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Murkowski Morning Meeting, 7/10/2012 -- Shopping Via Smart Phone

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

U.S. Senate Events

Shopping On Your Smart Phone

Alaskan Impact: With our communities spread out over long distances, Alaskans’ smart phones are critical.  They are phones, e-mail devices, video cameras, TVs – but they can also be stores.  With the introduction of mobile payment methods, merchants across the country can accept payments with a simple swipe on their smart phone – and such payments are expected to top $600 billion world-wide by 2016.

6:00am AKDT

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing

Topic: “Safe and Efficient Mobile Payments”

Testimony from:

• Thomas Brown, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
• Michael Katz, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Sarah Hughes, University of Indiana Maurer School of Law

Watch the entire hearing online: http://1.usa.gov/LcXKAc

Brown: Smartphones “revolutionizing” retail                                         Hughes: Benefits small businesses from farmers markets to donut shops

From Taking Tests to Filling Tax Forms

Alaskan Impact: Every year, thousands of Alaskan college students graduate and look for careers.  Murkowski has long called for comprehensive tax reform to promote fairness and simplicity. Later today, the Senate Finance Committee will look at how tax reforms can benefit young Americans in particular.

10:00am AKDT

Senate Finance Committee Hearing

Topic: “Boosting Opportunities and Growth Through Tax Reform”

Testimony from:

• Miles Corak,  University of Ottawa
• Katherine Newman, The Johns Hopkins University
• Erin Currier, Economic Mobility Project, the Pew Charitable Trusts

WATCH the entire hearing online: http://bit.ly/Nf524T  

House of Representatives Events

Challenging the Status Quo at TSA

Alaskan Impact: Too often, the TSA's "one size fits all" approach doesn’t work in Alaska – where we frequently need to fly to get around the state.  Senator Murkowski has questioned the TSA’s policies and how they impact Alaskans in recent hearings.  Today the House Homeland Security Committee discussed how to protect Americans without unnecessarily inconveniencing them.

8:30am AKDT

House Homeland Security Committee Hearing

Topic: “Perspectives on the Future of Transportation Security”

Testimony from:

• Richard Bloom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Robert Poole, Searle Freedom Trust transportation fellow, The Reason Foundation
• Rick Nelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Watch the entire hearing online: http://1.usa.gov/KYyXen