Websites you are visiting. Peter do they have shared concerns in washington . Mr. Beckerman absolutely. The internet economy is incredibly important. That is what ties all of our members together. Everything from Net Neutrality to trade policy to so many other issues, there is very much alignment. Peter how did you get active in this area . Mr. Beckerman i worked on the hill for 12 years, a lot of work on telecommunications, internet tech policy. I was fortunate in 2012 when the companies wanted to start this is the asian. There are a lot of wanted to start this association. There are a lot of Tech Companies. Us, we are just Internet Companies. 2012 and wet in in started the association with 10 or 14 members, today 40 companies. Peter you used to work for energy and commerce chairman fred upton, a republican. Does he agree with you and the Internet Association on the future of Net Neutrality . Mr. Beckerman i dont work for the chairman anymore, i cannot speak for him. I do think there
Thats what ties all our members together. Everything from Net Neutrality which we will talk about to trade policy to so many other issues, thats what we work on. Host how did you get active in this area . Guest i worked on the hill for 12 years and did a lot of work on telecommunications, internet tech policy and was fortunate when the companies can together want to start this association. Theres a lot of tech associations out there, tech group and tech is very broad, includes hardware, software and other technology. We are just Internet Companies and so i was brought in 201 201d we started the association with ten of 14 members and today we represent 40 companies. Host used to work for fred upton, republican. Does he agree with you and Internet Association on the future of Net Neutrality . Guest i dont work for the children anymore. I cannot speak for him. This is an issue where do you think of bipartisan agreement from republicans on energy and commerce and from senators, Senate Comm
Twitter, netflix. Pretty much all the major apz or websites you are visiting are our members. Host do they have shared concerns in washington . Guest absolutely. The internet economy is incredibly important and that is what ties our members together. Everything from Net Neutrality which we will talk about to trade policy to soy many other issues. There is very much alignment and that is what we work on. Host how did you get active in this area . Guest worked on the hill for 12 years and i was fortunate in 2012 when the companies came together and wanted to start this association there a lot of tech associations and tech is hard including hardware, software and other technologies. We are just Internet Companies so we started the association with 1014 members and represent 40 companies today. Host and you used to work for energy and commerce chairman ed upton. Does he agree with you and the Internet Association on Net Neutrality . Guest i dont work for the chairman anymore so i cannot sp
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Republican lawmakers who got an earful from constituents at town Hall Meetings are starting to distance themselves from the president. I think that we have a president that has a number of flaws. When i think trump is right, ill support him. When i dont, i wont. Plus, is the president keeps them guessing Foreign Policy working . We have dan balz of the washington post. Jeff zeleny of cnn, and Kelly Odonnell of nbc news. Celebrating 50 years. This is Washington Week. Funding is provided by their leadership is instinctive. They understand the challenges of today and research the technologies of tomorrow. Some call them veterans. We call them part of our team. Additional funding is provided by newmans own foundation, donating all profits from newmans own Food Products to charity and nourishing the common good. Ku and Patricia Ewing, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. The corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers l