Mr. Pallone thank you, all, for being here today. I want to thank all of our participants at this joint energy and commerce and judiciary democratic forum. I want to thank our Judiciary Committee Ranking Member i call him chairman, mr. Conyers. I havent been in this position so i can refer to you as chairman but not myself. So thank you, chairman conyers, for joining us to examine the longterm impacts of repetitive brain traumatic and particular trauma associated with sports. I look forward to the dialogue. Every week this time of the year Football Players at all levels take the field and engage in a contact sport they enjoy playing but may be harmful to their health in the future. There are a lot of concerning questions that we will discuss today. At the very least athletes and their families need to know they are being informed about the health risk and the risks associated with Contact Sports are being mitigated to the greatest extent possible. With more and more research coming out
Thank you all for being here today. Our judiciaryk Committee Ranking member chairman condors because he was the chairman because chairman when we were in the majority. I can refer to you as chairman, but not myself. Thank you chairman for joining us to examine the longterm impacts of repetitive brain trauma, in particular trauma associated with Contact Sports. I look forward to engaging in dialogue about this issue. Playersek, football take the field and engage in a contact and engage in a contact sport they enjoy playing but may be harmful to their health in the future. There are a lot of concerning questions that we will discuss today. At the very least athletes and their families need to know they are being informed about the health risk and the risks associated with Contact Sports are being mitigated to the greatest extent possible. With more and more research coming out, the evidence is becoming clearer and clearer, the effects of repeated head trauma, even those received during o
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Of importance is on thursday the federal Communications Commission holds one of its December Open meetings and deals with several important topics. The issue today is the order to restore the Internet Freedom which includes a number prudish one is Broadband Access Services Information services it was once before. Removing the ambiguous conduct standard in the rules, establishing private mobile Service Classification for mobile broadband. In providing transparency among other things. The transparency issue is important because it gives consumers better information to make better decisions. Theres a lot of noise out there and what this will mean for consumers. Today a panel of experts will address the issue. First i want to introduce to special guests. We are very glad youre able to make it join us. The fcc commissioner was unanimously confirmed to the senate took office. Before he became commissioner he became commissioner and was a lead advisor to the fcc commissioner on wireless, Publ
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