wheeler of the federal communications commission. he talks about issues facing the fcc. including that neutrality. regulation of the internet and privacy. the spectrum incentive auction that is just beginning. how he views the future of telecom and the internet. he is joined by the technology reporter for the washington post. wheeler: i was able to be involved as they were bringing great change to the american economy and the way people live their lives. and that is what we're dealing with it the fcc. -- middlethe bidding of one of the great revolutions of all time. had we deal with the problems all around us in the communications industry. this year c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to long beach california. you are watching american history tv. >> we're at the port of long beach. sitting in the middle of the port complex. approximately 3200 acres in size. seaporthe most modern in the united states. we are a department of the city of long beach. we consider ourselves part of the community. economiche

he went to the federal communications commission, mother may i? the first thing sec did was check with her experts, most of whom worked for rca. they were told by the experts that it didn't really work. that took a while to get over but he was finally given allocation for the system and some experimental licenses in the later years of the 1930's, but by 1940, 1941, there were about 400,000 users of f.m. radio and the united states. people who had gone out and bought those big fm radio consoles. 400,000. now the war comes, the colonel goes to do radio and production stops. when the war is ending, the federal communications commission comes back and takes another look at this band they have allocated for f.m. by the way, the service got rave reviews and was really anticipated to take off off after world war ii as a civilian technology that was a very popular with high fidelity broadcasting. the fcc decided no. we're going to move this band over the vociferous objection of edwin armstrong. the sec ripped the existing allocation, 42 to 50 megahertz ou

. >>> now a look at president trump's 2020 budget request for the federal communications commission and the federal trade commission. chairs of both agencies, pi of the fcc and joseph simons of the ftc also spoke about 5g technology, data privacy and robocalls, as they testified in front of this senate appropriations subcommittee for an hour and forty minutes. [ banging gavel ] all right, folks. the subcommittee will come to order. we're going hear today from the fiscal year 2020 budget request from the fcc and the ftc. we have with us today our two chairmen from the fcc, chairman pi, who has served as chairman since january of 2017. he was a previously a commissioner on the federal

just under two hours and 45 minutes. >> welcome to today's hearing on oversight of the federal communications commissionversight hearing last march, i expressed my amazement that an agency as important as the federal communications commission has not been

just under two hours and 45 minutes. >> welcome to today's hearing on oversight of the federal communications commissionversight hearing last march, i expressed my amazement that an agency as important as the federal communications commission has not been reauthorized by congress in 25 years, making it the oldest expired authorization within the commerce committee's expansive jurisdiction. reversing a

>> federal communications commission chairman ajit pai yesterday an announced new plans to reverse net neutrality rules instituted during the obama administration. those old rules prevented internet service providers from blocking or slowing down some websites but not others. the fcc chairman said that getting rid of those rules would help expand high speed internet access. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is adam brandon. i am the president of freedomworks. and i want to welcome everyone here. a lot of people are talking today about president trump's first 100 days. and i would suggest that yes, the supreme court's a big deal, but the things the chairman pai are working on potentially will have the longest impact of anything coming out of this administration. that is definitely debatable. 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 s

closely with the other agencies that help support broadband build out including the federal communications commission. the rural utility service loan

the federal communications commission's experts with network technology. i am probably not the person to come to to define digital literacy so what i do when people ask me is i point to that ala definition. [applause] and i -- it is about having the cognitive and technical ability to find evaluate, create, and communicate with information and communications technology. patricia: thank you. and we applaud the fcc partnership and making sure we have digital literacy throughout our country. tell me more about your thinking around the homework gap and how the sec can make a difference. jessica: i first started talking about this in 2015 but i noticed when i ran around the country and i talked to school administrators and librarians, i would hear the same thing over and over. they had a lot of students hanging out in the parking lot of the library after it closed to catch the free wi-fi signal. sitting in fast food restaurants doing their homework. when i was growing up i did not meet any of that. i had paper, pencil, leaving me alone. but those days are over.

