i m going to assume everyone has a program. when it gets a little too loud i m going to stop. because this is a very important occasion. we have waited a long time for this. all you have to do is look around the room at the portraits, and it s going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over at all these individuals and all these individuals looking over at the congress. i m bill madison with serious xm radio, the american view. i will get started right away, as we should start. that is, with the invitation. our good friend, the right reverend dr. wendell anthony who is not only president of the detroit naacp but also and most importantly the pastor of the great fellowship chapel, if he would come forward and give us indication invocation. thank you, joe. let me say, good afternoon to everybody. i do want to just say to congressman john conyers, the dean of the congressional black caucus and the longest-serving congressman in the history of the u.s. congr
the law of the land. we aren t free, after all. a state representative somewhere say that it s as destructive as the fugitive slave act. as destructive to personal individual liberty as a fugitive slave act of 1850. i m not making this stuff up. the left likes to think that we are the fringe. it is time to end the slavish devotion to the democrat party. that is, unfortunately, where we are right now. sort of launch and leave missiles, politically speaking. we aren t free, after all. and that s the idea here. after the gop took a shellacking in the 2012 elections, there was a whole lot of talking about rebranding the republican party. the gop said they were going to eninvest in outreach to minorities and women. in reality, we have witnessed a lot of the same old, same old. case in point, one of the marquis names of the gop teaming up with one of the party s most extreme members. on tuesday, former vice presidential candidate, paul ryan, phoned into a conferen
period of time the fcc should look at its good faith authority in the communications act and help to do something about it. you also asked though do i think these will occur with more more frequency? the honest answer is they are getting more attention right now because the number of plot arms we can use to watch video is expanding. the issue of digital rights for programmers can access those different platforms is much more complicated than it used to be but it s also really good for consumers. we no longer are limited to just watching television sitting on yourself in the living room. you can have all the screens in all these digital platforms around you when you can watch programming content so i think that s one of the sources of making this dispute so heated. host: jessica rosenworcel is the new member of the fcc and howard buskirk is the executive senior at medicatiomedicatio ns daily and this has been the communicators on c-span. mr. president, president obama wi
it s strategy. for those looking at c-span don t think about it s coming your city next. there are 125 cities all across america that after bankruptcy. detroit is now become the model. they want to even impose legislation nationally model after the success that if cities in economic distress make them not qualify for any federal dollars. that s model after detroit pen. senator lindsay graham from south carolina who have nor federal dollars and senator cole from texas, who has so much money he can t count it through add ons. a senator from utah who was gotten $86.1 million for warren hatch, for the rail system. these are the guys saying because they did it detroit. they re not saying detroit. it s for detroit that some lse d on economic distress. we are here today to say it was premature. there was no significant negotiation. detroit is better than what we perceive to be. we have not seen the real detroit. detroit an economically pillaged right now. [cheering and applause]
this is two hours and 15 minutes. good afternoon. good afternoon. i don t have a gavel to bring us to order. you all know that means keep the conversations to quiet. all right? we are here for serious business. the dean of the nations lawmakers have seen fit to convene us here today because of the extraordinary exuberance they have this matter of detroit , for its fiscal integrity, conclave s fiscal future, its economic background and the way in which the bankruptcy filing reflects upon and reinforces some very powerful and in some cases dangerous currents that need to be articulated and addressed. we are here today because one of the magnificent jewels in the crown of american democracy is under assault. we are under siege in the city. i say we because i m a native of detroit, michigan. [applause] allow me to reintroduce myself. my name is michael eric dyson. [applause] tabernacle missionary baptist church at 6125 each would. dr. frederick george sampson the pastor of cong