And this week on the communicatorsa look at some of the telecommunications and the tech issues that the congress and the fcc may face in 2014. Joining us are three working reporters on telecommunications, Matthew Schwartz is with communications daily, Kate Tummarello is with the hill, and Paul Barbagallo is the managing editor of bloomberg bna, mr. Barbagallo, lets start with you. What do you think on the fcc and the congressional agenda this year . Guest well, i think to start off spectrum. The fcc in 2014 and beyond will be intently focused on spectrum. Congress as well. We will have this month the first spectrum auction at the fcc in nearly half a decade, and well have another spectrum auction later this year, and the biggest spectrum auction, which everybody has been eagerly anticipating, the incentive auction of spectrum in 2015 as new fcc chairman tom wheeler has stated. So that is, as i see it, one of the bigger issues in congress and fcc on the tech front. The wireless carriers
You know. We had a Great Program that helped us on the pharmaceuticals, which is a huge issue. How are you going to do that . Its about costs and delivery systems. And its really about intelligent use by the medicare participants of the system. By the way, its also about i hate to say this, because this is always everybodys argument how you fix government spending. They say get rid of the waste, afraid and abuse. There is a good deal of fraud in the medicare system. Not by our everyday retirees. There are a whole series of things to work on. The real thing that will be looked at is medicaid. Thats growing faster than others. I will tell everybody and take the last question. Over against that wall on this side there are a whole lot of really smart people that know about trade, know about energy, know about medicare, medicaid, health care, they know about legal reform, they know it all. And i told them to come down here, they would learn something from you. After we finish, if you want t
And one big unknown risk. A big foreclosure auction is under way down in atlanta. Buyers putting money down for homes that most wont see before they buy. Well take you along for the ride, as those buyers see what they actually bought. First lets check in with sue on this rally day at the nyse. They know what theyre buying down here today and its stocks. Lets get the trading action right now. The Dow Jones Industrial average up about 116 points on the trading session and bob joins me on the floor of the new york stock exchange. A reprieve finally for the bulls. This is the first day it seems like the adults are kind of back. The volumes a little stronger, the trading actions a little more interesting. Put up the dow, its not like the range is necessarily bigger. We have been a very narrow trading range since the beginning of the year, about 140 points on the dow from top to bottom, but theres more activity around. I thought the volatility would go up, i have been wrong on that so far. E
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 61, the nays are 30. Threefifths of the senate duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. No expressions of approval are permitted in the gallery. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Ms. Landrieu thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank the my colleagues that led this effort on this nondiscrimination bill which was historic and pleased that we had a partisan vote to make america more accepting and just place, and its a work in progress and really pleased that we could find the support on this floor to do that. Now the bill goes to the house, and i urge my colleagues and my congressional delegation and others to look at this bill with an open mind and an open heart and end discrimination in the workplace, and i hope that they will. Mr. President , id like to speak about a bill i plan to introduce in
Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. And as we continue our series on the communicators talking with some of the Telecommunications Associations headquartered here in washington, week were joined by Shirley Bloomfield who is the head of the ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes here to talk about some of the legislative and policy issues that her association faces. Ms. Medical bloomfield, what ise ntca, first of all . Guest a National Trade association, and we represent 90 small local providers that are in pretty much every state in this country who provide what used to be, you know, just basic telephone service. Theyre now broadband providers. Theyve also become kind of the onestop shop Tech Service Providers for tear communities. They do video, wireless, data centers, they do whatever Technology Needs their communities actually require. So they actually represent their interests here in washington d.