we carried it forward and renamed it the federal communications commission. we had that regime 90 years later as we stand here today. immediately, output restriction on the market. incumbent radio stations are delighted for the next couple years. many small stations are owned by nonprofit stations. they are not opt the heirs. the major enterprises and commercial enterprises do very well. off the air.ot the major enterprises and come marshall enterprises -- commercial enterprises do very well. new competitive opportunities are missed. that is called "silence of the beginning ofthe the book. and there is another part of the story. it takes a new twist. there are visionaries in the book. here is one of them. a british economist two came to the u.s. started nosing run in the 1950's and he thought these arguments given for why we have the special central allocation regime did not make a lot of sense. he suggested the radio spectrum may be a scarce right or resource, but we have a lot of other things that are scarce and they are assigned by price through competitiv

of importance is on thursday, the federal communications commission holds one of its december open meetings, and deals with one of several very important topics. and the issue today is the order to restore the internet freedom, which includes a number of important provisions. one is classifying broadband access services as an information service as it was before. removing the ambiguous internet conduct standard and the brightline rules, re-establishing the private mobile service classification for mobile broadband, and promoting internet service provider transparency among other things. the transparency issue is very important to us. it helps to get consumers to make better decisions. but there's a lot of noise out there, confusion, misinformation on what this will mean for consumers, and today we have a panel of experts that will address the issues. but first, i'd like to introduce a special guest to give remarks, and we're so glad you are able to make it, and join us today. the fcc commissioner was unanimously confirmed to the senate and took office. commissioner brendan carr. before he b

i did not grow up a dreamy that i would be the head of a federal communications commission. i'm good, all right. and -- but i did come to washington and spend some time working on a communications policy in the private sector. and then in the trenches at the federal communications commission. and then i took a job up on capitol hill. where i worked on the spectrum policy and repurposing airways for first responders. and then it was offered the opportunity by president obama to join the fcc which i was able to take. and i spent some time there during the obama administration. also during the trump administration in a minority. and president biden elevated me to become the first permanent chairwoman of the fcc. only took 87 years for mentoring the agency so. the way i see it, i'm gonna make up for lost time. >> are we on? okay? good to go. on that note, 87 years. definitely a long time. but who's counting. a lot of things are changing for us. the company that i lead -- we have a workforce for the u.s. as 40% women. which are very proud of. i think that's a little bit of an outl

court-tested legal precedent and can be administered by the federal trade commission at the same speed or lack thereof as the federal communications commission other state and federal statutes in common law offer powerful consumer protections such as those cover ing breach of contract, tort interference with contract, deceptive trade practices, fraud and much more. for instance, if isps were to breach their terms of swfs their customers the plaintiff's bar would have a field day launching an unaccountable number of class action lawsuits. additionally, having in part of official u.s. diplomatic delegations to negotiate treaties and the communication space as well as being an international blue ribbon panel on internet governance i can personally attest to the influence of the net neutrality debate to regulate all corners of the internet. the ongoing prospect of new net neutrality rules has generated thinking throughout the world that more regulation in the internet ecosystem should be the norm some internet regulation appears to be a one way ratchet. lastly, today i offer a warning. some technology companies that are pushing for cl

, federal communications commission in those days viewed itself as protector. at&t monopoly and assuring that there was no competition to national networks, particularly cable. so what what happened was the nixon administration and as chris called it a revolution. yes. a revolution resulted. and it was a revolution that was based the notion that rather than a nationalized telecom system, heavily regulated, that there was more of a role for enterprise and more of a for competition. this revolution, the early 1970s, planted the seeds for the telecom indications industry that we have today. yes, i was saying there is a direct cause of the line between the nixon administration's telecom and the incredible telecom indications that we have today with, well, more choice than consumers can handle and more equipment than we can afford. and. what is it relayed? how did this happen? well, happened with the nixon administration, the presidents choice of tom had a visionary to lead. and this made all the difference in the world. tom

robert mcdonald is former commissioner of the federal communication's commission.he was appointed by president's bush in 2006 and obama in 2009. unanimously confirmed both times. during his tenure at the fcc, commissioner mcdowell worked continuously to forge bipartisan concensus in adopting policies to promote commission expansion, and consumer choice. the washington post called him an independent force at the fcc while broadcasting and cable magazine described his tenure as states man like. prior to joining the fcc, commissioner mcdowel worked in a senior position in the mill aacommunications industry for 16 years. he graduated from duke university and received his law degree from the college of william mary school of law. professor bruce owens is a morris m. doil centennial professor at stanford university and a senior fellow for economic research. professor owens was the chief economist in the office of telecommunications policy at the white house under press nixon as well as the chief economist in the antitrust division under president carter. following his pu

, federal communications commission in those days viewed itself as protector. at&t monopoly and assuring that there was no competition to national networks, particularly cable. so what what happened was the nixon administration and as chris called it a revolution. yes. a revolution resulted. and it was a revolution that was based the notion that rather than a nationalized telecom system, heavily regulated, that there was more of a role for enterprise and more of a for competition. this revolution, the early 1970s, planted the seeds for the telecom indications industry that we have today. yes, i was saying there is a direct cause of the line between the nixon administration's telecom and the incredible telecom indications that we have today with, well, more choice than consumers can handle and more equipment than we can afford. and. what is it relayed? how did this happen? well, happened with the nixon administration, the presidents choice of tom had a visionary to lead. and this made all the difference in the world. tom

we are here today to consider the nomination to be commissioner of the federal communications commission. thank you for appearing again before the committee. and for your continued commitment to serve. many members over member has already appeared before the committee she hasn't graciously come back to answer questions and communicate with members. i think it shows the kind of transparent and open process that she would have as commissioner of the scc. it is a step most people would not do. but i think it speaks highly of her and the weight she believes in conducting herself. thank you very much for that. i want to also thank members for again addressing these issues. we all know their important issues there the commission is trying to be more aggressive about unwanted robocalls and text messaging. and the laws that companies should be complying with report data breaches earlier so consumers know in real time about the threat of the personal information. the pandemic has demonstrated how central broadband is the 21t century economy and the importance of the scc covid-19 telehealth progra

tom, as you know, is the chairman of the federal communications commission. for over three decades he's been involved with telecommunications and technology. as a entrepreneur, he started a number of different companies offering innovative cable, wireless and video communications services. prior to joining the fcc chairman wheeler was a managing director of core capital partners investing in early stage ip-based companies. he's author of a new book we highly recommend on abraham lincoln and the tell graphic one of the norg nall technologies that helped power new areas of communication and commerce. mr. wheeler will differ a keynote speech that will be followed by a discussion moderated by blair levin. blair is a non-resident senior fell lowe in the metropolitan policy program at brookings and currently serves as the executive of director of gig-you. that's a consortium of leading universities connecting through next generation networks. blair also served as an adviser to a variety of non-profit organizations. many of you know he was one of the major architect

with the sharing solution, were working at our colleagues -- we are working with the federal communications commission. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the national historic preservation act. next, university of massachusetts amherst professor max page talks about the future of historic preservation in america. we interviewed mr. page at this year's annual meeting of the organization of american historians in providence, rhode island. it's about nine minutes. when was the national historic preservation act passed? >> it was the culmination of years of destruction of national landmarks. it was designed to protect and celebrate the american buildings

. >>> the president is asking for $347 million for the federal communications commission with a push for expanding access to the internet in rural areas and making broad band space available for increasing use of mobile devices. >>> the hearing will come to i'd like to welcome our two witnesses from the federal communications commission. thank you all for being here today and for testifying on the fcc's fiscal 2013 budget request. while the fcc is funded by fees, congressional oversight over your budget is an important check on agency's activity nps committee is committed to fiscal skponlt we intend to make sure all agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction are operating effectually and effectively. the fcc plays an important role in our country's telecommunications industries. with technology changing faster and faster and the fact you all have to keep up, it's amazing that you can do so while not hindering innovation. overregulation of american communications systems hurts our economy at a time we're still coming out of a recession. and i will say, i still have serious concern

