Is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Host brendan carr is one of three republican commissioners on the federal communications commission. He is our guest this week on the communicators. David mccabe of the New York Times is our guest reporter. Commissioner carr, this week there was an announcement by the chairman of the fcc ajit pai about the cband and 5g. Could you walk us through in layman terms what the Commission Proposed and what may happen . Guest 5g and securing u. S. Leadership in 5g has been our top priority at the sec and my top focus. Why is that . 5g is going to usher in a new era of economic opportunity, jobs, of Educational Opportunity for our kids. All these cutting Edge Innovations we heard about today from connected cars to smart cities, internet of cities will not work or not work well without 5g. The a lot of things that you do right. One of the ghost to question which a spectrum. We have to put out a
Technology officer of the United States. And i want to go over a few of the things that michael has achieved in this last month. I use as my benchmark, in the last six months i watched half a season of breaking bad and got ancy and read the rest of the plot summaries on wikipedia. Here is what michael has achieved in the last several months an a. I. Executive order in february. In may, the oacd a. I. Principles. In june the a. I. R d strategic plan. In september the nidert supplemental budget. How are you going to top that . Thank you so much. Im extraordinarily glad to be here. The efforts by this commission are incredible and theyre a complement to everything the administration has been driving since inauguration. And having such an incredible set of commissioners drive the agenda, were very lucky as a nation to have this group working for the american people. That being said, weve been extraordinarily excited about what weve been able to drive on a. I. I think our sort of Big Initia
Guest indy. I have about those issues with me. I think we last visited when i was visioning finishing the reauthorization of the fcc, which is not been done since 1990. Of course, the mobile now bill, the precision agricultural bill and some of those components that are foundational items and in our internet ecosystem getting those provisions finished was important and then bringing that knowledge and expertise to the senate where we are dealing with privacy and Data Security issues not only in commerce but also Judiciary Committee. One thing i have found interesting about being in the senate is how you take one issue and work closely or across the platform on it. Im also on the Armed Services committee and the Veterans Committee and at veterans we are working to get everybody records in the cloud. We are doing the same thing at Armed Services so we can have someone enlist for the rest of their life and their records are all cloud based and then as they need medical care or if they wan
The nation infrastructure from foreign interference. Lawmakers heard testimony from boating industry experts. Today, that the subcommittee will consider a number of legislative broke pulls that justss proposals that i challenges from management to securing our nations Telecommunications Infrastructure. The proposals before the subcommittee today are hr 4462, resourcesirway efficiency act, or the chirac, act, with the Ranking Member. Thisll be the strategy for federal energies using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, automated frequency what are nation, and environmental sensing to facilitate more efficient sharing and used by the federal government. The goal would also require the fcc to report to congress on the feasibility of using existing sharing technologies on several important spectrum fans. As we look toward the future, it is necessary for every licensee to use spectrum more efficiently, the federal government being chief among them. Modernizend ways to the
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. I am Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt, Morgan Brennan at post nine of the New York Stock Exchange watching the markets and trade today, long awaited china trade talks are back on. Kayla tausche is in d. C. Good morning, kayla. Reporter good morning, carl. The rumor mill of potential breakdown in u. S. china trade talks, saying theres a big day of negotiations china, they want to make a deal, but do i i meet with the vice premier tomorrow at the white house. The idea was floated by chinese officials and media overnight they would leave washington early in a fit of frustration over hawkish measures the u. S. Administration unveiled earlier this week. Now the president and top negotiator from china will meet in the oval Office Visits happened a handful of times this spring. During the visits they resulted in agricultural purchases or tariffs being delayed. Thats the reason the market is optimistic this time around. Earlier this morning, going