In just a moment to the Foreign Relations committee will come to order and thank you to all those for being here. Todays hearing will examine the crisis in libya. Like to thank your witnesses for again appearing before the committee on this important issue. Unfortunately six years ago after they nato intervention in libya remains on the brink of civil war. Like many of its neighbors libya failed to transition into a stable Representative Democracy hoped for by the citizens following the arab spring. Sadly its a libyan people who have paid the price. Fighting between militias has undefined internal security, we can government institutions and damaged the economy. It is also posing substantial risk to the u. S. And to our allies. Infighting is created a permissive environment for terrorist groups like isis. The organizations gains in libya have led to u. S. Supported boteri options in places like sir. Conditions allowing extremists to thrive remain. I think any of us agree that the libya
Sunshine, but the clouds wont leave us completely during the day today. A little fog this morning. In some of the suburbs, light fog in pottstown. Improving in lancaster, was down to zero visibility. Pottstown had zero visibility first thing this morning. Light fog at trenton. Lighter at northeast philadelphia and wilmington. You might see a few pockets of fog this morning in south jersey and delaware. Onemile visibility currently in dover. What you wont see, any cold temperatures, and a little bit warmer this afternoon. 50s to start. Look at the sky glowing in the lehigh valley. This is just updated information. 58 degrees at 8 00. 66 degrees at 11 00. We will see sunshine before the clouds return this afternoon. The chance of showers holds off for new jersey. Southern and central delaware could see rain later today. At the shore, youll likely see showers by late this afternoon and this evening, too. Ill break it down hour by hour to show how quickly things change in your neighborhood
I think we will go ahead and start. My Ranking Member senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my Opening Statement and maybe we can begin the testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Mr. Pai, just personal like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility we need to strike. I think you will find that in this subcommittee so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Service and general Government Subcommittee for the 115 congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chair pm woman of this subcommittee. I am honored to be serving with senator coons. As we begin the budget request we welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman ajit pai and commissioners Mignon Clyburn and michael orielly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the fccs budget request and the work you are doing to carry out the agencys mission. The commission has requested a total of 322 million. The fcc fund
I think we will go ahead and start. My Ranking Member senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my Opening Statement and maybe we can begin the testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Mr. Pai, just personal like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility we need to strike. I think you will find that in this subcommittee so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Service and general Government Subcommittee for the 115 congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chair pm woman of this subcommittee. I am honored to be serving with senator coons. As we begin the budget request we welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman ajit pai and commissioners Mignon Clyburn and michael orielly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the fccs budget request and the work you are doing to carry out the agencys mission. The commission has requested a total of 322 million. The fcc fund
I thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing in the Financial Service and general Government Subcommittee for the 115th congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chair woman of this subcommittee and im honored to be serving. As we begin the important review of the budget request of the fcc we welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman ajit pai and commissioner clyburn and michael oreilly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the fccs budget requests and the work youre doing to carry out the aenlsgen mission. The commission has requested a total of 322 million. The fccs funding is offset by fees that does not minimize our duty to insure that the agency is operating effectively, and that the funds are being spent responsibly. This is especially important since the fees are passed on to the consumer. The impact is critical in Rural America. Communities in my state of West Virginia have been hard hit by job loss. And decline and creating a major drag on the sta