My look at industry today, i een companies i will not name them but Major Service providers that can comply with court orders. They encrypt and decrypt when it passes their networks. I have not heard anybody say those companies are fundamentally insecure and fatally flawed from a security perspective. I dont think we have really tried. Second partt to the question, i also dont think there is an it to a solution. I think there are many solutions, whether you are in an honest business or a tiny company. I dont think we have given it a shot that it deserves, which is why i welcome the dialogue. We are having healthy discussions. With respect to the second part of your question. I think you have correctly characterized that there is no onesizefitsall to describe the spectrum of activity we see. That is one reason why you see response to different events are not all the same. We look at each event in its own context. Sony, in the first category, we categorize that is an offense of act to cr
The majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from indiana, mrs. Brooks, for five minutes. Mrs. Brooks i ask unanimous consent to address the chamber for up to five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Brooks thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to discuss the sobering but extremely consequential topic of christian persecution. Last week i had the honor of visiting with more than 100 parishioners at st. Al fon as Catholic Church in zionsville indiana. Including many Interested High School students who shared with me their passionate concerns about the senseless persecution of their christian brethren. Through the churchs social action committee, they wanted to know
300 megahertz. The president s five megahertz that he called for a couple years ago, and we certainly applaud him for that effort. And we want to continue to push and get the spectrum as quickly as possible. Because Companies Like the two gentlemen represent on either side of me are using the spectrum for new and varied uses, and the people who stand to gain the most are our consumers that are now over 310 million in this country. And so we want to see that continue. Okay, thank you, steve. Craig. A lot of good comments made and agree with all this but i think from a single highest priority im going to agree with steve on this. Its spectrum. To elaborate, spectrum, spectrum, spectrum. By the way, let me tell you why. I agree strongly with the untreated, for example, he regulatory a lot of these areas where the innovation and investment in the industry and the Technological Progress are going to bring tremendous consumer benefits and really what we are looking for its policymakers to st
Offer. All of us have a place in the american story. As long as i am president i will keep working to make sure every single one of us has a chance to succeed. We say you can. Thank you, everybody, and god bless. [applause] president obama leaves sunday night for a fiveday trip to europe and the middle east. Andonday, the netherlands the hague. He will be there for a discussion on keeping Nuclear Material out of the hands of terrorists sent he will attend a Nuclear Security summit on tuesday. The president will travel to brussels tuesday evening and wednesday will take part in the ee youu. S. Summit at the council of the european union. With thelso meet United Nations secretarygeneral anders fogh rasmussen. On thursday the president will meet with the francis at the vatican before wrapping up his trip in saudi arabia. Executives from verizon, comcast, and at t talked about the future of telecommunications and the upcoming spectrum auction. This is part of the free States Foundation the
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