Cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Host and from time to time on the communicators we like to talk to some of the Telecommunications Associations based here in washington, discover what their Public Policy concerns are. Joining us this week is jot carpenter who is the Vice President of Governmental Affairs for ctia, the wireless association. Mr. Carpenter, what is ctia . Guest ctia is, actually, at this point an orphan acronym. Ctia is the trade association that represents the Wireless Industry. Once upon a time, it was the Cellular Telecommunications industry association, then it became the Cellular Telecommunications and internet association. And then as the industry changed, we said instead of trying to change the name, wed just become the wireless association. Were proud to represent the wireless ecosystem in its entirety from the carriers, manufacturers, hand seth vendors, the integrators and the app devel
Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. And as we continue our series on the communicators talking with some of the Telecommunications Associations headquartered here in washington, week were joined by Shirley Bloomfield who is the head of the ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes here to talk about some of the legislative and policy issues that her association faces. Ms. Medical bloomfield, what ise ntca, first of all . Guest a National Trade association, and we represent 90 small local providers that are in pretty much every state in this country who provide what used to be, you know, just basic telephone service. Theyre now broadband providers. Theyve also become kind of the onestop shop Tech Service Providers for tear communities. They do video, wireless, data centers, they do whatever Technology Needs their communities actually require. So they actually represent their interests here in washington d.
But she is our youngest justice. And do any of you think that these kinds of things could have gotten into a Supreme Court opinion 30 years ago, 50 years ago at all . Did they have similar . Rehnquist quotes gill better and sullivan. Not totally different. I guess thats his version of an pop bapped. For 50 years ago touf ask tony or david. Thanks, bob. We cant remember. Weve talked about what good questions Justice Kagen asked and Justice Ginsberg asked. We passed yet another term with no questions from Justice Thomas. But he did Say Something one morning and it created quite a irestorm in the press. Are you up to date on that . I remember, we all kind of and the press gallery looked at each other and, did he really Say Something . It was hard to tell. T was sort of a quip made in passing. But he was he leaned toward the microphones, which certainly seemed like he intended it for it to be heard. And this was a case that actually ended up getting dismissed, boyer versus louisiana, about
Can save 1 trillion per year without affecting Health Care Outcomes by in acting smart, targeted Health Care Delivery reforms. The institute of medicine estimated the number could be 750 billion dollars. No matter what the exact figure or proposal, these are impressive savings that would strengthen the Nations Health care system without shifting cost and burdens to seniors and states. These have the added benefit of improving quality, quality outcomes within the healthcare system. So before we continue to obsessively but benefits on the table, i would hope to begin the dialogue about finding solutions that produce healthcare cost savings. I am confident that if both parties do in washington what the people do every day in the state of wisconsin, put progress ahead of politics, we can break the destructive pattern and make that progress. Thank you. Senator wicker. We need to find solutions. Charts weresons painful, but they make the point that has been made over and over today. That is
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 9) The Commission on Elections said Monday it will remove 39 groups from the list of organizations that could run in the 2022 polls.
Comelec said it is legally authorized to cancel the registration of groups for either failing to participate or not obtaining at least 2% of votes cast under the party-list system in the last two preceding elections.
The commission said nine groups did not join the last two polls. They are the Advance Community Development in New Generation, 1-A Action Moral & Values Recovery Reform of the Phils., Inc, Una Ang Pamilya, Ang Galing Pinoy, Alagad Party-List, Alliance For Nationalism and Democracy, Kapatiran ng mga Nakulong na Walang Sala, Inc., Kalikasan Partylist, and Usa An Aton Nahigugma Nga Iroy Nga Tuna.