I want to welcome you to the subcommittee. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today. And we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. Beencc has not reauthorized since 1990 and its current appropriation is 430 million. It is charged with the administration of Communications Act. Reexamine the Core Functions and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory class left by chairman wheeler. The fcc plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependent society. The subcommittee has released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing Net Neutrality. The commissions decision to classify the internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with the irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with in 1930s era law. This gave new meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions are due august 18. We hope you are keeping that wed whacker handy.
I think there are a lot of people who represent the same thing. Im very much hoping that one of those people come along soon and, you know, who understands the constitution, who understands freedom, what true freedom is all about, who understands how to empower people, who understands economics and the importance of taking the heavy foot of government off the neck of business and industry, and who understands that this is, in fact, a judeochristian nation with real values. [applause] political pundits have defined you as a conservative, particularly following the prayer breakfast. How would you define yourself, politically . That easy. I consider myself logical. [laughter] you know, as far as im concerned, common sense should be in both parties. Thats why its called common sense. So you know, you look at something that has been politicized, you know, like benghazi. Now, whats the big issue there . A big issue as far as im concerned is that we are telling our troops that if you get into
To claim their second trophy at wembley in a month. A decent day on our hands. A little bit cool to start and never that warm throughout the day but a lot of dry weather to be had, sunshine, maybe a passing shower. I will tell you who gets what, where and when in a few minutes. Its sunday 30th august. Our top Story University students should stay at home and study online until after christmas to prevent a second wave of coronavirus. Thats according to the union which represents lecturers. More than a Million Students are due to return to campus this term, but the university and College Union warns this could be a recipe for disaster. Universities insist theyve spent months planning for a safe start to the new term. Heres our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. It has been quite on campuses since march but within weeks, students are due to return. More than a million gcioss due to return. More than a million across the uk. The University Lecturers union is that should be put on hold. Th
I wanted to pick up what larry said, which is communications is special and different and part of it is because it promotes an exchange of ideas and conversation. Weve had a spirited conversation here, but we would now like you to join. So for anyone who has a question, if you just identify yourself and also indicate, i want to get as many questions as possible. Please frame whatever youre going to say as a question rather than a speech or commentary or anything else. And we have a couple of people from brookings who will have microphones. And i will identify the people who will be called on and then well proceed from there. So like jeopardy has to be in a form of a question . You bet. Exactly. Whats in the form of a question, stewart. Okay. First question. Youve answered every oh, there we go. Right over here. Thank you very much for this program, and thank you for the comments so far. My question is sorry. I have been in Cyber Security and telecommunications for all of my professiona
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