we need two other commissioners to vote for this proposal. >> host: and do you think that mignon clyburn and jessica rosenworcel will vote for it? >> guest: i can't speak for them. >> host: what about the fact that the house of representatives and the senate have each held hearings already on net neutrality and that mr. thune and mr. upton are looking at developing bills that would, essentially make this proposal inwon sequential? >> guest: so the fcc as you know, is a creature of congress. they write our laws. they wrote the telecommunications act of 996 and the communications act of 1934. it is their prerogative to legislate. and that is what they do. but we have to do what we do as well as an independent agency. we need to move forward. it's been over a year now where we've opinion out without rules that protect an open internet. so we're going to move forward, and we'll see what happens. >> host: ajit pai last time he was on this program suggested that the vote be delayed. >> guest: the chairman obviously, disagrees. again, it's been over a year. the internet has nothing protecting i

clyburn and john conyers, sought to correct that crippling. today i stand and ask my chairman and the speaker of the house to have us put that fix with the new members, the same body of individuals that president johnson convened to be able to ensure that that voting rights act of 1965 could be done. and so it is important to note that we not allow the efforts to go unnoted. mr. speaker, the voter i.d. law in texas needs to be corrected by passing the voting rights amendment. the terrible oppression of individuals in their walk to the polls has to be corrected by this amendment. and then of course we must ensure that the horrors of wealth inequality, medium -- median income for black household $33,764, a mere 60% of median income for white household. and then of course we must move to the criminal justice reform which i'm privilege ed, mr. speaker, to serve as a ranking member on the crime subcommittee. and i join my colleagues in the commitment to ensure that we in fact answer the call of mothers of so many, such as trayvon martin, sean bell,

some important names, clyburn and john lewis. sanders said about why he is not attending the speech. >> when it comes to foreign policy, especially in as volatile a place as the middle east, you really don't want to be playing politics an the idea that the president of the united states who leads us in foreign policy was not consulted about netanyahu coming to congress is unacceptable. >> hunter, could this become a point where democrats, progressive democrats and members of the black caucus begin to split in a bigger way on larger issues regarding israeli policy? >> well i think you are right. i think you see something here where members are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place. either you are opposing israel or seen as opposing israel or go against the president and the invitation to netanyahu came from boehner and this is a bet of a wake-up call and there is a sleeping giant here and there has been a quiet opposition among his policy against the blackhawk and progressive caucus and you are seeing more an more of

clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you very much mr. speaker. mr. speaker in one of his great books, martin luther king jr. asked the question, where do we go from here? chaos or community? mr. speaker, today, 50 years after selma, that question is still in need of an answer. one area in need of aggressive action is persistent poverty. and i want to thank president obama for sending us a budget that equalizes the tax code and if substantially enacted will prove us closer to what dr. king often referred to as the beloved community. statistics show that there are nearly 500 counties and thousands of communities in the united states that are classified by the census bureau as persistent poverty areas. there are so identified because 20% of their populations have lived below the poverty line for the last 30 or more years. there are diverse communities, including caucasian communities in states like west virginia kentucky and tennessee, native american communities in states like south dakota, alaska, and oklahoma. latino communities in states like arizon

clyburn. you know as in the past the c.b.c. will continue to work to reduce the epidemic of poverty in this country. when over 45 million americans live below the poverty line we are failing as a nation. and as congressman butterfield said earlier this month that the c.b.c. will advocate the clyburn 10-20-30 plan, which redirects at least 10% of an agency's grants and discretionary budget to communities where at least 20% of the population has lived below the poverty line for the past 30 years. these are the issues that we will continue to work on as members of the congressional black caucus. and now it is my honor to have one of my mentors, since before and arriving in congress a former friend of my father and great colleague the honorable charles rangel, come before the floor. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i wish i had a prepared statement. but i was so moved by listening and being a part of this great congressional group in this great country to be able to celebrate 50 years since the v

, john lewis of georgia and highest ranking leader yet to say he's going to skip the speech james clyburn of south carolina. president obama is scheduled to meet with the cbc today with netanyahu's speech likely to be a big topic of discussion. joining us is one of the former members, charlie rangel. always a pleasure to have you on. it's been reported you're going to skip the speech, is that true? do you plan on skipping the netanyahu speech? >> in all probability i'll be there but i'm not broadcasting that because i don't want to encourage -- >> in all probably you will be there? >> i will not be there. >> i will not be there. i'm offended as an american nobody has been more supportive of israel from its birth than i have and so many democrats in the house have felt that way. i think israel is the one issue that brings republicans and democrats together in support, not just because she's a friendly country but she's important to our national security. she represents everything that a democratic government should and that part of the world. so it doesn't make any sense at all for us to h

