Should do to be on firmer legal ground and pointed to title ii. And, now, weve had fast forward, weve had discussions at the committee about it. This is all about Net Neutrality, obviously. People in our country feel very, very strongly about the internet, in not only how they e it, but how they think about it and the access to it and that it be free and that it be open and that no one, no isp or anyone should be able to interfere with that. Now, there have been a lot of problems, obviously, with court cases, lawsuits, and i think a lot of time, valuable time has been eaten up by that. So now were at a juncture. We know that close to one and a half Million People have commented to the fcc. Its, i think, the single largest response of the American People to any federal agency in the history of our country. Thats really saying something. So ive examined title ii. Now, one of the charges against title ii is that it is the oldfashioned way to regulate. In other words, its a heavy hand. And
Said but always the discussions that take place among large members and perhaps small number of members. But it is our understanding that this authorization we are talking about deals with the life cycle through december 11th with the cr. The president asked for this approval in this cr. So it is through december 11t. Is that your understanding . Yes, mr. Chairman. The only thing i would say is the amendment offers if the National Defensive act is enacted then that would supersede but whatever is enacted earlier. The conference report or the expiration of the cr that would be the length of this particular authorization. That is my same understanding and i thank you very much. Is there any republican member that has a question for the gentlemen, mr. Thornberry . Is there any member of the minority that has a question . I dont have a question but i want to be absolutely sure, mr. Thornberry, i like the appropriately vetted session and that sounds thorough. I want to be certain this isnt
No isp or anyone should be able to interfere with that. Now, there have been a lot of problems, obviously, with court cases, lawsuits. I think a lot of time, valuable time, has been eaten up by that. So now we are at a juncture. Close to 1. 5 Million People have commented to the fcc. I think it is the single largest response of the American People to any federal agency in the history of our country. That is really saying something. So i have examined title 2. One of the charges against title , thethat it is a oldfashioned way to regulate. In other words, it is a heavy hand. You really have to be careful, cautious, about heavyhanded regulation. Because we want innovation. Ira present the Innovation Capital of our country i think of the world and we want to keep it that way. There have been a lot of investments made around innovation as well, so i am sensitive to the heavy hand of regulation. But for certainty, for consumers, for innovators, you can do a light touch of regulation. Partic
Ports but its information that i think is important in terms of what people could charge and it has nothing to do, i think, because youre going to see with the name of the destination like were talking about whether bars lone in a, dover, thats not a strong destination, just a port and they can charge more because they have the facilities, they have the demand and therefore supply and demand, they engage that. So in a world like perspective, youre very close to the median. In a competitive spear, youre 5 cheaper one way and more expensive the other. So theres room there for improving your port paris. Then the other charges. We did the similar type of thing. We were able to collect youll bills from the cruise line pay for these services throughout the country from different sources and in a graphic in a non graphic way, i can show you, these are the cost per passenger and you see los angeles at 9, San Francisco if you have the late day charge, without the late day and the late day. The
Together. The industry is a growing industry. Theres no issue about the industry itself. Its healthy and theyre buying new ships, so the question is where are they going to put these ships. This slide shows you the growth over the last 20 years and it started the industry is growing worldwide as the demand for the product increases and thats 20 years and it the industry is growing worldwide as the demand for the product increases and thats healthy. As a result which was in the caribbean and the west coast and new england market, went into the mediterranean and its a world wild industry, in many ways when you compete of the vessel, youre competes on a worldwide scare. San francisco as a city and as a place. The question is does it work in the eye tien terry. It compares the cruise industry against attendance at theme parks. The yellow line is attendance at the theme parks and the blue is the passenger in the cruise parks. The entire cruise in the whole world is the same attendance as th