Programs. This is an hour and 15 minutes. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President , mr. Speaker, honorable members of the supreme court, members of the state legislature and my cabinet, former governors, family and friends, this is the seventh time that i have had the honor to step before this legislature and the people of new jersey to perform one of my duties as governor. Article five, section one, paragraph 12 of our constitution creates the requirement for the governor to report on the state of the state. As the one person independently elected by all new jerseyians in the State Government, the governor is the only person truly able to give this report. For me, service to the people of this state has been my central responsibility every day of my life for the last 15 years. First as United States attorney. And now as governor. As i enter my eighth year as governor,
Programs. This is an hour and 15 minutes. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President , mr. Speaker, honorable members of the supreme court, members of the state legislature and my cabinet, former governors, family and friends, this is the seventh time that i have had the honor to step before this legislature and the people of new jersey to perform one of my duties as governor. Article five, section one, paragraph 12 of our constitution creates the requirement for the governor to report on the state of the state. As the one person independently elected by all new jerseyians in the State Government, the governor is the only person truly able to give this report. For me, service to the people of this state has been my central responsibility every day of my life for the last 15 years. First as United States attorney. And now as governor. As i enter my eighth year as governor,
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President , mr. Speaker, honorable members of the Supreme Court, members of the state legislature and my cabinet, former governors, family and friends, this is the seventh time that i have had the honor step before this legislature and the people of new jersey to perform one of my duties as governor. Article 5, section 1, paragraph 12 of our constitution. Creates the requirement for the governor to report on the state of the state. As the one person independently elected by all new jersey State Government, the governor is the only person truly able to give this report. For me, service to the people of this state has been my central responsibility every day of my life for the last 15 years. First as United States attorney. And now as governor. As i enter my eighth year as governor, it is my honor and privilege to report on the state of the state that i call home for
Once again, live coverage from capitol hill this morning. Theyre meeting to discuss the cable tv industry. And focusing on practices involving billing, fees, refunds, and the number of other Customer Service issues. We expect this to get under way in just a moment. This is live on cspan3. I should let you know that right now, House Democrats continuing their more than 20 hour sitin the House Chamber demanding that republicans bring up gun control legislation. The house officially in recess through the fourth of july but the protests continue in the House Chamber. House cameras have been turned off. But we still have been able to bring you coverage of what happening in the chamber. You can watch that live on our companion network cspan. Were leer today to discuss a topic that affects just about every american family. And often us from straits all of us as us from straitsfrustra American Families and that is cable or satellite tv service. We have taken an investigation of the cable and T
Mr. Portman we are here today to discuss a topic that affects just about every american family. And often frustrates us as American Families and that is cable or satellite tv service. For over a year now, we have undertaken an investigation of the cable and television, Satellite Television industry. As many of you know, weve been issued in this interested in this issue. We have a keen interest in making of the Satellite Companies do the right thing by their subscribers. The subcommittee reviewed literally thousands of documents and interviews countless witnesses to learn more about the Consumer Practices of the 5 largest paid tv providers. This includes comcast, charter, Time Warner Cable, dish network and directv. Together these companies serve more than half of all american households and nearly three quarters of those who pay for television programming. Todays hearing will focus on the companies billing and Consumer Service practices. Our joint report outlines troubling findings fro