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Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time ....
Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time ....
He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President for policy of the competitive and reprise institute. He also served as deputy chief at the office of lands and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] mr. Gattuso i will speak from here. A more casual approach. We are here to talk about spectrum policy. If you want to talk about Net Neutrality you are in the wrong place. This is probably the only gathering of people today on key fcc issues that are not talking about Net Neutrality. We will see that as a good thing. It is hard to believe just a few deca ....
Sorry. Go back. So, when we think about the internet of things, we in industry, in government, we think in history and government, we think about industrial control. We think about lighting, parking. Those are all very good and things that can save us money and increase our efficiency and do those things, but our users are thinking other things. Users are thinking about their smartphone, their smart thermostat, toaster, if you will, and all of the many devices they want to bring. To our users, this has become very important. Especially when you talk about the new workforce that is entering our businesses and our government, the younger generations are coming in with this preconceived notion all of these things are going to work. And in fact, bitcom did a study where they surveyed 14 to 29yearolds and they asked them, i cannot imagine life without . The answer was mobile phone was 97 . Internet was 84 . And a car, which was very becoming less important and most telling of this survey is ....
We want to start off today with a debate closer to home gas prices. Congress is considering raising the federal gas tax. The money could be used on bridges and infrastructure. We want to get your thoughts and comments on this issue. You can also join in on the conversation, many already have, on our Facebook Page. Or send us a tweet. Good sunday morning to you. Front page of the Washington Post focusing on two big stories. First of all, in france, the Prime Minister saying that the country is at war. Next to that, jeb bush and mitt romney beginning to maneuver on a potential bush romney primary in 2015. I want to share the story with you from cnbc on gas prices. According to the aaa, gas prices have dropped putting over 14 billion in the pockets of consumers. The question of whether or not the congress should increase th ....