. >> how would you describe your working rhythm with your current chair, greg weldon on the subcommittee and fred yum on the? >> i think we have an excellent relationship. we respect one another. of course, we served together for some time before i was the ranking member to have subcommittee and i think that we produced important legislation on a bipartisan basis. i remember saying to the chairman, greg wad en, you know, our day, in our time, the congress is really dysfunctional, but we can set a different model and an example here and we did with the large spectrum bills that we did last year. we worked on that for almost a year and a half and i'm proud of that. that's what the american people want. >> joining our conversation bout technology issues is kate tummarello of "the hill." >> thanks, peter. you've been such a big player in the tech and telecom space. where you were to become ranked member, what would change on the committee? how would the democratic focus shifment? >> i think that's what is important to first of all appreciate is the very broad talent that's on the committee.