Able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. The fcc has not been reauthorize since 1990 and its current appropriation is over 400 30 million. It is charged with the administration of the Communications Act and of the statutes by to the functioning of our key medications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and Research Culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory cloud left by chairman wheeler picked the sec plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependence society. The subcommittee has never released a discussion draft for consideration. I would be remiss in not discussing Net Neutrality, the commissions decision in 2153 reclassify internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with a 1930s era law. This gave been meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions nprm argue august 18. Chairman pai, we hope you are keeping that handy because it
I want to welcome you to the subcommittee. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today. And we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. Beencc has not reauthorized since 1990 and its current appropriation is 430 million. It is charged with the administration of Communications Act. Reexamine the Core Functions and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory class left by chairman wheeler. The fcc plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependent society. The subcommittee has released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing Net Neutrality. The commissions decision to classify the internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with the irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with in 1930s era law. This gave new meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions are due august 18. We hope you are keeping that wed whacker handy.
Be out and about having conversations with all of you. This is my 1228th town meeting as a member of congress and its great to be back. We tried to be do one in every county on an ongoing basis. I have a couple things i want to say and then will go to questions. This is my first visit to great bend since the death of bob. She was my longtime friend. Bob and polly were great friends and great supporters. We spent our honeymoon with bob and polly at the Republican National convention in 1984. They are great friends of my wife. We now live in manhattan and we drove to great bend for the h Birthday Party only to arrive with three cars in the parking lot and i walked in and said what happened, am i in the wrong place and they said dont you know, bob died yesterday. He missed his Birthday Party by one day. Secondly, on a topic of interes interest. Im not a veteran but i grew up with vietnam in the back of my life and solve what happened to many who served in our military as they returned hom
Without the ability to move, talk or even blink have finally been able to communicate. Donald trump has told Republican Party members to go nuclear if the Democratic Party blocks his nominee for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. This is who he picked. Neil gorsuch, a 49 year old judge from colorado who is favoured by many conservatives for his strict interpretations of the law. Hes also the youngest nominee in a quarter of a century. But Democratic Senators, who can block the nomination, are questioning his attitudes towards womens and workers rights. Heres our North America editorjon sopel. Forget the humdrum way a Supreme Court choice is normally announced. This is the Donald Trump White House and all geared for prime time television. Every network taking the announcement live, Tension Building through the day. Now it was showtime. Was that a surprise . Politicians come and go but neil gorsuch, a conservative with impeccable credentials has just been handed a job for life to the
Without the ability to move, talk or even blink have finally been able to communicate. Donald trump has told Republican Party members to go nuclear if the Democratic Party blocks his nominee for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. This is who he picked. Neil gorsuch, a 49 year old judge from colorado who is favoured by many conservatives for his strict interpretations of the law. Hes also the youngest nominee in a quarter of a century. But Democratic Senators, who can block the nomination, are questioning his attitudes towards womens and workers rights. Heres our North America editorjon sopel. Forget the humdrum way a Supreme Court choice is normally announced. This is the Donald Trump White House and all geared for prime time television. Every network taking the announcement live, Tension Building through the day. Now it was showtime. Was that a surprise . Politicians come and go but neil gorsuch, a conservative with impeccable credentials has just been handed a job for life to the