would outlaw insider trading by members of congress and their staff. it would mandate increased levels -- it does mandate increased levels of transparency and reporting, and would ban officials from are dissipating an initial public offerings, those ipos. what's behind the efforts to update these laws? is the law not currently working? guest: the major high point of the stock act right now, we have a system with the stock act and members from insider trading that require them to disclose periodic transaction reports, that they have to disclose their stock t

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