Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not the yeas are 53. The nays are 43. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Lee mr. President , earlier today the f. C. C. Voted to reverse a major impediment to a free and open internet. The title 2 internet regulations that were imposed under president obama in 2015. These regulations are commonly referred to as Net Neutrality. So for the sake of convenience, thats what i will call them. I want to congratulate f. C. C. Chairman
The achairman ajit pai greeting witnesses as the meeting is set to get under way shortly. Well have live allday coverage here on cspan3. Welcome. December 2017 meeting of the federal Communications Commission. Madam secretary, turn the floor over to you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you, and good morning commissioners. The purpose of the federal Communications Commission open meeting is for the commission to consider the matters that have been duly posted in accordance with the government and the sunshine act. As provided in the commissions rules, members of the public are invited to observe, which includes attending, listening, and taking notes, but does not include participating in the meeting, or addressing the commission. Actions that purposely interfere or attempt to interfere with the commencement or conduct of the meeting, or inhibit the audiences ability to observe or listen to the meeting, including attempts by audience members to address the commission while the m
Thethe l. A. Times, deregulation of at t, comcast, and other raw been providers is a dramatic advocation of authority that could usher in an thatnew era for Companies Offer services and content online and the people who rely on them. Theobvious problem is that broadband providers could pick winners and losers online. There is also a realistic fear that broadband providers would favor their own sites and services because some are doing it already. For example, at t effectively exempts video streams from its directv subsidiary from its wireless data caps. Congress these to clean up the pai that the fcc chair ajit is making. Right,s absolutely giving preferential treatment to some providers over others like you described, and the fcc ignored that history that led their predecessors to create enforce thesed principles, these protections, over the last almost 15 years. I dispute the notion that there is a long history of any type of discriminatory action. They were literally three or four e
In favor of a light touch framework that worked for decades prior to 2016. The declaratory ruling also reinstates the private mobile state ossification of mobile broad and Internet Access service and returns to the commissions definition of interconnected service that existed prior to 2015. The item restores the authority of the federal trade commission to enforce Consumer Protection and antitrust laws. It also clarifies the effects of the return to a recent protest reclassification of a Regulatory Framework, including the need to apply a federal rigorous touring approach to Information Services like broadband Internet Access service. Next, the report and order adopts a transparency rule that would require Internet Service providers to disclose information about their practices to consumers, punch partners, and other Small Businesses and the commission. Item returns to the transparency rule the Commission Adopted with certain improvements to promote transparency. It would also eliminat
Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the single most important social equalizer of our time the internet is under grave threat the decision by the federal Communications Commission essentially gives Internet Service providers the keys to the internet without Net Neutrality will be Economic Opportunity divide only widen for all. Stocking Net Neutrality im joined by my guest who rivera in new york he is the editorial director for reactionary times and a news max columnist and in tampa we have Scott Rickard he is a former american intelligence linguist right gentlemen crosslike rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate scott let me go to you first in tampa first i want to kind of express my bewilderment but maybe it should and shouldnt be will be looking at Mainstream Media covering this story on Net Neutrality a lot of stories out there but the meaning of it seems rather moot. To me and its i think its beca