The man that we always count on to put place democracy front and center of everything. You know so well that since citizens united, the last two election cycles that have set records for money spent, including hundreds of millions of dollars from undisclosed sources, the bulk of this socalled dark money spend iingy outside groups that hide their donors go toward negative tv ads. We all know that. Would you recommend changes to the Communications Act to ensure that voters are informed about who exactly is behind these anonymous tv ads . And is there anything in your view that the fcc can do on its own without congressional intervention . I would recommend them enforcing the statute that we already have. If you take a close look at section 317, which has to do with sponsorship identification and which goes back even before the teleCommunications Act of 1934 was written, goes back to 1927, ensuring that listeners and viewers more recently know by whom they are trying to be persuaded wheth
Extensive period of review and there would have to be some sort of high level determination as to why a different decision were to be made, is that the way it would work . Yeah. Under Administrative Law even with deference, the agency has to provide a reasoned explanation for its change in policy. It would require a notice and comment proceeding which is open. I wouldnt the suggestion has been made that somehow it would lead to instant clarity. It would lead to another three to fouryear period of conflict and litigation. Chairman copps . I would say it wouldnt take forever to compile that record. I, and a lot of other people i know, would be happy to contribute to the rationale for that sort of action. Its not really starting. A lot of that information is out there with just a route not taken and now we need to go back and look at it. And the fccs reclassification would be considered arbitrary and cap rishs unless there was a period of comment and refreshing the record and some sort of
Himself a combat veteran, i recognize the gentleman from colorado, mr. Coffman. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Coffman as a gulf war and iraq war veteran, im grateful for your leadership on the House Committee on veterans affairs. H r. 4 61, the Gulf War Health Research Reform act of 2014, which i sponsored along with Ranking Member kirk patic right hand and full committee Ranking Member michaud restores the infence of the Research Advisory committee on gulf war illnesses to perform the role it has historically played. As intebbeded by congress. To improve the lives of gulf war veterans. This bill is necessary because some career v. A. Staff have been trying to revive the discredited 1990s fiction that nothing special happened to gulf war Veterans Health and that the problems experienced by gulf war veterans are, quote, what happens after every war, unquote. Due to psychological stress factor. Because there is no Scientific Evidence for this position, v. A. St