the hill reported collisioner clyburn on the fcc wants to let the bill go through as it is but remove regulation around interconnection, the big feud comcast and netflix had months back. that would be a significant change and probably would allow for a certain amount of free trade and free commerce some are concerned would be limited by net neutrality. >> i don't know what this does. all kinds of stuff on the one hand removing this interconnection stuff might allow comcast to keep doing what it was doing and netflix oh, wait a second on the other hand by removings this that provides more ammunition for the netflixs of the world or really for the fcc to back up netflix's position and say wait a minute this harms consumers when you to this because nobody understands net neutrality and for me, this is just a huge red herring. the bottom line issue if you don't have competition in local broadband chances are the prices are going to go down and your internet is not going to get faster. >> this is such a political issue where someone says i want the internet to be free, i want you to get wh

hours of discussion thursday, wheeler joined democratic commissioners jessica rosenworcel and mignon clyburn in a three to two vote along party lines. >> so let me close where i began , with a shout out to 4 million americans who took their time to share with us their views. today, history is being made by a majority of this commission as we vote for a fast, fair, and open internet. and what that, i will call for the yeas and mayes. -- nayes. the ayes have it. [applause] >> president obama welcomed the fcc's vote with a thank you letter posted online to users of reddit. their outreach along with groups like free press helped lead to an outpouring of an unprecedented 4 million comments to the fcc in favor of net neutrality. but others, like former fcc chair michael powell, complained the vote is a setback. powell is now president of the national cable and telecommunications association which is the most powerful agency representing the cable industry. he said consumers would -- "surely will bear the burden of new taxes and increased costs, and they will likely wait longer for faster and more

omega cy phi fraternity founded in 1911 at howard university, men who include in their ranks james clyburn of south carolina, congressman hank johnson kendrick meek, nasa administrator charles boldin, hall of fame chicago bulls star michael jordan, dr. charles drew whose medical research in the field of blood transfusions led to the founding of the blood bank and led by antonio f. knox sr. delta sigma theta founded in 1913 at howard university who counted our next attorney general loretta lynch, congresswoman marcia fudge, yvette clarke, joyce beatty and brenda lawrence. the first african-american woman elected to congress, shirley chisholm one of my heros. former secretary of labor alexis herman. and their honorable president paulette c. walker. another special shout out to mide bonus daughter, michelle mills, and my mentee mickie grace. phi beta sigma founded in 1913 at howard university, the fraternity of my husband, dr. nathaniel horn. the brotherhood of sleeping car porters a. philip randolph. civil rights icon congressman john lewis, dr. george washington car very james weldon johnso

jim clyburn, one of my favorite people. just an extraordinary gentlemen and leader. we love him and debbie wasserman schultz, our chairwoman of the dnc, thank you so much. [applause] and then, the guy who i had a chance to see before i came out. just to let him know that he should not feel overly disappointed when his hair gets gray because in this job, it will. ben ray lujan, the dccc chair. [applause] i used to be youthful and attractive like him. [laughter] we will see how long that lasts, brother. you're going to have hair like steve israel. [laughter] he -- you know, i'm not going to give a long speech because i just gave one. and i want to spend most of the time on questions. let me summarize, then, what i said last week. we have been through an extraordinarily challenging journey. the worst financial crisis in our lifetimes. we have seen the incredible courage and sacrifice, but also the costs of two difficult wars. there has been, you know, ups and downs in every region of the country, and people feeling as if the economy is churning in ways that defy their c

i also led the effort with representative jim clyburn to put some $12 billion into federally-qualified health centers which has result inside some four million americans -- resulted in some four million americans, lower income americans now getting health care, dental care -- which is a huge issue in our country -- low cost prescription drugs, and i'm proud of that. with senator bob menendez, i helped pass the energy efficiency block grant program which put billions of dollars into weatherization and sustainable energy as we do our best to try to reverse climate change. now, that is my life and political history in five minutes. let me get to something more important now, and that is the future of our country. on saturday, just this last saturday, i had been invited to speak in harrisburg, pennsylvania, and my friend and i were driving back to d.c., and we drove through gettysburg, and we stopped there for a while at the battlefield of monuments and the museum. and while we were there we, of course, saw the lincoln statues, and we read from his gettysburg address. and you all know abou

james clyburn among those saying he won't be able to make it.el there's a growing number of people calling for netanyahu to cancel his visit. it's election season in israel netanyahu's fate will be decided on march 17th, two weeks after the planned address. there are questions now about whether netanyahu will actually go through with the speech. there are also signs that he may be preparing to blame house speaker john boehner who made the invitation to netanyahu without consulting with the white house first. it appears the speaker of congress made a move which we trusted, which ultimately became clear was a one-sided move and not a move by both sides. joining us here is our panel. appreciate everybody. so just in terms of where this stands right now, in terms of congressional politics john boehner issued the invitation, even nancy pelosi was critical of the invitation. is this speech going to happen? >> all signs point to yes now. speaker boehner reiterated the invitation still stands. if netanyahu rescinds this invitation, will this make him lo

