Price, higher taxes. An example of that recently is the Affordable Care act, which was supposed to help level the Playing Field for small businesses. And weve seen there that higher prices, less innovation, higher taxes. My question to you and a question i get asked in iowa often, mr. Wheel gentlemen, what steps is the fcc going to take to ensure that the internet remains vibrant innovative, and open when history once again has shown us when the heavy hand of the federal government gets involved in a free and vibrant market bad things happen. Thank you. First of all, id like to identify with you as one entrepreneur to another. I too have been a small businessman. Ive started half a dozen companies. Some worked. Some didnt. That happens. You understand that experience as well im sure. And for the decade before i took this job i was a venture capitalist who was invest inging in early stage internet protocolbased companies. And so i know both personally from my own entrepreneurial experie
Screeria nigeria. And later the House Budget Committee works on its 2016 federal Budget Proposal. President obama signed an executive order that sets a goal to cut the Carbon Emissions by 40 over the next ten years. White house Senior Adviser brian dee briefed reporters on the executive action today. Later press secretary josh ernest addressed events in the middle east including recent comments from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a palestinian state. This portion of the briefing runs about 25 minutes. Thanks. Ill just be brief about the announcement that the president made today and then happy to take questions, if youve got them. We just returned from the department of energy. The president signed an executive order, which sets a new goal for the federal government to reduce our Greenhouse Gas emissions by 40 over the next decade. Thats in comparison to 2008 levels. The executive order also commits the government to increasing the share of electricity that the federal go