Senator gordon smith, president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters, welcome back to the communicators. We appreciate being here. Guest thank you its a pleasure. Host the current fcc, five commissioners have been a place for a couple of years now, youve, youve got to work with them, how would you describe your relationship and how would you describe the current fcc. Guest i think it is fair to say this is proving to be one of the more partisan fccs i have ever observed. I say that having observed many of them on the congress committee. I think it is stylistic and i think chairman wheeler has an agenda in mind and he wants to push it and he needs to votes. It makes it challenging for us but because on one hand our issue, telecommunication issue should not be republican and democrat. It seems to be more divided that way than i have ever seen. That is their business and my business is to work with both sides constructively and as effectively as possible. Is the fcc structu
Every election will remind us how important it is for and citizens to be informed. Theres so much more that cspan does to make sure that people know what is going on. And british Prime Minister mr. Cameron said leaving europe would threaten our economic and national security. He spoke at the house of commons after some members of his own conservative party said they would vote to leave the eat you. From london, this is to our. Order. Statements, the Prime Minister. I like to make a statement on the agreement to reach in brussels last week. First let me say word about the migration crisis which was also discussed at the European Council. We agreed we needed to press ahead with strengthening the eat use external borders to ensure non refugees are returned promptly and disrupt the criminal gains between greece and turkey for putting so many peoples lives at risk. Britain will contribute to and step up their contribution all these areas. Joining prints place in europe, i have spent the las
Law professor had an off in the New York Times, she writes the Supreme Court has become an agent of partisan warfare to the extent it could do real damage to the institution. Is the Supreme Court to political . Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can make a comment on social. Edia, cspanwj here is the oped from yesterdays New York Times, resetting the post scalia Supreme Court. Been his death, there has plenty of talk about the substantial impact his absence will have on the Supreme Court stockett. Fate has handed the justices a chance to hit reset. Uncharitable and tasteless, so be it. I have become conserved the majority is permitting the court become an agent of partisan warfare to an extent that threatens real warfare to the institution. His role on and off the bench contributed to that development. I am not claiming he was completely responsible, given the polarizing politics of the day. More people disapprove of the court, 50 approve o
Somehow not covered by the insurance. We want those folks to be covered. The Insurance Program was to cover the cost in the early years. We know there may have been pent up demand. Day, it isnd of the just to capitalize the business. Dr. Cohen i think it is to keep premiums stable for consumers. You thought earlier in the year that you would be able to move payments and you found out in october that you could not. What is the reason for that . Dr. Cohen it is the math formula. It is the way the data came in from the issuers. That is the way the math worked out. 12 ,re able to pay at which is the dollars coming in, dollars going out. That is the way we are moving forward for this program. We said that we would take from last years collections and pay back. Thank you. I yield back. I now recognize mr. Yarmouth. Thank you very much. Outelp the doctor off a little bit on the background of the coops. One of the things we faced when drafting legislation was that, in certain states, the avail
Economies bloom. That is not in lieu of a percent of of a political settlement, but it helps that people in the west bank and people in gaza see that they are not living at the edge of a precipice, that they ave the wherewithal to have real life and businesses. That is easier to do in the west bank. The west bank has been reasonably quiet. Lets work to ensure that that continues. Say, do weround and and to be like aleppo syria, do we want to be like yemen, like libya . Or do we want to have a real life and potential for Real Solutions down the line . Can solve thef we political problem right now. I think president obama has his own thoughts as well. There are three components here. There is the political component, the political solution, there is security, and there is prosperity. Least, we should work on prosperity and security and if we can, include a political solution. For that, we will have to sit down and talk. Unilateralism, i suppose that is it would have but to meet Israeli S