Brought to you as a Public Service by your local Cable Provider or satellite provider. Host and from time to time on the the communicators we like to talk to the Telecom Associations based in washington to talk about their Public Policy concerns. Jot carpenter is here and he is the Vice President for the wireless ctia association. What is ctia . Guest it is the trade association that represents the Wireless Industry. Was once the Cellular Association and then it was the internet assocuation and then we decided instead of keeping the change to name we become the wireless association. Host who you you represent . Guest independent companies, network companies, and vendors like apple and samsung. Host given that wide swath of the telecommunication word world you represent, sometimes their interest isnt the same . Guest it isnt. We spend a lot of time working with members to identify issues of common interest. It is around spectrum policy, tax policy, reglartory things. Host joining us is
Thats my guiding principle. From that comes for facts. Does the commission have authority to act on particular issue . What authority is Congress Given us the statute . Is there harm to consumers and a solution that we can actually remedy whatever harm has been brought forth . And is the solution tailored to the particular problem that we are addressing and not regulate by analogy . And even with those elements, the benefits of regulation now with the cost . Thats all im approaching each issue individually. The chance to take each issue as they come before you. Host do you have a crack in the fence . A staffer to know congressional content. Guest i actually had the benefit of working on a number of provisions that there in the current statutes. Guiding statute, and therefore worked on number of those pieces of my 20 years as a staffer in congress. I had my hand in on behalf of a number of employers. Actually know a number of the pieces. Host we also want to bring to the table the Natio
Aat better way to launch with 4 billion deal in the generic drugs industry. John is here with the details. We are talking about ranbaxy. Thats right. Clearly, shares were rising in that region, but sun pharma agreed to by ranbaxy at 4. 1 billion. Here,sting, the movement the Japanese Company owning a large part of ranbaxy. It is a done deal essentially . Yes. In 2008, the Company Bought ranbaxy for for for 1 billion. With u. S. Ssues authorities. It has been a problem child. Ranbaxy, for plans that didnt pass muster with the u. S. Authorities. The fda, the food and Drug Administration in the states, ranbaxy had to recall some batches of its generic cholesterollowering drugs. That is a concern clearly. It is not good for the image. , and indian company, is agreeing to by ranbaxy. Ranbaxy shares soared last week 26 . Encouraging for earnings. It will become the fifth biggest speciality generic drug company in the world. They must deal with this u. S. Issue. That is a concern. Japans thir
Commissioner Michael Orielly, thank you for coming. With a general sense, how do you approach your job . How do you approach the different issues . Do you have a philosophy . Each issue should be handled differently. I have a general philosophy. We start with the basic premise of how i approach everything. Economic fairness is my guiding principle. Does the commission have authority to act on an issue . What authority has Congress Given us . Is there harm to consumers . Is there a solution that will isedy the harm that is done . The solution tailored to the particular problem that we are dressing. , do theh all of those benefits of regulation outweigh the cost . That is how i am approaching each issue. You take each issue as it comes forward. Trackyou have an inside or a staffer in congress . I had the benefit of working on a number of provisions. The Communications Act is our guiding statute. I have worked on a number of those legislations. I have had my hands in. I know a number of t
Only do you get great interns and apprentices but you get great hires and people who know your business. We also know that if you start earlier with pathways this is work we are doing at the Aspin Institute in 21 urban, rural and tribal communities, that you also bring in those hard skills. We use the term soft skiills. These are difficult and important skills. You bring those together with support services that you have much Better Outcomes at the end. So i think were getting to a point now where people recognize the imperative. We know more about whats needed. Were moving further and faster and now we are also applying evidence, the type that urban alliance is doing with the urban institute, other programs around the country that we can talk about. So were Getting Better evidence. We can apply it to the programs. We have continuous learning. We are doing this across sector. But one of the things i will say and am so proud we are here at the chamber doing this, it was so wonderful to