WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Play the Pentatonix truck and all of the world and Congress 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.900 was suddenly forced to figure out how to continue doing business 00:00:07.900 --> 00:00:12.700 without being in the same place Congress and lawmakers 00:00:12.700 --> 00:00:17.600 agreed that they would start holding photo meetings using technical 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:22.000 tools. Like Zoom a WebEx Congress also added a few other measures 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.900 to keep the business going needed by dr. 00:00:24.900 --> 00:00:27.900 Barrow pursuant to house for sale proxy voting for digital 00:00:27.900 --> 00:00:31.800 voting mechanism. So members didn't have to come into Washington 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:36.000 DC to be present physically to cast their votes on legislation. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.100 And then the torture chamber Congress also adopted as a result 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:44.600 of the pad to make was adding digital tools such as introduction 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.500 of legislation introduction of amendments and so on. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.000 You sure got a climb a lot of steps to get this Capitol Building 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.600 here in Washington or wonder who that said little scrap of paper 00:00:54.600 --> 00:01:01.700 is digital means paper and Pen now, 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:05.600 we are all interdependent and members of Congress and outside 00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:10.100 groups are looking at how well did Congress use all these tools 00:01:10.100 --> 00:01:14.500 and asking the question should be storms are romaine and on that 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:16.900 particular question there seems to be some friction. 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:19.900 There is some members of Congress are say that politics 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:23.200 is different about the same as Corporate America show. 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.300 You need to members in the same room to be able to talk to 00:01:27.300 --> 00:01:30.600 each other but there are others technology specialist 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:34.700 and former members who say that technology in fact and actually 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:39.200 make that process a lot easier and smoother than having to be 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:40.500 in a physical space. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:43.000 So that's something that's still being debated. 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:46.900 The second thing is also Advocates of technological 00:01:46.900 --> 00:01:47.400 solutions. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.300 Platforms are saying we can do this Congress needs to continue 00:01:53.300 --> 00:01:57.900 doing meeting meeting earrings and others in an online virtual 00:01:57.900 --> 00:02:01.400 world because it's a lot of benefits one. 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:07.100 It can bring a set of witnesses from around the world into a hearing 00:02:07.100 --> 00:02:11.300 or a committee meeting that you couldn't do before Congress 00:02:11.300 --> 00:02:14.300 does not pay for witnesses to appear before then. 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:18.100 So sometimes Witnesses for today for themselves if they don't 00:02:18.100 --> 00:02:21.600 show up that's one benefit number to having a virtual meeting 00:02:21.600 --> 00:02:26.400 also perhaps allows more constituents more American citizens 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:30.100 and residents to actually participate that I can watch it virtually 00:02:30.100 --> 00:02:33.400 and see how it functions and the 13 people pointers. 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:38.000 They use a digital tools introduction legislation amendments in 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.500 so long when it's done online. 00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:42.900 It makes the whole process more smoother. 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:46.900 Everybody can see it so that your now once something is done 00:02:46.900 --> 00:02:50.100 digitally ever. Can I have access to it at the same time? 00:02:50.100 --> 00:02:53.600 So those are the advantages that outside groups and formal 00:02:53.600 --> 00:02:58.800 lawmakers are asking Congress to adopt even after the pain. 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:02.900 Ends, but it remains to be seen for example is the committee 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:07.600 on modernize and Congress will take up almost study of how this 00:03:07.600 --> 00:03:10.200 digital experiment worked in the last year.