Communications in technology will now come to order and the chair recogs ins herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement and i do want to welcome each and everyone of you obviously a hearing of interest as we have a full room in front of us. And it is our first hearing in 2017 with a fully formed federal Communications Commission as often seems to be the case, the senate takes their dear ever loving time to get things done but im pleased to see that the commission is back up to speed and ill tell you i am pleased that we have five members of this commission and they have different points of view to bring to the discussion on all things telecomrelated and i think thats healthy for the telecommunications and technology industry. And were here today to conduct oversight of the agency which is this subcommittees primary role. It is very important that we fulfill these obligations. Because we have given the fcc a Critical Mission and task to fulfill. From the commissionss Disaster Res
2017 with a fully formed federal Communications Commission as often seems to be the case, the senate takes their dear ever loving time to get things done but im pleased to see that the commission is back up to speed and ill tell you i am pleased that we have five members of this commission and they have different points of view to bring to the discussion on all things telecomrelated and i think thats healthy for the telecommunications and technology industry. And were here today to conduct oversight of the agency which is this subcommittees primary role. It is very important that we fulfill these obligations. Because we have given the fcc a Critical Mission and task to fulfill. From the commissionss Disaster Response efforts to supporting rural broad band to its efforts to streamline and modernize the regulatory environment, impacting some of the greatest recreators and innovators. Youre all doing important work and we appreciate what you do. One of the many jobs is to regulate broadca
Communications in technology will now come to order and the chair recogs ins herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement and i do want to welcome each and everyone of you obviously a hearing of interest as we have a full room in front of us. And it is our first hearing in 2017 with a fully formed federal Communications Commission as often seems to be the case, the senate takes their dear ever loving time to get things done but im pleased to see that the commission is back up to speed and ill tell you i am pleased that we have five members of this commission and they have different points of view to bring to the discussion on all things telecomrelated and i think thats healthy for the telecommunications and technology industry. And were here today to conduct oversight of the agency which is this subcommittees primary role. It is very important that we fulfill these obligations. Because we have given the fcc a Critical Mission and task to fulfill. From the commissionss Disaster Res
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In the clouds. He would get a mix of sun and clouds today temperatures, 50s on most of those temperatures. 60 san jose, 54 gilroy, very thick fog. Morgan hill costin martine, be careful. 58 scotts valley, and a mix of sun and clouds. And this is about all we are going to get for the next couple of days. We are looking for warmer weather. All right. Your screens are telling us what . It is crowded. If so traffic. Good morning starting over the bay bridge toll plaza is about a 25 to 30 minute delay thats counting from the beginning of the backup after macarthur maze. It takes more time to do the entire trip into San Francisco and depending on where youre coming from you could be stuck in so traffic. Lets take a look at interstate 880. And, it makes getting into downtown oakland harder. 8 am is about when we start to see that. Copy of two 8101, slow a couple of earlier accident but a little bit of room here cupertino but background is heading that way. 7 02 am its go back to the desk. The