Able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. The fcc has not been reauthorize since 1990 and its current appropriation is over 400 30 million. It is charged with the administration of the Communications Act and of the statutes by to the functioning of our key medications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and Research Culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory cloud left by chairman wheeler picked the sec plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependence society. The subcommittee has never released a discussion draft for consideration. I would be remiss in not discussing Net Neutrality, the commissions decision in 2153 reclassify internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with a 1930s era law. This gave been meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions nprm argue august 18. Chairman pai, we hope you are keeping that handy because it
Tennessee. The subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. And i want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled oversight and reauthorization of the federal communications commission. 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. The fcc has not been rethorsoned since 1990 appear its current appropriation is over 430 million its charged with the administration of the Communications Act and other statutes vital to the functioning of the communications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of hul humility. The fcc plays a vital rode in the increasingly technologically dent society. The subcommittee released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing net neutral the commissioning ins 2015 was a powe
Tennessee. The subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. And i want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled oversight and reauthorization of the federal communications commission. 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. The fcc has not been rethorsoned since 1990 appear its current appropriation is over 430 million its charged with the administration of the Communications Act and other statutes vital to the functioning of the communications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of hul humility. The fcc plays a vital rode in the increasingly technologically dent society. The subcommittee released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing net neutral the commissioning ins 2015 was a powe
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Growing anxiety today on the Korean Peninsula following north koreas second, and more ambitious, test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on friday. The missile is thought to be capable of reaching deep inside the u. S. Mainland. China condemned the launch and urged restraint, but President Trump expressed frustration with beijing last night, criticizing chinese leaders over trade, and then saying in a visible show of force, the pentagon ordered two air force b1 bombers to fly over the peninsula. They were accompanied by south korean and japan
For international peace. We are trying to show you as much as we can before things get started. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming. First of all we are into the season where the city tends to empty out, so we are all delighted that you are here to discuss a problem that, you know, is arguably as important in the us as it is around the world where we will focus on it. Lets me briefly introduce myself and who will be conversing with today. Im sarah cheneys. Simon is going to kick us off, simon taylor who is one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in the space around the world and its very interestingly combined with advocacy with extremelyadvo regressed investigations and thats one of the things we will talk about today is a recent report by Global Witness about shells activities in nigeria. He also helped galvanize the coalition of Civil