Shinki in today. Im literally convinced of that. I will have spent 16 years in congress and i continue to be disappointed every day at the lack of foresight, the lack of judgment, the lack of longterm thinking and the lack of critical decisionmaking that occurs. Senior officials from comcast and Time Warner Cable were asked about the effect their proposed merger could have on cable and broadband consumers. The proposed 45 billiondollar deal needs to be approved by the federal Communications Commission and the Justice Departments antitrust division. Senator Patrick Leahy chairs the Senate Judiciary committee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible] all took the oath. And i welcome everybody here. Im going to be the chair and Ranking Member of the committee with jurisdiction was senator klobuchar in senator lee taking over the hearing at some point during the morning and i appreciate the work both of them have done in getting us here. The original business that cable industry d