Host the name of the book is the end of big how the internet makes david and goliath. The author is nicco mele and he joins us from boston. Mr. Mele before we get into the substance of your book if you could relate your personal experience to the book the end of big. Tesco i started my life as a Computer Programmer and ended up at the intersection of technology and politics in 2003. I joined howard deans president ial primary campaign. I joined very early in late april of 2003 and was on the campaign from most exactly 12 months from the early days to the very bitter end. My experience as a working for an insurgent candidate led me to think a lot about the role of technology and empowering insurgencies against the establishment. So its really kind of where my folks started. In 2007 and early 2008 we watched the astonishing democratic primary where Hillary Clinton who was the Party Standard error, indeed she and bill clinton built the modern Democratic Party. She lost in the primaries to
Brookings both for people in the room, who are watching on cspan and i via webcast to the closing event of infrastructure week. So a lot of folks public, private, civic have been involved in designing infrastructure week and pulling it off, and to all of you from brookings, thank you. And also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible. The ford foundation, the [inaudible] foundation, hitachi, aig, ge, rbc, kkr and all the members of our metropolitan leadership council. They really have made our research possible. Now, the timing of this week could not be better. And i know congressman delaneys going to talk about this. There are clearly shortterm federal actions involving the gas tax and the Highway Trust Fund that are critical and really a new way of the National Government engaging. But there really are metaissues that are incoming this week informing this week. Does the United States have what it takes to build and retrofit a new generatio
Good morning, everyone. My name is bruce katz, im Vice President at the brookings institution, founding director of the metropolitan policy program here. I want to welcome you to brookings both for people in the room, who are watching on cspan and i via webcast to the closing event of infrastructure week. So a lot of folks public, private, civic have been involved in designing infrastructure week and pulling it off, and to all of you from brookings, thank you. And also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible. The ford foundation, the [inaudible] foundation, hitachi, aig, ge, rbc, kkr and all the members of our metropolitan leadership council. They really have made our research possible. Now, the timing of this week could not be better. And i know congressman delaneys going to talk about this. There are clearly shortterm federal actions involving the gas tax and the Highway Trust Fund that are critical and really a new way of the National Go
Finite its a way to make sure there are Market Forces at play to entice the broadcasters to actually show up and take a good look at this, and the fcc deserves a lot of decreed, and congress as well, setting a structure where the only options are not continue being a broadcast or turn off your station. They finished a test showing that spectrum sharing works for broadcasters and theres a pathaway forward for a broadcaster to stay on the air, serve the same customers and receive a portion of the option revenue without changing their been plan. I just think that this is a great opportunity for the broadcasters to rethink their business models. Everything else is evolving and this is a Good Opportunity for the Wireless Community and for the broadcasters, and look forward to seeing it play out. Theres this huge benefits for consumers. You can tweet out more. Huge benefits for taxpayers and the treasury when those revenues come in. But because this action is such a way to increase competiti
Pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Lankford, for five minutes. Mr. Nkford thank you, speaker. Mr. Speaker, today i just want to come and reflect for just a moment on a lady i met a few weeks ago on loyalty day. Many americans dont know about loyalty day. Its a day of remembrance around may 1. Its the celebration time. Its remembrance and a time to recognize the freedom we have in america. This lady, zona, shani, oklahoma, she stood and sha