Aint s Saint Andrews and rick snyder in michigan at the community college, saturday night at 8 00 on cspan and cspan. Org. The federal Commission Voted 21 to start the process of repealing regulations on Internet Service providers known as Net Neutrality rules. The repeal would allow providers like verizon and comcast to slow tract to some websites and apps. Well show you that two hour public hearing from the start. Welcome, to the 2017 open hearing. Madame secretary, will you please introduce your agenda this morning. Thank you, good morning to you. You will hear a presentation and six items for your consideration. Final report on its investigation into the faulty 911 outage at t mobility experience on march 8th, 2017. Second, you will consider a proposal of reducing regulatory on the three types of fixed Satellite Service of earth stations authorize to transmit files in motion. Vehicle mounted and earth stations and earth stations aboard aircraft. Third you will consider a report ord
I think we will go out and start. By Ranking Member senator could still be here shortly. I will go and make my Opening Statement and begin testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Id like to thank you for your comments last week about what we need to strike. Today marks the first hearing in the Financial Services and general government to committee for the 115 congress. This is also my first hearing in a new role as chairwoman of the subcommittee. As they began the budget request, welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman and commissioner clyburn and michael are rightly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the budget request and the work you are doing to carry out the agencys mission. Fiscal year 28 team, requesting a total of 322 million. While funding is offset by fees that do not minimize or need to ensure that the agency is operating effectively in the funds are being sent responsibly. This is especially important since these are passed on direct
Are open for business, we are working, were doing the public work, work very well, i think. So there are two current members, im the acting chairman. Im a republican. And i have my colleague, terrell mcsweeny, whos a democrat. But the thing to remember about the ftc is we are generally a bipartisan agency. Were an enforcementoriented agency, so our rules allow us to have a quorum with as few as two commissioners, so that isnt affecting our work. But, of course, we have to Reach Agreement to take action. Fortunately, most of the work that the ftc does is very much focused on real harms to consumers, fraud, we review mergers, we review antitrust issues, and those are areas where there is a lot of agreement. The other thing thats happening, you know, under hi leadership as chairman, ive asked staff to go back and take a look at some of the things that were doing that maybe need to be better focused or perhaps have a more limited impact on business or are our civil investigative demands to
Minister, and to rose hudson wilkins, our wonderful chaplain, for accompanying me to the vigil for jo last friday. At the priestly statute in the center of that lovely town. We, all of us, were moved by the energy and warmth of the crowd brought together in grief and solidarity. Ive been very moved when the public outpourings since her death. The hundreds of letters and emails weve all received in solidarity with joes family in their hour of grief. And by the outpouring of charitable donations to causes close to her heart, hope not hate, and the royal voluntary services. Last night my honorable friend the member for south and myself held a vigil outside our townhall. One of hundreds of vigils attended by tens of thousands of people the right across our land who are so shocked i what happened, and what to express that shock and grief. Also what you think of the parties in this house who offered their sympathy and support at this very difficult time. We united in grief at her loss, and w
Telephone companies. We have had in place for businessgrade Broadband Services. Title two is neither new nor outdated. It is a long standing tradition and part of the law and we are glad the fcc returned to that understanding. Turning to the majority opinion, what parts of that opinion would be used by, you know, the industry to further its arguments . What kind of holes can it try to poke in the argument . When it goes to appeal. I dont know it is going up further. What we usually see on appeals is the full circuit or Supreme Court is a split. The Supreme Court could make the choice but maybe not with only eight justices. If there is a question of law in play, i am sure companies will be attempting to seek further review but we dont see them likely to get it and likely unable to win we see. You view the circuit split being a large barrier to get a review . It is not a guarantee but they dont have that to look to to suggest the Supreme Court must decide some kind of split between two a