We had down here this weekend. We will be live all week. About hundred thousand people attend this event every year as well as about 350 authors are down here. Was founded by mr. Kaplan, founder of books and books as well. The big bookstore down here in south florida. Well, the cspan buses also year, and we are handing out but banks with our partners comcast here in the miami area. If you happen to be in the area, come on down. We are at Miamidade College the north side of downtown miami for the Miami Book Fair. In just a minute the panel in chapman all here at Miamidade College will begin will be beginning. Dave barry in the onion editors, humor columnist solve them. There will be introduced by brad meltzer who will be moderating the panel. The novelist will be joining us later. Ms. Kaplan will also be speaking, the founder of the Miami Book Fair, introducing and opening the weekend coverage. In just a minute well take you now to chapman all. Its rather full. We will be beginning or c
This program may contain language that some may find offensive. It is 45 minutes. To call these guys out give them applause. Seth reiss. Will tracy. Dave barry. [applause] i was very excited he is inutes. To call these guys out give them applause. Seth reiss. Will tracy. Dave barry. [applause] i was very excited he is one of my heroes. And the first author yaho i went to a book signing. The first author i wrote to a letter to a and the firstk one that wrote me back. At i actually i was so t excited to come here i tracked down the letter and abroad it. This is true. This is why it dave barry wrote to me. Deer brad, one day you will be a bestselling author but when that happens i will be sold because i am older then you. So when you go bald the odds say that i will die first. I am old. Old people die, especially in miami. I hate you, you young handsome brick. Sincy incerely yours. Ows dave. T that is true. A real letter. Knows Everybody Knows the one the pulitzer only last episodey third
Was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and from mote competition and promote competition, believing thered be innovation, more investment, more consumer choice, more innovation and, you know, fortunately, i think the result has proven us correct, that thats exactly whats happened. But now were in a situation, you know, not that many years later that there needs to be, again, i think, a massive overhaul. And out of all the new technology, all the new applications, all the new modes of service. Host rick boucher, youve covered, worked on telecommunications for a long time especially as a member of congress. Did congress understand what was going on with the 96 Telecommunications Act, or was it just limit today a few members with expertise . Guest well, as is often the case in the committees that focus on particular subject matters took the lead in this reform. Jack was chairman of our subcommittee. Other members of our subcommittee had been focused on telecom
Cspan sundays and it 00 published my Public Affairs books now available in your favor bookseller. Up next a look at the resources securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to enforce regulations under the doddfrank financial. The sec is requesting over onehalf billion dollars for next years budget. The cftc is asking for 280 million. This is an hour and a half. Udal room waiting for the hearing to get started. We may be waiting for the s. E. C. Chairman to come to the hearing om. Th good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. I am pleased to convene this airing of the financialservices and general Government Subcommittee to get some of the fiscal year 2015 funding requests of to keep federal regulatory agencies. Cal year 20 requests of two key federal regulatory agencies. The securities and Exchange Commission, and the commodity futures trading commission. I welcome my distinguished Ranking Member, senator mike johans and some of my othe
Representing the Home Owners Association at 2208 Mission Street adjacent to our building a box is proposed on carlos street. A number from our building did object to this. I want is to describe from our perspective. We were informed that the walk is only during business hours. People did take time off from work and we were joined from other people in our neighborhood. We had very specific reasons for this location, physical constraints. The city was processing a permit for the sidewalk cafe. It has since opened. There were other reasons as well. We presented other ideas and locations one 100 1100 feet from the location. One of them being a car repair shop with no doors or windows, there is no trees there or no obstruction. At the end of the meeting we left thinking that there was a serious commitment to looking at a lot of alternatives that were presented and since then we received information from the city that the project is moving forward in the original location and no indication w