Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, alison stewart. Stewart good evening, and thanks for joining us. On his first trip abroad as president of the United States, donald trump received a royal welcome in saudi arabia today. The president and First Lady Melania Trump were greeted by saudi king salman, after they arrived on air force one in the saudi capital of riyadh. Topping the official agenda, saudi agreements to purchase 110 billion of americanmade military equipment and weapons, and to spend a total of 350 billion on arms and other goods over ten years. Mr. Trump described the deal as Tremendous Investments in the United Stat
Youve got to ask yourself the question are you distributing resources as they ought to be distributed . When youve got one manager for every four people you say to yourself is this the right kind of i fully agree and understand and how do you fix that . What we would like to have is a backup for this because i understand i think we have a request pending for that and we are told, i dont know whether we were told we cant get it or whatever but we would like is my understanding is correct you asked for the consoles report, the final consultant report, and you will have it but i have it. Ive seen a draft of the structures but also set up a more detailed information. Thank you. I have exceeded my time. I recognize the gentleman from california. I will ask you for the same period thank you, mr. Chairman. Welcome again to the entire commission. Its obvious, you know, we have different takes on the issues but i sincerely thank you for your public service. The and to commissioner oreilly, this
And its latest order has glaring legal flaws that is sure to keep the fcc mired in litigation for a long time. Turning to the designated entity program. The fcc must take immediate action to end its abuse. What once was a wellintentioned Program Designed to help Small Businesses has become a playpen for corporate giants. The recent aws3 auction is a shocking case in point. Dish, which has annual revenues of 14 billion and a market cap of over 34 billion holds an 85 he can witd stake in two companies that are claiming 3. 3 billion in taxpayer subsidies. That makes a mockery of the Small Business program. The 3. 3 billion at stake is real money. It could be used to underwrite over 585,000 pell grants, fund School Lunches for over 6 million children or incentivizing the service of 100,000. It denied them spectrum licenses they would have used to give Rural Consumers a competitive wireless alternative. In my view, the fcc should quickly adopt a further notice of proposed rulemaking so we c
Opening statements and comments were near and dear to some of the comments that i want to make today. But before i do that, i would like to make an observation. The observation that i have is that it was my opinion that the purpose for the Affordable Care act was to guarantee all americans have the same bad health care. And i believe that this title ii decision made by this commission is to guarantee all americans the same bad internet service. I also believe two things. And i dont believe im wrong. One is, the purpose of this open Internet Order is one, to regulate and restrict content. And number two its to open the door to taxation. What i would like is commissioner oreilly and party to tell me why im wrong. Senator, ill tackle part of the question, with respect to taxation youre right, it opens the door to billions of dollars and fees on broadband. As a result of reclassification were going to expect to get a recommendation from the joint board on april 7th and it might be kicked o
Opening statements and comments were near and dear to some of the comments that i want to make today. But before i do that, i would like to make an observation. The observation that i have is that it was my opinion that the purpose for the Affordable Care act was to guarantee all americans have the same bad health care. And i believe that this title ii decision made by this commission is to guarantee all americans the same bad internet service. I also believe two things. And i dont believe im wrong. One is, the purpose of this open Internet Order is one, to regulate and restrict content. And number two its to open the door to taxation. What i would like is commissioner oreilly and party to tell me why im wrong. Senator, ill tackle part of the question, with respect to taxation youre right, it opens the door to billions of dollars and fees on broadband. As a result of reclassification were going to expect to get a recommendation from the joint board on april 7th and it might be kicked o