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 government,
of the free state foundation and i m pleased to welcome you to the free state foundation s ninth annual telecom president obama conferenc conference. i want to extend a welcome to our c-span audience. i m a self-confessed c-span junky. my mom, may she rest in peace she always worried when i was a c-span junky, not really knowing what i meant by that. but i m always pleased and grateful when c-span is here and welcome to the c-span audience. this year s annual conference follows on the heels of the 10th anniversary gala last december, so with next year s annual conference will be in double digits for this event, too. which just confirms the old adage that time flies when you re having fun and i might add when you re busy as well. almost every year, i say some of you know this, i say that you re annual telecom policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better, and more impactful. well, as long as it remains true, i m going to deep saying it. even though we had to reschedul
telecommunication policy conference in washington at the national press club. that s where fcc chair pie was joined by administration officials and leaders. we ll show you about three hours of this conference and we ll start with the discussion on the future of the internet. okay. well, everyone is so quiet that i think we should get started. that was really that was really good. 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 a self-confessed c-span junkie. some of you may have heard me say that before. my mom, may she rest in peace, she always worried when i told her i was a c-span junkie, not really knowing what i meant by that, but i m always pleased and grateful when c-span is here, and welcome to the c-span audience. this year s annual conference follows on the heels of the tenth annivers
warm twwelcome to our c-span audience. i m a self-confessed c-span junkie. my mom, may she rest in peace, she always worried when i told her i was a c-span junkie, not really knowing what i meant by that. but i m always pleased and grateful when c-span is here and welcome to the c-span audience. this year s annual conference follows on the heels of the tenth anniversary gala last december. so with next year s annual conference, we ll be in double digits for this event too. it just confirms the old adage that time flies when you re having fun and i might add when you re busy as well. almost every year i say some of you know this. i say that our annual telecom policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better and more impactful. well, as long as it remains true, i m going to keep saying it. even though we had to reschedule this year s conference because our first date, march 14th, happened to be the only snowy day this winter in washington, i think this year s conference up
the new chair. with form er white house counsel c boyden gray. okay. well everyone is so quiet that i think we should get started. that was really good. i m randy may, president of the free state foundation. 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 a self-confessed c-span junkie. some of you may have heard me say that before. my mom, may she rest in peace, she always worried when i told her i was a c-span junkie, not really knowing what i meant by that. but i m always pleased and grateful when c-span is here and welcome to the c-span audience. this year s annual conference follows on the heels of the tenth anniversary gala last december. so with next year s annual conference, we ll be in double digits for this event too. it just confirms the old adage that time flies when you re having fun and i might add when you re busy as well. almost every yea