End the plague of violence that these weapons of war inflict on so many young lives. I have said this before, will not be able to stop every tragedy. We cannot wipe away hatred and evil from every heart in this world. But we can stop some tragedies. We can save some lives. We can reduce the impact of a terrorist attack, if we are smart. If we do not act, we will keep seeing more massacres like this. Because we will be choosing to allow them to happen. We will have said, we do not care enough to do something about it. Here in orlando, we are reminded not only of our obligations as a country, to be resolute against terrorism, we are reminded not only of the need for us to implement smarter policies, to prevent mass shootings. We are also reminded of what unites us as americans. And what unites us is far stronger than the hate and terror of those who target us. For so many people here, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, the pulse nightclub has always been a safe haven. A place to sing a
And heroin abuse. And the house agriculture looks at ways to reduce food waste. In addition to the graduating classes all over gods planet, i wish you to graduate into a world of peace, light, and love. But that is not the case. We dont live in a fairy tale. But i guess the 1 does. Watch commencement speeches in their entirety this memorial day. From Business Leaders like ncta president Michael Powell at pepper dine, founder of oracle at the university of southern california, and the administrator of the Small Business administration at whittier college. You can count on yourself. What makes you special . What distinguishes you from others . In business we call it your unique value proposition. Figure out yours is key. Politicians, senator Jeff Sessions at the university of alabama, senator Barbara Boxer at the university of berkly, and governor mike pence at indiana wesley university. To be strong and courageous and learn to stand for who you are and what you believe is a way that you
Well go there live in just a moment. But first its being described as an act of terror. A missile shooting down a malaysian passenger plane with nearly 300 people on board. The plane was blown from the sky near the Ukraine Russia border 30,000 feet over disputed land. This morning both sides are pointing the blame at each other. Abcs Tahman Bradley begins our coverage of the crash. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, reena. Good morning, devin. The debris field is deep in territory held by prorussian separatists complicating the work of investigators. This morning, the fbi and ntsb are headed to help investigate the Malaysian Airlines flight 17 disaster. Along the debris path, the fuselage, human bodies, clothing, passports, all clues about what brought down the boeing 777. All 298 people including 3 infants were killed. When you see wreckage and people still strapped in their seats along a path of five, ten miles like we have here, it indicates the airplane most definitely sp
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