commissioner mignon clyburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. following years of vigorous debate they adopted the framework recognizing that basic freedom as enshrined in the 1st ten amendments to the constitution is fundamental to a free and democratic society. james madison gave life to the first amendment, and a scant 45 words which are fundamental to the spirit of this great nation. almost two centuries later justice william brennan would write the historic 1964 new york times versus sullivan decision that holds debate on public issues should be uninhabited, robust, and wide-open. i believe president madison and justice brennan would be particularly proud of the rigorous robust, and unfettered debate that has led us to this historic moment, and what a moment it is. i believe the framers would be pleased to see these principles embodied on a platform that has become such an important part of our lives. i also believe they never envisioned a government that would include the input and leadership of women, people of color and immigrants, or tha

those skipping the speech will be blumenauer, butterfield clyburn, grijalva, gutierrez.arlier today bernie sanders spoke about the issue of benjamin netanyahu speaking to congress. >> i'd like to weigh in on the speech that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is speaking to congress -- can you weigh in on the speech by benjamin netanyahu? >> it is not a good thing. >> are you thinking of not going? >> i'm not thinking of not going, i'm not going. i may watch it on tv, but i'm not going. >> how many of your colleagues do you think are going to do that? do you have any sense? >> you are sounding like the immediate -- media, you want me to speculate. >> i am the media. [laughter] >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu plans to address concerns about new collar -- nuclear capabilities of iran. you can see the entire news conference tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators" gigi sohn. >> the chairman has said we are not going to rate regulate. i don't know who the next f.c.c. chairman is. the next chairman may try to throw out this whole regime

i also led the effort with representative jim clyburn to put some $12 billion into federally-qualified health centers which has result inside -- resulted in some 4 million lower income americans now getting health care and dental care, which is a huge issue in our country. and low cost prescription drugs, and i'm proud of that. with senator bob menendez, i helped pass the energy efficiency block grant program which put billions of dollars into weatherization and sustainable energy as we do our best to try to reverse climate change. now, that is my life and political history in five minutes. let me get to something more important now, and that is the future of our country. on saturday, just this last saturday, i had been invited to speak in harrisburg, pennsylvania, and my friend and i were driving back to d.c., and we drove through gettysburg, and we stopped there for a while at the battlefield of monuments and the museum. and while we were there we, of course, saw the lincoln statues, and we read from his gettysburg address. and you all know about lincoln's extraordinary gettysburg ad

hoyer, assistant leader clyburn mr. engel, ranking member, on foreign affairs, and adam schiff ranking on intelligence. it was a meeting put together rather rapidly because the speaker called us and said -- they thought it was a bipartisan meeting. would we meet with him. which we did. that's the context. it was a very, shall we say, we are friend. it was a meeting in friendship. i think it was a meeting, i would say, more by sadness on my part anyway, really sad it has come to this. that -- but hopefully there will be a path out of the situation that we are in. we have, many of us have been fighting a fight on nonproliferation our whole lives, our whole political public service lives, so we understand that even if israel did not exist, we'd still have to make sure iran did not have a nuclear weapon. because that's very -- an arms race that in itself -- we can't have it. the arms race it would lead to would be disastrous. we all stipulate to that fact. i do happen to think it it was the greatest political achievement of

if you look at my track record with chairman gronkowski and clyburn, each though i didn't necessarily with the overall framework that the commission was adopting and unless agreed to adopt it and work within it to improve the document. i like chairman wheeler and i get along with him personally and i hope to have a collaborative spirit going forward, but at this point, we are shut out in matters of significance. >> can i follow up on my own answer and that is that my colleague is completely right. there are things we can do by ourselves internally and there are things that will require congressional changes to the statute. there are things that i have and there are items and ideas that i've raised so far they wish were getting better attention internally, and that's something that congress is going to look at. cost benefit analysis is woefully done in this institution and i've highlighted that with a number of items and i've talked about the flexibility act and how weak our responses are into that and we dedicate time to it. it's very a matter of fact if you actually read what we put

i'm very pleased that our democratic outreach engagement task force, led by congressman clyburn, whoimself was part of the civil rights movement, will be introducing legislation in the weeks ahead. again, hopefully by the time we go to selma, the first weekend in march, we'll have reason to be hopeful that the 50-year anniversary will be marked by a recommitment to the bill in the form of legislation passed in the congress. i remind you that when we brought this forward in 2006 when we wrote the -- when the bill was written in 2006 and put together, the vote in the senate was unanimous. it was unanimous. in the house only 33 people voted no. and that was a more -- a broader bill than what is being put forth now by mr. sensenbrenner and mr. conyers. so it has been bipartisan with great pride. hopefully they'll bring the bill to the floor soon again. i'll be pleased to take any questions you may have. >> ms. leader, what is the end game of the drama, a two-month c.r.? >> that's not an end. that's not a end. a two-month c.r. is not an end. a two-month c.r. is a continuation of uncertain

