Staffer to Sam Brownback on the Commerce Committee, and he just gets brighter all the time. But the reason im so excited about him is,ing frankly, it stems from a story he told shortly after he was confirmed to the fcc as a commissioner. He came to a radio, National Radio show, and he told the story of how his parents came from india to america, medical doctors, but they had 10 in their pocket, and they had a transistor radio. And that transistor radio connected young mr. Pai to the outside world. And to his local community. It was such a compelling story that i just felt like, well, this is a guy thats going to understand the value of broadcasting, and he understands. Hes not probroadcasting, hes prolocalism and including all the American People in the marvels we have in telecommunication. So im, im really thankful for his appointment. Host well, in todays world can you be, if you are socalled probroadcasting, are you anticable, are you antiwireless, at this point have we converged to
Issues that your industry faces. New fcc, new administration. What is your early assessment . Guest i am a big fan of the leaders and mike orielly and commissioner clyburn because they have shown a passion for localism. Pie is one of the brightest, most approachable people and one of the nicest people i have ever known. I first met him when we was a staffer. He gets brighter every time. The reason i am excited stems from the story he told shortly after being confirmed to the fcc as a commissioner. Tee came to the National Radio and told a story of how his parents came from india to america as medical doctors with 10 in their pocket and a transistor radio that connected young mr. Pie to the outside world and his local community. It was such a compelling story that i just felt like this guy is going to understand the value of broadcasting. He is not probroadcasting but prolocalism and including all the American People we have in the marvels of communication. Host in todays world, if you
And on thursday we will be at books smith bookstore in berkeley california historian and activist rebecca talks about the feminist movement. That is a look at some of the programs we will cover this week. Many of these events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on booktv on cspan2. And welcome to tucson and the university of arizona campus. This is the tucson festival of books. Booktv is live today from the gallagher theater and for the next 7 and a half hours you will hear from authors and have a chance to talk with them as well. Heres our lineup for today. In just a few minutes the first author panel will begin. It is on japanese internment during world war ii. Followed by your opportunity to talk with historian Richard Reeves. After that a panel on lgbt q rights and a calling program with panelists lillian vitamin and you will hear from authors later today discussing slavery in america, the history of women in sciences and philanthropy. And several other
Devastate our Nations Health care system. The American People were promised by the president of the United States, who was so supportive of the bill that even. Entually took his own name his party and the bill would lower premiums by 2,500 per family, per year. He promised the American People that no family making less than 250,000 a year would see any form of tax increase when he became president. He promised the American People that obamacare would be more choice, more competition, and lower costs for millions of americans. Now seven years later, almost to the day, it is abundantly clear that this Affordable Care act, has failed acare, the American People and the Health Care System and the people it was designed to help the most. As to the promises, premiums have increased by an average of 25 this year alone on the obamaCare Exchanges. Ruining the pocketbooks of American Families and a far cry from the 2,500 reduction that they were promised for each family. At least 4. 7 million ame
Devastate our Nations Health care system. The American People were promised by the president of the United States, who was so supportive of the bill that even. Entually took his own name his party and the bill would lower premiums by 2,500 per family, per year. He promised the American People that no family making less than 250,000 a year would see any form of tax increase when he became president. He promised the American People that obamacare would be more choice, more competition, and lower costs for millions of americans. Now seven years later, almost to the day, it is abundantly clear that this Affordable Care act, has failed acare, the American People and the Health Care System and the people it was designed to help the most. As to the promises, premiums have increased by an average of 25 this year alone on the obamaCare Exchanges. Ruining the pocketbooks of American Families and a far cry from the 2,500 reduction that they were promised for each family. At least 4. 7 million ame