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
Patented businesses beyond suffering. This has been going on for well over eight to nine. So the passive transport secretary currently have no intention of dealing with this utterly at home to take on any. Prepare for longsuffering passengers. First cell, my right honorable friend has been taken steps in relation to the southern railway. Which stepped in to invest 20 Million Pounds to specifically tackle the issue every Rapid Improvement services. We now pay 15 from 11 which would make it easier to claim compensation. We then also give a refund for a month travel. So weve been looking at the wider issue. The honorable lady raises the question of the current strike. There is only one body responsible for the current strike that will frighten the trade union and she should be standing up in condemning that site. [cheers and applause] hugos squier. The 1. 5 billion additional funding for the better care find Better Care Fund is both needed and welcome. The problem is this money is not ava
Hurricane at sandy. The president will join president clinton and a monday afternoon campaign appearance. Mitt romney has scrubbed his appearances today, instead spending the next two days in ohio. Just over one week ago in the campaign. We will be talking about early voting on the washington journal. We want to begin with the what this question. What if it is not decided on election day . What if there is a recount or multiple recounts . Lets begin with some news of the morning. The front page of the New York Times. Marty it is now counted by county. It is now county by county. There is also this from the washington post. Va. Even as being scrubbed for a number of candidates. The scheduled destruction did not stop the two candidates from delivering attacks on each other yesterday. The president of using his of parents to accuse mitt romney of raising taxes on middle class when he was governor of massachusetts. The question we are focusing on this morning is, what if there is an electi
Understand and so maybe start the process of coming up with ways to defend cyberspace better. Cyberspace vulnerabilities monday night on the communicate tors on cspan2. President obama was at the Washington Headquarters of the federal Emergency Management agency to discuss preparations for Hurricane Sandy. Following the briefing, he spoke briefly with reporters. Good afternoon everybody, all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy. This is a serious and big storm. And my first message is to all the people across the eastern coast going north that you need to take this very serious and follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. Weve just had an excellent meeting with the fema team here and the various agencies in charge including the didnt of the defense and energy that are going to need to respond quick
Cyberspace was and the degree and depth of the vulnerabilities and what were trying to do is take pieces of it and explain the fundamentals and the idea is everybody from my mom and dad to congress and people around the country can understand and so maybe start the process of coming up with ways to defend cyberspace better. Cyberspace vulnerabilities monday night on the communicators on cspan2. President obama was at the Washington Headquarters of the federal Emergency Management agency to discuss preparations for Hurricane Sandy. Following the briefing, he spoke briefly with reporters. Good afternoon everybody, all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy. This is a serious and big storm. And my first message is to all the people across the eastern coast going north that you need to take this very serious and follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of