Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] i w
Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] i w
He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President for policy of the competitive and reprise institute. He also served as deputy chief at the office of lands and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] mr. Gattuso i will speak from here. A more casual approach. We are here to talk about spectrum policy. If you want to talk about Net Neutrality you are in the wrong place. This is probably the only gathering of people today on key fcc issues that are not talking about Net Neutrality. We will see that as a good thing. It is hard to believe just a few decades ago spectrum in the , United States, and around the world was one of the most constrained resources on earth. Every detail of the use of radio frequency was dictated by the fcc or directed by the u. S. Government. You ha
But last 24 hours have changed that. Starting with Hillary Clinton shedding doubt on Bernie Sanders commitment to the Democratic Party. Do you believe this morning that Bernie Sanders is qualified and ready to be president of the United States . Well i think the interview raised a lot of serious questions. I think that what he has been saying about the core issue in his whole campaign doesnt seem to be rooted in an understanding of either the law or the practical ways you get something done. And i will leave it to voters to decide who of us can do the job that the country needs. Now, that interview resulted in an the Washington Post article with this headline clinton questions whether sanders is qualified to be president. That was the headline of that article. Late last night, sanders reacted in a big way. She has been saying lately that she thinks that i am quote unquote not qualified to be president. I dont think that you are qualified if you get 15 million from wall street through y