Politico is reporting today that jeb bush has been preparing for a potential president ial run since leaving the Florida Governors Office eight years ago. Part of the strategy was to downplay the decision. Politeco says a sudden burst of fundraising now is part of that plan. In addition the former Florida Governor has head lined more than 50 events around the country and helped to raise an estimated 10 million for other republican and conservative causes. Today jeb bush will head to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and hell share his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation both here and abroad. Cspan will have live coverage of that at 12 30 eastern. A couple of other live events today. Cspan will have coverage of president obama and Homeland Security second jeh johnson. Hell be speaking at a white house summit on combatting violent extremism. The threeday event is looking into radicalization and recruiting for isis and other such groups. And then at 3 00 eas
And its latest order has glaring legal flaws that is sure to keep the fcc mired in litigation for a long time. Turning to the designated entity program. The fcc must take immediate action to end its abuse. What once was a wellintentioned Program Designed to help Small Businesses has become a playpen for corporate giants. The recent aws3 auction is a shocking case in point. Dish, which has annual revenues of 14 billion and a market cap of over 34 billion holds an 85 he can witd stake in two companies that are claiming 3. 3 billion in taxpayer subsidies. That makes a mockery of the Small Business program. The 3. 3 billion at stake is real money. It could be used to underwrite over 585,000 pell grants, fund School Lunches for over 6 million children or incentivizing the service of 100,000. It denied them spectrum licenses they would have used to give Rural Consumers a competitive wireless alternative. In my view, the fcc should quickly adopt a further notice of proposed rulemaking so we c
Opening statements and comments were near and dear to some of the comments that i want to make today. But before i do that, i would like to make an observation. The observation that i have is that it was my opinion that the purpose for the Affordable Care act was to guarantee all americans have the same bad health care. And i believe that this title ii decision made by this commission is to guarantee all americans the same bad internet service. I also believe two things. And i dont believe im wrong. One is, the purpose of this open Internet Order is one, to regulate and restrict content. And number two its to open the door to taxation. What i would like is commissioner oreilly and party to tell me why im wrong. Senator, ill tackle part of the question, with respect to taxation youre right, it opens the door to billions of dollars and fees on broadband. As a result of reclassification were going to expect to get a recommendation from the joint board on april 7th and it might be kicked o
Opening statements and comments were near and dear to some of the comments that i want to make today. But before i do that, i would like to make an observation. The observation that i have is that it was my opinion that the purpose for the Affordable Care act was to guarantee all americans have the same bad health care. And i believe that this title ii decision made by this commission is to guarantee all americans the same bad internet service. I also believe two things. And i dont believe im wrong. One is, the purpose of this open Internet Order is one, to regulate and restrict content. And number two its to open the door to taxation. What i would like is commissioner oreilly and party to tell me why im wrong. Senator, ill tackle part of the question, with respect to taxation youre right, it opens the door to billions of dollars and fees on broadband. As a result of reclassification were going to expect to get a recommendation from the joint board on april 7th and it might be kicked o
At things on a case by case basis. Thats what we tried to build in, that kind of flexibility. With that flexibility though, what do you do with these entrepreneurs, innovators that are coming up with things that i cant even imagine . And theres a process that theyre going to have to go through with the fcc that they dont know if theyre going to be required to go through it or not. What do you say to them . They wait and get their we dont move up the stack. Were talking about the delivery services. Were not talking about regulating two guys and a dog in a garage and they have to get permission. You think thats clear . Yes, maam. Were very clear on that. And that is an essential component of this. First of all i mean i think its questionable what our reach would be in terms of statutory authority. Were dealing with the delivery of what these creative people want to do and making sure that they have open delivery. If i could just switch gears here. In your testimony i read that you are tr