Political reporter for Washington Post. Since he was last on, he is the moderator of the Washington Week on pbs. Congratulations. In your Washington Post you wrote top democrat on immigration remains ambiguous pair went you expect we will get more clarity on that . Did something happen this week . Caller youll probably guest you will probably see it once daca has been talked about and it starts to move forward on capitol hill. You are already starting to see signs on the right that there will be a fight against the president s deal. Daca would allow, if continued, ut 800,000 on documented undocumented immigrants to stay in the country. Host house members are back in the districts. Lets start on the republican side. What are you expecting in the wake of these negotiations that we are seeing between the president and democrats . Not just on daca, but on the debt ceiling as well . Payt youll have to attention to the kinds of things that are set at town Hall Meetings for house remembers ho
The dinner will also include the announcement of several journalism awards as well as College Scholarships but by the association. President trump will not be attending the dinner. He will be holding a rally in pennsylvania. Now fcc chair by talks about the future of internet regulation. Freedom works and the Small Business Partnership Council hosted the event at the museum. Good afternoon everyone. My name is adamant. Adam. Im the president of Freedom Works and what welcome everyone here. A lot of people are talking today about President Trumps first 100 days. I would suggest that yes, the Supreme Court is a big deal but the things that chairman pai are working on right now potentially have the longest impact of anything coming out of this administration. That is definitely debatable. So ive been a Freedom Works fr 12 years. In 12 years ago when i started, visit one of the first issues we worked on. And last year i was very nervous that we were going in the wrong direction. President
So i have been at freedomworks for 12 years and 12 years ago, when i started, this is one of the first issues we worked on. And last year, i was very nervous that we were going in the wrong direction. President obama had passed new regulations on the internet that i had feared would permanently stop innovation particularly there are 15 billion devices connected to the internet today. 157 billion. In 2020, that number will go up to 50. So obviously, were going to getting to a whole new level of change. And we can either try and regulate that change or we can let the market develop. So we are encouraged to hear the chairman pai the announcements hes going to be making today, were going to be looking at opening up the internet for development and throwing it open in a way that will increase competition, sorry will throw the internet open in a way that increases competition and does away with trying to have an antistate regulation. So elections have consequences. And as i said at the end o
You can i saw it as a positive step in the right direction. The new chairman is going to do a wonderful job. He is focused on closing the Digital Divide and extension of broadband and making certain that the internet is an open source and is not going to be under heavy government control. I think those are good steps, good things. Peter you call it a step in the right direction. What else would you like to see done . Rep. Blackburn it will be up to congress to take action following with the fcc does. This is what the chairman this is why what the chairman did was the right step to take, and i like seeing that. Peter in your subcommittee, what are some of the items you are working on that we have not seen in the news you can in the news . Rep. Blackburn looking at agencies, reshaping them, making certain fcc is focused on spectrum and Spectrum Management and media ownership. Hose are right things to do we are also working on first net and ourt nations emergency communication template. I
Blackburn, the chair on communications and technology and shes our guest this week on the communicators. Congressman blackburn, whats your reaction to fcc vote . I saw it as ui positive step in the right direction. Very pleased that they took the action and very pleased to have and hes going to do a wonderful job and focused on closing the Digital Divide and expansion of broadband and making certain the internet is an open source and is not going to be under heavy government control. I think those are good steps, good things. Host what else would you like to see done . Guest it would take congress to take legislative following what the fcc does and this is what chairman pi was right step to take. I like seeing that. Host in your subcommittee right now, what are some of the items that youre working on that maybe we havent seen surface . The news . Guest there are two reauthorizations that we are working on, one for ntia and those agencies have not been reauthorized since 90 and 92. Look