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good morning. the commerce committee will come to order. this morning we have an executive session to vote on several nominations followed by hearing. after the executive session at the hearing will be to consider four individuals for the role of the federal communications commission and the department of commerce. during the executive session will be voting on nominees who will fill key position of the federal medication commission, federal trade commission, department of commerce as well as several coast guard promotion. both have responsibility to expand connectivity and to promote protection of consumers online. this money would be voted on the nomination of jessica rosenworcel to be the commissioner of the federal communications commission. confirmed chairwoman rosenworcel will continue to lead agencies important work to ensure every american has access to reliable affordable broadband. having strong leadership at the helm of the fcc to ultimate on broadband inve ....
their willingness to serve. the nomination of jessica rosenworcel to be commissioner and chair of the federal communications commission. senator blumenthal will be providing a formal introduction. but i ll say a few words. the pandemic has mag need the deep digital divide in our country and if confirmed chairman rosenworcel will be responsible for leading broadband for all americans. all schools transition students to learning at home last year, 20% of students in washington state did not have a reliable internet connection that would have allowed them to participate in remote learning. over 16 million k-12 students in the united states did not have access to reliable broadband at the beginning of the pandemic and over the past several years i ve heard many stories about students sitting in parking lots to access their wifi, do their homework and concerned teachers whose don t students don t have the connectite. the pandemic made clear the broadband is no longer a luxur ....
new global markets. i thank all the nominees for before the committee today. i understand mr. bedoya is not ill but quarantined, perhaps exposed to covid, and we look forward to a robust hearing. thank you madam chair. thank you senator wicker. senator blumenthal. thanks very much madam chair and thanks for your leadership on these nominations and thank you to the nominees for your willingness to serve. the diversity attests to the greatness of our country. and at a time difficulty pronouncing blumenthal as a nominee. so we ve welcomed you here and celebrate your nominations, i am particularly delighted and honored to introduce jessica rosenworcel as the president s nominee and first female chair of the federal communications commission, equally importantly. as a daughter of connecticut, specifically west hartford and wesleyan although she went to new york university for law school, but i ve worked with her closely as have many members of our committee ....
good morning. we re only in executive session to mark up three bills and vote on nominations. this morning we are considering the anti-spoofing penalties modernization act. this legislation would amend the communications act, fines and penalties for caller id spoofing when a caller deliberately disguises their true identity behind a false caller id information. forfeiture and fines would increase. i want to thank senator collins, peter, sinema and warnock for their work on this important issue. the bill would allow scientists engineers and others in the private sector ak demmia to weather and climate modelling. this legislation would require no public or open source the code and data used in these models and would include exemptions for models that would pose a risk to national security, trade secrets or that violate intellectual property contracts. would provide no administrator or authority authorize ten million over the next five years. also requires report to ....
with providing more funding for science and technology research, we take you live now to the senate floor, here on c-span2 . the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o mighty god, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid. strengthen all who put their trust in you empower our lawmakers to glorify you by following your precepts. may they please you both in their desires and deeds. lord, grant that the words they speak and the thoughts they think will be acceptable to you as you pour upon them the abundance of your mercies. prosper your providence through their efforts according to your holy will. and, lord, we continue to intercede for ukraine. we pray in your mighty name. amen. the president pro tempore: under the previous order, the leader ship time is reserved. a senator: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator ....