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salaries, i think is just that, trying to scare them. we are the ones that will have to make the decision whether or not this money gets allocated. and i don't think there's a single person that was up here today that advocates anything less than trying to solve the problem that exists out there. what we're asking is when these issues arise internally, the sooner you can inform us i think the better off everybody is. we are still not satisfied with where we are with the choice program. i don't think you are either. i think you have made those comments. but all hands need to be on deck. and with that i would ask that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and add any exrains material. with that, this hearing is adjourned.
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>> tonight, f.c.c. commissioner on key issues before the f.c.c. like net neutrality, regulating the internet, and the public's influence on policy making. >> when an item is made for an open commission meeting and presented to the level that should be made available publicly. i think that would provide an opportunity to comment on exactly what we're thinking and hone in on issues they see as problematic. right now we have people who raise concerns regarding our items but they auvent don't
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know exactly what's being put forward. so they're doing shots in scattered structures. and that's problematic from my point of view. i would rather people target in exactly where they want to see and not spend time on thing that is don't need attention. >> tonight on c-span 2. every morning "washington journal" is live with elected officials, policy makers. created by america's cable companies and brought to you as a public service. >> coming up next, q&a with robert gordon and morgan nelve. in an hour we open our phone
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lines and take a look at the headlines on "washington journal." ♪ >> this week on "q&a," filmmakers morgan neville and robert gordon talk about their new documentary, "best of enemies," which tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the famous 1968 televised debates between conservative william f. buckley and liberal gore vidal. the debates took place during the democratic and republican party presidential nominating conventions. brian: robert gordon, why did you do this documentary on bill buckley and gore vidal? robert: because it was exhilarating to watch them have dialogue back and forth and though it was 45 years ago, it spoke very much to the present tense.
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brian: and i'll ask the same to your partner in crime over here. morgan: robert called me and said he had come across a bootleg tape of some of these debate between william buckley and gore vidal. did i want to see them? absolutely, i wanted to see them. [laughter] my first job out of college was working for gore vidal as his back checker. -- fact checker. i was very interested in him as a character. buckley was someone we all knew from being such a tv presence, but when i saw the debates i saw something that was really speaking to today as much as it was to 1968. and then, we got excited and decided to make a film about it. brian: when did they start to -- to gather? -- together?

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