that's also what commissioner clyburn has revolted against.. unfortunately, we've got to end it here. we appreciate it. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> blackberry and no netflix. >> i have an iphone, i have -- >> why wouldn't you have netflix, it's $7 a month. >> we've got to run. >>> and better than expected up next hotels are giving travelers a little more incentive to use uber. details after the break. woman: it's been a journey to get where i am. and i didn't get here alone. there were people who listened along the way. people who gave me options. kept me on track. and through it all my retirement never got left behind. so today, i'm prepared for anything we may want tomorrow to be. every someday needs a plan. let's talk about your old 401(k) today. >>> uber partnering with hotel chain starwood to give them an incentive. uber can now earn one starwood rewards minute for every ride they spend in an uber car. a night in a starwood hotel will end 2 to 4 points per dollar spent. and free hotel nights start at 3,000 points. >> as h

skipping the address include president obama, secretary of state john kerry, and congressman james clyburnhree democrat in the house. >> what do you think? political impact of this what do you think? sglng i there's a chance it won't happen. >> you think netanyahu may not come? >> i think there's a chance he will look for a way to get out of it now. >> why? >> i think he's starting to get blowback at home. you saw michael orrin, the former u.s. ambassador from israel suggest he had to try to find of way to get out of it. no matter what people in israel think about president obama and relationship, everyone in israel realizes having a good relationship with the united states is crucial to security in israel. now in israel criticism of prime minister netanyahu for jeopardizing the relationship and that is what was seen for a little while as a political play to look good is now having blowback for him. there's a lot of pressure for oim on all sides to pull out. >> i'm going to ask you a second what you think about netanyahu coming but the first thing i want to ask is what would you have thoug

clyburn: he suffered racial abuse, slurs and threats as he became the first african-american to play the pga tour. born in north carolina in 1922, he worked as a caddy and dominated the all-black united states golf association winning five straight national titles. he challenged the pga's whites only rule and in 1961, they rescinded it. he won the harvard open in 1967 and the los angeles open in 1969. he also won the 1975 senior pga championship. in 2004, he became the first african-american inducted into the world golf hall of fame. last year, president barack obama awarded him the medal of freedom joining jack nicolaus and arnold palmer as the only golfers to receive a you are -- receive our nation's highest civilian honor. tiger woods, one of the greatest golfers of all times, has often said, he might never have taken up the game were it not for the courage grace, and perseverance of charlie sifert. mr. speaker, charlie was not a quitter. he was a hero. he was my hero. may he rest in peace. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the

i look forward to continue working with congressman jim clyburn who also represents the facility, to support the savannah river site and its vital national security and environmental cleanup missions. we're joined by rick allen and jeff duncan along with senators lindsey graham, david perdue. in conclusion, god bless our troops and may the president by his actions never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very much mr. speaker. i'm compelled to call to attention the irresponsible actions of my republican colleagues, holding the department of homeland security and our national security hostage, it's reckless and irresponsible. this politically motivated action puts the political and economic safety of our people and our country in jeopardy. the republicans claim they already pas

i also led the effort with representative jim clyburn to put some $12 billion into federally qualifiedenter's which has resulted in 24 million americans lower income americans now getting health care, dental care which is a huge issue for our country low-cost prescription drugs, and i am proud of that. with senator bob menendez i hope it passed the energy efficiency block grant program which put billions of dollars into weatherization and sustainable energy as we do our best to try to reverse climate change. that is my life and political history in five minutes. let me to do something more important now, and that is the future of our country. on saturday, just as last saturday, i've been invited to speak in harrisburg, pennsylvania, and my friend and i were driving back to d.c. and we drove through gettysburg and we stopped there for a while at the battlefield of monuments and the museum. and while we were there we, of course, saw the lincoln statutes and we read from his gettysburg address. and you all know about lincoln's extraordinary gettysburg address where he said a hell of a lot

jim clyburn to put some 12 billion federally qualified health centers which has resulted in some 4 million americans now getting health care, dental care, which is a huge a huge issue in our country, low-cost prescription drugs. with the billions of dollars into sustainable energy. that that is my life and political history in five minutes. let me get to something more important important, the future of our country. on saturday i i had been invited to speak in harrisburg pennsylvania. we we were driving back to dc and drove through gettysburg and stop there for a while. billington statues and read from the gettysburg address. we all know about his extraordinary gettysburg address. the hope that this nation would have a new birth of freedom and a government of the people, by people by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. what an extraordinary statement. as we drove back that struck me hard that lincoln's extraordinary vision was perishing for my coming to an end and we are moving rapidly away into an allegorical form of society where we are experiencing a governme