and the federal communications commission, many years ago, back in the '50s and '60s wrote about that listeners are entitled to know by whom they are being persuaded. this is simply a tool for the government to ensure that foreign entities are not coming in. and most importantly, for citizens to have information so they can make up their own mind. disclosure hare upheld by the supreme court repeatedly. i know many people forget in the citizens' united decision by an 8-1 vote actually the supreme court upheld disclosure. they have done that repeatedly in terms of political campaigns and elections. in that area, not in all of politics but when it comes to campaigns and elections they have really bought the notion that sunlight is the best disinfect ant and we need to arm both, you know, our citizens most importantly, to be able to have this information. and then we can really start to have a good robust discussion. but know who the speaker is. >> first call for you comes this orange from david in clinton township, michigan. democrats line. you are on with meredith mcgehee with issue one

telephone, second class license are better issued by the federal communications commission. the radio operator keeps in close touch with planes in flight, advising them on such things as operational details and weather conditions, using weather balloons and various recording devices. the united states weather bureau gathers nationwide climatic information and sends it via teletype to airlines. the country. the information is then charted, analyzed and interpreted into weather forecasts by the airline's meteorological department. this work requires specialized college training and unusual accuracy and judgment. but the key figure in all flight operations is the flight superintendent. he is the man who decides whether the planes will fly or not. he releases all planes on his division, follows their progress in the air, and keeps the captains or pilots advised of conditions affecting their flight. the flight superintendent together with the captain, plans each flight in detail. this exacting work calls for a pilot who is also a qualified dispatcher certificated by the civil aer

we're making sure the department of commerce, federal communications commission, our colleagues at the rural services, is making smart decisions on where to deploy, that is the first order of business. in june we signed a memorandum of understanding with the royal utility service and the ntia in anticipation of just that. >> i think one of our obsessions is getting the funding out. and i know you will focus on that, making sure, actually, that people get money, one of the reasons we put a clawback in this bill, if people don't actually start building it, we'll have to take it back, because for too long there's been a lot of promises made in certain rural areas. this will be something secretary raimondo will also be dealing with. i want to thank you for that. one specific question, and this comes from my competition work, i've long been concerned about competition in the video marketplace. we continue to hear serious concerns from independent programming networks regarding the negotiating tactics from some of the video distributors. will you work with me and my colleagues to examine the

welcome to the february 2021 open meeting of the federal communications commission.am secretary, would you please introduce our agenda this morning. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. good morning to you and good morning commissioners. for today's meeting you will hear three presentations and two items for your consideration. first, you will hear a presentation on the creation of an emergency broadband benefit program. congress charged the fcc with developing a new $3.2 billion program to help struggling americans to pay for broadband internet service during the pandemic. second, you will hear a presentation on the next steps for the agency's covid-19 telehealth program. congress recently provided an additional 249.95 million to support the fcc's efforts to expand connected care throughout the country and help more patients receive health care safely. third, you will hear a presentation on the work the agency is doing to collect precise and accurate fixed and mobile broadband deployment data as part of its mission to close the digital divide. fourth, you will consider a

most recently, seven-year service as commissioner and the senior commissioner of the federal communications commission. rob is now a partner at wylie ryan, which is one of the great law firms in washington and particularly, one of the great communications law firms and a pleasure for rob to be here. rob also has the distinction of having been nominated and confirmed on a bipartisan basis under two different presidents, george w. bush and barack obama. so i think he has a very interesting perspective, clearly as a republican appointee, but also with an appointment of the democratic president. and then larry irving. larry was formerly under the clinton administration, the administrator of the national telecommunications and information administration, my old agency. he also had many other titles that attached to that, including assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. larry also has an extensive portfolio on the hill. prior to ntia, larry was the senior counsel at the house telecommunication and finance subcommittee. and so, with these three panelists and a little bit of mysel

