Doing this now, waldo, Vice President of the americas Government Affairs at cisco. I was wondering if you were going to pause, so thank you for that. Good afternoon. At cisco, our purpose is to power and inclusive future for all. Technologybased solutions that the ability to address critical challenges and communities, power hybrid work, transfer and infrastructure in cities and secure the network that were in it all. To ensure the solutions can be deployed, it takes forward thinking policies that foster innovation and emerging digital technologies. For a moment, imagine a world where every home no matter how remote is a beacon of connectivity. The networks that bind us Service Channels of communication, openness and competition. A world where ai prepares us the word and does so responsibly. Today, tools like rock band and aie emerged its foundational pillars shaping our society, economy and government. They are transforming the way that we do things. To fill the end of this moment, ri
Radio app plus cspan now is available at the apple store in google play. Download it for free today or visit our cspan now your frontrow seat to washington anytime anywhere. Next, part of the incompas policy summit in washington, d. C. Focusing otelecommunicatios beginning with the conversation with fcc commissioner Geoffrey Starks on federal investment in broadband and the impact the pandemic out on need for highspeed Internet Access. [inaudible conversations] [inaudiblee conversations] good morning. Good morning. Thank you so much for attending the incompas is this on . Good morning. There we go. Thank you so much f■nor attendig the policy summit. I am anticrank it were, president of incompas and just thrilled to see so many of you in the room. Angie kronenberg. Introduce our next big fcc commissioner Geoffrey Starks. He is the biggest kansas city chie fan in the room. Oh, wait. Wait, wait, wait. I got that wrong. No, its true. I look i think maybe we should have little shouldxa th
Into office, we spent 6. 8. Then we havent reset to the 2019 baseline. How are we ever going to recover from this . Director young we put forth a proposal. A way to continue to invest in the American People. If we think we have adequate childcare and paid leave in this country, i welcome us to talk to hardworking americans. We can do that by asking the top 1 and 2 to add more into the system. That way we cannot only pay for our investments, but we can bring down the deficit we cant just talk about spending as if it only hits those programs that hit working families in this country. Senator johnson if you make the rich pay their fair share, the top 1 garner about 20 of the income pay about 40 of the income tax. Ts a fair share. Director young they pay about 25 . Senator johnson i remember when a couple hundred billion dollars was like real money. Political process would be all upset if you are rupbding a dollar deficit. Your plan to get us out of this, you are running deficits of 1. 8 1
[laughter] no, i got that wrong. No, its true. I dont know. I a little showdown between Chris Shipley and commissioner, what do you think . [laughter] nick is here too. Weve got a ce of men in the audience that are just as a proud as the commissioner about the Kansas City Chiefs win in the super bowl. You know, i know when you he ine frame, the haters are gonna hat [laughter] but with i am not one of them. Okay . All right, no. In all seriousness, we are just so happy to have the commissioner back with us. Many of you know that h h bringg affordable, competitive Broadband Service to at our policy summit last year, he was the very first fcc commissioner or to call for congress todable connectivity for ram funding which is absolutely critical to insure that the program that ver 23 million low income households to stay connected to broadband. Its scheduled to be out of funding in a very short te frame. The fcc just produced the Public Notice yesterday saying that the full funding will run
Telecommunications officials and members of congress were part of a recent tech policy so but in washington d. C. Its odd but fcc spectrum authority, data mapping broadband deployment. This portion of the event is about two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations]■9 [inaudible conversations] welcome. Thanks for hanging out what we were repositioning microphones. We are wired in. Welcome we are so excited to have you. Its your first encompass a policy summit in your new position. Cracks yes. [applause] i note many of you in the room have known commissioner gomez for years. In and around our industry. The leader in the public and private sector and now you have a whole new role. So why dont you tell us a little bit about all of the great experience you have and how that inform the role you have today. Quick thank you for having me here. Its great to see everybody. I like to think im homegrown. So it gives meet this ability to look out at the audience and see people i know. There