Commissioner chair tom wheeler tells open internet advocates that the fcc vote on internet rules was the proudest moment in his public life. The event focused on the recent vote and work with the fccs spectrum office. It runs 20 minutes. Good evening, everybody. So great to see all of you. I think we have more here tonight than last year. The gentlemen i am about to talk to and introduce also needs no introduction he is the man of the hour as someone at my table said. I think he is a man of courage and we all applaud this service and creativeity and the inspiration he has brought to the federal communication system. We are excited to hear what you have to say and grateful for your time tonight. Please join me in welcoming chairman tom wheeler. [applause] hello. How are you doing . Nice party you are having. Just having a couple friends over. It is great to be here. Thank you for joining us. We are so grateful. You have been busy. Every day at the fcc is like sunday on the farm. You kno
I am a lover of biography so i found two one is called rebel yell about stonewall jackson. It is a good one and it invites you into the person either has become larger than life a lot of times and how he became this amazing symbols. The other is the crucible with grant and lee that just came out. We are excited about reading those. We are looking forward to a good summer breeding. What about the civil war . Are you a civil war buff . The civil war ive enjoyed from the history for our country but also the figures and it goes to show a lot of the interaction were these men and many times women but these men interacted and went on to be separated for various reasons and they all come back. Its an interesting time to look at it. Booktv want to know what you are reading this summer. Tweet us ranch with tv or posted on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com booktv. I served in Northern Ireland and i chaired three separate sets of discussions over period of five years. When i returned to the stat
I believe i can to the extent its not privileged. I would imagine it shouldnt be privileged but id be surprised if a document like that would be privileged. Im sure we can work out a situation where you can provide that to us. Okay. But it may well be in terms we dont need filled out one, just blank one to see what kind of questions you are asking. I would ask, have a moment hcr working with ice reviewing the form. I dont know where that process is but i know the form has been subject people have had a look at it. I think its googleable even if the government doesnt release it. It is a public form. I cant remember the number. I appreciate that. Recently received here at the commission a number of complaints, copies of complaints that were submitted involving religious freedom submitted by arab American American Arab Antidiscrimination Committee involving religious freedom at the stewart facility. Are any of you aware of these complaints . Its very possible my organization has gotten th
The modifying video competition report, some of those things. I have got a piece of legislation weve passed out of the full house twice now, very bipartisan, i think it was unanimous earlier in this Congress Called the fcc consolidated reporting act which really tries to take a broad view and to eliminate a lot of the outdated reports, to streamline the reporting process. Something that i think you have seen bipartisan support to do in the house. Were trying to get the senate to take that up. Im not sure if you have a comment on what you think should happen there, if thats something youre supportive of generally, especially as it relates to the bipartisan bill in the house trying to move through the senate to ultimately become law to streamline the process as your staff has suggested. So on the senate side, its senator heller who has been pushing on this, and i know that he and senator rockefeller are talking about it in terms of their package of legislation over there. I definitely ag
501c4s do not get 100 deduction. Youre not tax. Not at all . Not a penny. They are tax exempt in the money they receive from taxpayers who have paid their taxes and give them after tax income, they dont count it as profit. They simply spend it on their baffle but they are not tax deductible the way a charity is. Its a very significant difference. It is one of the reasons they can do up to half of their activities in these. These are social welfare groups, not charities. But theyre social welfare groups and they dont get a Tax Deduction. Of . When you give to a 501c4, you do so without a Tax Deduction. It is taxable. You give your after tax. Its the same kind of deduction you get when you receive a political campaign. Your donors pay their taxes and give you after tax income. It is not a charity. Not at all. Well, i stand corrected. I thought 501c4s had a tax treatment that was favorable to them. And i was saying why not just have a rule that no one gets a Tax Deduction that gets involv