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technology. wireless innovation and broadband access. with fcc commissioner brendan carr and nathan simington at the free state foundations anniversary luncheon. okay, so we ve got four speakers and i m just going to ask them to come up one at a time and speak. we ll do that and then also in addition to those speakers, i want you to hear from seth cooper when they re through. first up is commissioner brendan carr. it is true that he needs no introduction. i ve introduced him so many times. i have a tendency to short cut it. but let me just tell you a couple of an important things. he looks so young but he brings 20 years of private and public sector experience in communications and tech policy to his current position as commissioner. commissioner, that s hard to believe, but i know it s true. i know it s on your website. [laughs] he was confirmed to the senate seat to his seat on the commission and august, 2017, after having been appointed general counsel at the com ....
introduction. i have introduced him so many times. i have a tendiancy to short cut it. let me just tell you a couple of important things. he actually brings he looks so young but he brings 20 years of private and public sector experience in communications and tech policy to his current commissioner. commissioner, that s hard for me to believe but i know it s true because i know it s on your website. mr. may: he was confirmed to the senate to his seat on the commission in august, 2017 after having been appointed general counsel at the commission in january, 2017. august, 2017, commissioner january, 2017. general counsel, that s pretty quick rise there to the top. in fact, during law school i discovered that commissioner carr served as an intern for then commissioner kathleen abernathy who we saw earlier on the video. i m going to short cut all of these so i have to i could go on and on. just a couple more things about brendan. he was described by axios as, quote, the ....
police chief chris magnus, nominated to be the next commissioner of customs and border border protection. we are waiting for the hearing to get started live on c-span. this morning the finance committee meets to discuss president biden s nomination of chief chris magnus to lead customs and border protection. i want to see thank chief magnus for joining the committee today and his willingness to take on this difficult job. chief magnus is the chief of police in tucson, arizona. he started in lansing, michigan. his career in public safety has taken him east, west, north, and south. if confirmed, chief magnus would lead an agency with tens of thousands of employees. customs and border patrol is responsible for over 300 points of entry into the country and in force at the country s immigration laws. the committee enforces the country s immigration laws. the committee has a special interest in making sure that customs and border patrol trade initiative does not get a ....
i m randy may, president of the free state foundation and i m pleased to welcome you to the free state foundation s ninth annual telecom policy conference i want to extend an especially warm welcome to our c-span audience. i m going to self-confessed, i may c-span junkie. some of you may have heard me say that before. my mom may she rest in peace she always worried a told her that i was a c-span junkie never really knowing what i meant by that. i m always pleased and grateful when c-span is here. welcome, to the c-span audience. this years annual conference follows on the heels of the 10th anniversary gala last december, so next year annual conference will be in double digits for this event, also. it confirms the old adage that time flies when you re having fun and i might add it when you busy as well. almost every year i say some of you know this i say our annual telecom policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better and more impactful. well, as long as it rem ....
probably muchs better than i am at getting everyone s attention so we can do that again if need be. thank all of you again for coming. it is a terrific turnout. you know, earlier i welcomed our c-span audience. i want to welcome them again. we are grateful c-span is here. aim sure it has quite a bit to do with our next guest here. we are glad all of you are here. the chairman knows i do this because he has been here before. illustriousn photography i could go on and on and on about it. we have it in the brochure. for those of you that are in the c-span audience, our brochure is on the website. fcc chairman s bio in it. just stayed what chairmanhere knows, pie served as a commissioner. how soon after the inauguration, was that two days later? a monday, january 23. three days after. he was appointed by president trump to be chair of the fcc. this, withouty is going to the offices you can read about. i think it is important. he has served in all three branches of gover ....