Programme, question how it would affect subpostmasters . Affect subpostmasters . I dont recall a conversation affect subpostmasters . I dont recall a conversation like affect subpostmasters . I dont recall a conversation like that. L recall a conversation like that. Interestingly, the way i am talking, interestingly, the way i am talking, i had this impression it was more about chesterfield, but not without consequence in branches, because thatis consequence in branches, because that is where the money was coming from. But it wasnt the objective, if you see what i mean. If i mayjust take a moment to come verse on a matter. Two conversions. I understand that there will be questions, five minutes each. Let questions, five minutes each. Let them ask their questions. I represent a large number of Sub Postmasters, i am instructed by a firm of solicitors. Did you watch the evidence of mr hodgkinson, yesterday . Yes. You use the term prosecuting authority which i presume you took from the evi
Cspan audience, and i want to welcome them again. We are grateful that cspan is here. Im sure it has quite a bit to do with our next guest here, chairman pai, but we are glad all of you are here. So in keeping, chairman pai knows that i do this because hes been here before. Hes got an illustrious biography. I could go on and on and on about it, but weve got it in the brochure. And for those of you that are in the cspan audience, our brochure is on the website, on the homepage of the website. Its got sec chairman ajit pai bio in it. So i commend that to you but i would just say, state what everyone here knows that chairman pai serve as a commissioner prior to assuming the chairmanship of the sec. How soon after the inauguration, was that two days later . It was on a monday, january 233. So about three days after. Three days he was appointed by President Trump to be chair of the fcc. What i will say about chairman pai is this, without going over each of the particular offices which you c
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