. >>> the obama administration's 2013 budget request for the federal communications commission is $347 million. among the fcc's priorities next year, expanding high-speed internet access in rural areas and freeing up more air waves for wireless communications. julius genachowski and robert mcdowell testified on capitol hill last month about their agency's budget. >>> the hearing will come to order. i'd like to welcome our two witnesses, chairman genachowski and commissioner mcdowell from the federal communications commission. thank you all for being here today and for testifying on the fcc's fiscal 2013 budget request. while the fcc is funded by fees, congressional oversight over your budget is an important check on agency activities. this committee is committed to fiscal responsibility and we intend to make sure that all agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction are operating both efficiently and effectively. the fcc is an agency that plays an important role in our country's telecommunication, television, radio, internet and cable industries. these are services that are critical

the federal communications commission will take a major step to implement the congressional direction and i know that fcc staff have been working really hard on these issues. it has enormous orders against bad actors and it's cease and desist orders have been impactful. likewise, the federal trade commission has been addressing scams using illegal robocalls and state attorneys general have with federal agencies and bring their own cases. doj, however, is a vital partner here in congress should urge the permit to make enforcement a priority by acting aggressively on the referral it gets from the fcc and by bringing its own agents directly for violations of laws like the truth and caller id act but also, mail and wire fraud for some of these really egregious scams. third, unfortunately, the tc va 's private right of action and statutory damages continue to fuel the use of litigation against american businesses. the institute for legal reform has tracked this abuse for years and the operating environment continues to hurt businesses and consumers. class actions seeking enormous damages a

the federal communications commission, where i once worked and in trying to police broadcasting and cable and what can be said on those media, the internet, it's come up in a whole wide range of contexts, including political speech, sexual speech, all kinds of things. well, two cases that are noteworthy mention you worked on a super bowl case that involved justin timberlake and janet jackson. that's right. what was that? that was an fcc action that emerged from the 24th super bowl, the notorious wardrobe malfunction, where at the end of the halftime show, justin timberlake reached across and pulled off the outside of janet jackson, brucia and revealed for 9/10 of a second her breast. the fcc wept into action, decided that was a violation of the indecency rules, even though up to that point it had said that fleeting and unintentional and those kinds of accidental exposures or expletives in the case words weren't actionable under its policy. so for an event that lasted 9/16 of a second, we went into eight years of litigation to finally settle the matter. at the end of which the federal comm

the federal communications commission held a open meeting to review their agenda, including the emergency broadband benefit program, expanding access to tele-, health and protecting networks. commissioner's also addressed cybersecurity threats, and chinese companies, huawei, and cte. block] chair: good morning, welcome to the february, 2021 open meeting of the federal communications commission. madam secretary, would you please introduce our agenda this evening. first, you will he or a presentation on creation of an emergency broadband benefits program. congress charged the fcc with developing a new $3.2 billion program to help struggling americans to pay for broadband internet. service during the pandemic. -- internet service during the pandemic. second, you will hear steps for the agency's telehealth program. congress recently provided an additional $239 million to support fcc efforts to expand connected care throughout the country, and help more patients receive health care safely. third, you will hear a presentation on work the agency is doing to collect precise and accurate fixed and

and i became chairman of the federal communications commission. in his first term. it was a wonderful experience which we can loop back to. it helped a lot that i'd been at the fcc, that i'd been at the private sector, that i had some time in congress. those three years were filled with net neutrality, wire and wireless broadband initiatives, cybersecurity, you know, on and on. and then that was exhausting. and i tried to retire again after that and realized that i was old but not that old and it was a little bit too early to retire and one thing led to another and i took a job as a partner at the carlisle group which is where i am now. i'm an investing partner investing in companies in the u.s. and around the world. continuing in the same space that i decided to be in at my clerkship, tech media telecom. that world has evolved and it's been great fun along the way. i had a chance after the fcc to serve on the president's intelligence advisory board where technology was also not unimportant. and i served on some boards outside of carlyle also where technology is a t