[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are back. We will pick up where we left off and start with senator cruz for his questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Ross, congratulations to you and your family on this nomination. I think you are going to do a terrific job and i look forward to this committee working closely with you. Ill tell you one of the things im most excited about, you and i had an opportunity to visit at length, and your commitment to regulatory reform, to working to reduce the burdens of washington on Small Business and job creators i think its critically important and i think it is shared by cabinet appointees throughout this administration. And that is what aspect that is going have among the most dramatic impacts on bringing back a jobs, expanding the number of highpaying jobs and raising wages across the country. So i commend you for that. I want to talk about a number of specific areas. I want to start with addressing spectrum, which as you know i
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are back. We will pick up where we left off and start with senator cruz for his questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Ross, congratulations to you and your family on this nomination. I think you are going to do a terrific job and i look forward to this committee working closely with you. Ill tell you one of the things im most excited about, you and i had an opportunity to visit at length, and your commitment to regulatory reform, to working to reduce the burdens of washington on Small Business and job creators i think its critically important and i think it is shared by cabinet appointees throughout this administration. And that is what aspect that is going have among the most dramatic impacts on bringing back a jobs, expanding the number of highpaying jobs and raising wages across the country. So i commend you for that. I want to talk about a number of specific areas. I want to start with addressing spectrum, which as you know i
Good morning. We are meeting today to consider the nomination of mr. Wilbur ross to be the next secretary of commerce. If confirmed mr. Ross would bring decades of business and entrepreneurial experience to this position best known for revitalizes distressed businesses such as those in the United States Steel Industry. At a time most inventors aban n abandoned the industry, investors abandoned the industry he organized the International Steel group in 2002 through acquisitions of the largest Steel Company in north america, later it merged to form the largest Steel Company in the world. Mr. Ross strong record of achievement led Bloomberg Business week to name him as one of the 50 most influential people in Global Finance in 2011. Its also why he is the only person elected to both the Turnaround Management hall of f. A. M. E. And private equity hall of fame. Mr. Rosss business is complemented by a service 0 the communi community. Mr. Ross served as First Lieutenant of the u. S. Army and
Meteorologist with the better win yesterday. Keep an eye on the apache piece the patchy piece of pea soup. Take it easy across dodge county as well. Western parts of racine county. This is very patchy, variable fog this morning. The Early Morning commuter. Clouds marching across iowa gradually fill in for us. But until this afternoon. We see a little bit of everything in the forecast for today. Patchy fog of sunshine, lowpressure pulls closer for tonight. A fair amount of rain will fall overnight, and once again tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. Heads up in the chilly fog and away from the lake. They could be slippery spots, fog and chilly temperatures. Patchy fog early, and then we enjoy some sunshine before the clouds roll in and the rain wasnt tonight with a high of 50 degrees. Andy sally, thank you. This morning, remembering a father and daughter. Their lives cut short this Holiday Weekend. A suspected drunk driver slammed into kevin dalleys car friday night. The 39yearold man
Of drugs for severe illnesses and as a result of this work that i was doing on drug pricing in the United States looking at these issues, i eventually began to get more aware of the International Discussions about the u. S. Could do and what was happening in the countries in 1994, i was invited to argentina and brazil by people that have picked up my name as someone working on these issues and i really became aware for the first time the extent to which the United States and the state department and through the trade office and the whole apparatus of the Foreign Policy was putting pressure on the developing countries to extend and put in place monopolies on pharmaceutical drugs so wha a lf developing companies have excluded the pharmaceutical drugs from the patent system and you could buy drugs from argentina and others and at that point also from brazil and the u. S. Was pushing all these countries to put those in place but also going way beyond that. And i remember when i was at arge