Health and Human Services released its first land for Tobacco Control. This plan provides a framework to rejuvenate efforts to end the epidemic. Now todays Surgeon Generals report underscores the essential commitment initially outlined in that plan, and include high impact pass media campaigns and increased efforts to prevent kids from being embargoed by images of smoking in the movies, fully funded, comprehensives statewide Tobacco Control programs at cdc recommended levels, higher prices on cigarettes and other Tobacco Products that will drive down consumption, complete protection of the entire population, not just half the population, to a indoor policies. Effective implementation of fda tobacco product regulation authorities, full access to sufficient counseling and fda approved medications were smokers, and this list is just a start. Most important of all, we need committed leadership through every sector of society, leadership that will reject the andus quote as acceptable move o
There is stronger commitment now to fight advices in society corruption, drug trafficking, drug abuse, whichever. It is more respect for human rights. There are fewer conflicts today. That doesnt mean except, of course, there are a few hotspots. When you look today, what is happening in the conflict areas in africa, they dont compare it. So i say unfortunately this is the good story which is not being told so i was appealing to those journalists, please, tell the other story. But i was given the same example. Now there is ebola. So the whole of african continent is being perceived as if everywhere everybody is suffering from ebola. I dont think thats true. Thats not true. I dont think. Live now to the National Press club in washington, d. C. Where the Progressive Policy Institute is hosting a discussion on Wireless Technology. Some of the challenges facing the fcc. Introductions right now by will marshall of ppi. This is a highly technical, somewhat arcane area of public policy. Its sh
Classified the Internet Access service and Information Services are limited to the really broadband Internet Access service. And there are things that broadband providers do that are not broadband Internet Access service that could be clarified to be the common Carrier Service that could get you some amount on the road in helping to create a more even Playing Field with regard to content that is transmitted by the providers so that is a possibility. And they could move relatively quickly on that. If it works under 706 and it constitutes Something Like the internet policy statement, it likely would have to be adopted as a rule with some clarification that allows them to affirmatively engage and differentiated services. So that they are not common Care Services or have a rule consistent with 706 high level rule, no walking and how that at adjudicated on the case by case basis. And chairman, we noticed on the case by case basis it would be appropriate, and that would not necessarily invol
Best call and to say this ase Information Service or this is a Telecommunications Service and then say okay under the congress rules here is what applies to it. And there is something to me that says well, we didnt get to you the thing that we want by giving our best shot and applying the statute in the first time. So in order to get into the Regulatory Authority that we want to be in, we are going to change our mind. It seems to be the exact kind of outcome oriented Decision Making that the components of the Net Neutrality would get aggravated about and very angry about as if it were pursued in the pursuit of some of their ends. So im very reluctant to promote or to account the regime in which the fcc to fit into the scheme. Lets see the fcc were to do this and i have to agree with mark that we like it to need it least one last comment. The issues in the order lets say the best case is the last third or fourth quarter. I dont think that this would be a good case. That would lead to a
Robert 20012011 and mcdowell served 2006 until just this year, 2013. And both have appeared on cspans Communicators Program on a regular basis. This weekend, current fcc. Ommissioner senior republican heres what he had to say about the decision on the open internet rules. [video clip] to be sure, there are some who argue there should be invested back to the future solution to internet regulation. That and looking at this innovative dynamic, broadband industry, we should apply the outdated, in my opinion, 19thcentury Railroad Style regulation. But i think the key for us if we really want to incentivize broadband deployment and greater investment in broadband infrastructure is to have an approach that leaves behind a heavyhanded economic regulations of the pass and recognizes the marketplace for what it is today, which is one of intramodal competition, telephone companies, cable, satellite, wireless and other Companies Competing to provide the same service. If we do that, i am confident