However, there is more work to be done to bring Communications Policy into the future and that includes following the worlds spectrum and managing the impact on local broadcasters and building on wireless success with the next generation of mobile service known as 5g. Thats going to require new and help bring the benefits of modern communications to everyone everywhere across the country. If confirmed, i look forward to working with individuals on the table and all others at the commission and if reconfirmed i will be guided by the fundamental values and the law that i discussed can you here today and if reconfirmed, i will continue to respect the priorities of this committee. In closing, thank you chairman thune, Ranking Member nelson and i look forward to answers any questions you might have. Thank you, ms. Rosenworcel. Im humbled by president trumps decision to nominate to receiver as commissioner at the fcc and im honored to have this committee to consider the nomination. I want to
DemocratJessica Rosenworcel and brendan carr. This is two and half hours. This hearinge will get underway. Because we have time constraints i will forgo my Opening Statement and ask for unanimous consent to be put into the record and we will proceed directly to introductions that we are going to hear and hopefully to the panel. Senator nelson wants to make an opener and we will do that after we recognize senator roberts, the senior senator from kansas who is here and will open things up this morning. Senator roberts . Sen. Roberts thank you. Thank you Ranking Member nelson. And fellow senators, senator moran. And members of the committee. It is a great privilege for me to introduce a friend, ajit pai , for his reappointment to the federal commission. It is not often i find myself on the side, but i have to imagine that on occasions such as this i must be calmer than you are. [laughter] an. Roberts that is sort of inside story. My staff wrote that. I have no idea what it means. [laughte
District in the state of utah, approximately 90 public land. I am the legislator in the Grand Staircase monument which encompasses a huge area so i have a pretty good knowledge of this. I one time worked as a Land Management special met specialist with the bureau of Land Management and was working on projects when the Grand Staircase was created. I am very interested in the calls this morning and i hope we can get our point across of why we think downsizing bears heirs and the Grand Staircase is good for the people of utah and us as people,ow who live in the sovereign state of utah, that we can have the money we need to educate our children, take care of our health care system, and provide the income. I have heard a lot of comments this morning about how these lands are free and there is no taxes on them. That is because of the fact that the people in the state of utah get almost no money in terms of tax based on these lands, which has put us in a position, unfortunate position to be o
President elect nominatedeln ryan zinke to head the interior department. Tm the 55yearold is a retired rer navy s. E. A. L. He was awarded awd two bronze stars for combatze sf missions in iraq. Or he cmiss repeat excuse me reportedly beat out gop congresswoman kathy mcmorriscmos rogers for the job. Ob once confirmed hell oversee o more than 20 percent ofrcen federal land that includes National Parks likeal p like yellowstone and yosemite. Joining us we have hav democratic strategist omara and republican strategistrate david brown much thanks forown joining us tonight. Tonig thanks for having us. Nks david lets start with you. s ryan zinke good choice . Cic you know, all of thesese choices seem to be istablishment. They seem to be going back to t what weve seen in past administrations where in my opinion we are letting a lote of foxes in the hen house. Are te i mean, if you. Really supported donald trump you wanted to see shakeup, right,igt and his very first appointmentme for his chief
, as many of those as possible. On december 2 in 2008, nearly eight years ago, we opened our doors to the public, and we have welcomed over 17 million visitors to the capital. One of the themes that we share with those visitors is the role of the architect of the capitol. Capitol isct of the the steward of the Historic Buildings and grounds on capitol hill. Congress left philadelphia and moved into approximately 25,000 square feet. That is the original north wing of the capital. Today, and with the help of a team of 2300 employees, the responsibilities of the architect of the capitol include a stewardship of nearly 17. 4 million square feet of building space, the care and maintenance of hundreds of acres, thousands of trees and plantings, and the preservation of countless artistic and historical treasures. Leading this team is the 11th architect of the capitol, the , whoable stephen t. Ayers i will now invite to speak to you about the National Historic preservation act of 1966. Please