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
At things on a case by case basis. Thats what we tried to build in, that kind of flexibility. With that flexibility though, what do you do with these entrepreneurs, innovators that are coming up with things that i cant even imagine . And theres a process that theyre going to have to go through with the fcc that they dont know if theyre going to be required to go through it or not. What do you say to them . They wait and get their we dont move up the stack. Were talking about the delivery services. Were not talking about regulating two guys and a dog in a garage and they have to get permission. You think thats clear . Yes, maam. Were very clear on that. And that is an essential component of this. First of all i mean i think its questionable what our reach would be in terms of statutory authority. Were dealing with the delivery of what these creative people want to do and making sure that they have open delivery. If i could just switch gears here. In your testimony i read that you are tr
Riders from new york to boston than all other airlines put together. 50 of people that travel this distance. And between washington d. C. And new york city, amtrak carries twice as many passengers as all Airlines Come bind. Today it carries 75 of inner city travel letters between new york and washington. Amtrak has done all this with the threat of funding cuts and privatization especially of the profitable northeast corridor hanging over its head. We know that in other parts of the world privatization of high speed Passenger Rail has tried and failed to solve the problems it was intended to solve. These plans were almost always preceded by funding cuts, system i can safety and reliability problems caused a great deal of upheaval in the transportation and forced countries to renational lies a system. With that being said, we think that amtraks longterm next general plan for the northeast corridor provides a temp plate for a Public Private partnership that is worth discussing. If the par
On a high note. Next week we are going to be joining you from the conference in a late. Got to live it up in new york city while we can. Time for the newsfeed. Federal prosecutors what bank of america to pay a record amount to resolve investigations into faulty mortgage loans. Than 13is more billion. That is in addition to the 9. 5 billion dollars that they agreed to pay last month for a similar case. [indiscernible] with three small cable tv operators. Adding a service on par with traditional networks. Heres a be able to search for shows on netflix3. For president it is business, not personal. The president made clear that the u. S. And europe are on the verge of imposing more sanctions on russia over ukraine. The president also played down reports of animosity between him and latin american. Listen to how he answered and usual question. Putin ifd say to mr. You were drowning, i would like to think that it in a buddies out there drowning i am going to be a pretty good swimmer. I grew
The honorable james r klapper who will address the issues and challenges that emerged in the Korean Peninsula and National Security. Mr. Klapper is the fourth and the longest tenured u. S. Director of National Intelligence from august 2010 to january, 2017. In this, led the u. S. Intelligence committee and served as the principal intelligence advisor to president barack obama and retired in 1995 after a career in the u. S. Armed forces. It began in 1961 when jim enlisted in the u. S. Marine corps reserves. It culminated as Lieutenant General and the u. S. Air force as the 11th director of the Defense Intelligence agency. Following his retirement, jim worked in industry with superlative distinctions. He returned two days after 9 11 as the third director of the National Agency and served in this capacity for almost five years, transforming it into the National Special intelligence agency, as it is today. His numerous awards include three National Intelligence distinguished service medals