when you enable broadband, you unable united states of america. -- youenable the united states of america. there must we cannot afford to waste. we have a good process going. with a full commission press between now and february we can and we will get this job done. mark me down as totally energized by this proceeding and by the work you have already done. i am very pleased with the process you have laid out. the chairman has great plans for this and i am looking to working with him. we will develop a national broadband plan that we can all be proud of. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner mcdowell? >> thank-you. this is a terrific opportunity. the world's economies ride on the rails of broadband. we have a terrific opportunity to improve the human condition all around the globe. i agree with commisioner copps that this is the biggest thing to come to the fcc since the implementation of the 1996 act. thank you for your briefing last week. thank you chairman john caskey for your talk earlier this week. -- genachowski for your talk earlier this week. there are many challenges. it was three

when you enable broadband, you unable united states of america. -- youenable the united states of america there must we cannot afford to waste. we have a good process going. with a full commission press between now and february we can and we will get this job done. mark me down as totally energized by this proceeding and by the work you have already done. i am very pleased with the process you have laid out. the chairman has great plans for this and i am looking to working with him. we will develop a national broadband plan that we can all be proud of. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner mcdowell? >> thank-you. this is a terrific opportunity. the world's economies ride on the rails of broadband. we have a terrific opportunity to improve the human condition all around the globe. i agree with commisioner copps that this is the biggest thing to come to the fcc since the implementation of the 1996 act. thank you for your briefing last week. thank you chairman john caskey for your talk earlier this week. -- genachowski for your talk earlier this week. there are many challenges. it was three

you diagnosis a problem and you're president of the united states, you also have to solve that problem. otherwise, don't bring it up. >> that's right. let's take a look -- yeah, the problem. >> unable to solve it, although what jerry says is absolutely right in terms of the concrete realities of energy, but that spiritual crisis, that carter diagnosed, he was right about that, and the result was not that we faced up to it, but that we retreated into years and years of fantasy and of phony optimism and notion that we could just consume and consume and consume. >> yeah, i think the big car and the big gas guzzlers was not the solution to the energy crisis. let's take a look at a transition that makes a lot more sense to a lot of us here, that's president bush 43. you might say he begat obama. it took bush to make us see the importance of an obama. let's watch. >> every nation in every region now has a decision to make. either you're with us or you are with the terrorists. >> to all the other peoples and government who are watching today from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born, know that america is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child

unable to do so. >> aren't you protect by the conley reservation? >> that reservation applies since 1946. that only applies to the world court. it says the united states will not abide by necessarily any decision of the world court. it doesn't apply to the wto. >> okay. thank you, pat. these are sentiments i know are in the country right now. concerns. i used the term black helicopter because that is perhaps the cartoon notion that at some point, american villages will be invaded by a foreign force which will take over basically. pat, you know that sentiment. do you believe it? >> "red dawn." >> we will be back with more coverage across the board of american sentiment as we watch these hearings. kraft tuscan house italian... delicious flavors... expertly blended... because great tasting dressings aren't just made, they're crafted. including who i trust to look after my money. ♪ (woman) the dust might be settling... that's great, but i'm not. ♪ (second man) i guess i'm just done with doing nothing, you know? ♪ (third man) oh, i'm not thinking about moving my money. i am moving it. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 introducing the all-new nutrisystem for men, with fl

if you don't take action you may very well find yourself unable to get the kind of care you need, when you need it. if we don't take action in the united statesies with insurance will continue to pay that hidden tax of $1,100 that the average family does every single year to cover the costs of the uninsured who show up at hospitals. in our cup, you ge country you t the cost on average is $1,100 a family a year. that's a tax we pay today. because of the failure to provide the kind of plans we adopted in our bill and others are considering to see to it that those costs would no longer have to fall on families. further, mr. president, if we don't take action, the premiums will continue to rise faster than your wages and if you don't believe me look what happened to my state of connecticut a few days ago with the insurance company raising rates 32%. i wish that were uncommon. the rates this my states the last six years have gone up 45%, 46% and since 1996 in the country, they have gone up 86% -- vastly out12reu7ing the ratout-- outstrippingthe rate oo send in sight. for those that say we ought to postpone this and it is not necessary, we ought to

intelligence experts in the united states to put increased pressure on weak nation that is may be unable to provide the basic needs and maintain order for their citizens. you see a component of this energy legislation is about moving away from our dependence on foreign oil, investing in clean energy and technology right here in our country, jobs that can't be outsourced, producing jobs that can put america back to work. and another component of that is addressing the issue of climate change. cap and trade has gotten all the attention in this energy debate. it shouldn't get all the attention because it's one segment of this bill that we are working on. but even that, which i know that we focus more on the national security part of it, but even that, our security experts and our nation's military is saying, it's a matter of our national security. let me give you some statistics here. today over 80% of the world's oil reserves are in the hands of governments and their respective national oil companies. 16 of the world's largest 20 oil companies are state owned. are owned by some state. and as you know we import 66% of our oil. this is matter of our national s