doctor coleman bazelon. did i say that correctly? i bazelon, i apologize, doctor bazelon. is principal at the battle group with expert knowledge of wireless license auctions, spectrum antigen myth and competition policy. and formerly, an analyst at cbo. we who is rallying the importance of all of us to get to know spectrum policy better. i appreciate your reminder today, sir, and i look forward to your testimony today as well. mr. lewis, the floor is yours for five minutes. >> thank, you mister chairman. ranking member thune, ranking member wicker, thank you for having me here. in the brief time i had i'd like to summarize for guideposts for national spectrum policy strategy that can drive innovation and promote quality access to communications for all. first guidepost is that we should center the public interest objectives that by congress in our national spectrum strategy. the telecommunications act, congress directed sec to design auctions with seekers to protect the public interest and fulfill the goals of its foundational purpose to make robust communication service a

that >> doctor bazelon? >> our current system is pretty clunky and inefficient.have to recognize it has gotten us to a recurrence system, which is a really incredible wireless, plugged in that work and the ecosystem. it could do a lot better in coming forward. it is going to be, it's cockiness is going to be an increasing detriment to doing the right management. >> thank you. that is helpful. >> thank, you senator. next, we will hear from senator sullivan. you are recognized for. questions >> thank you, mister. chairman i appreciate the witnesses. testimony, that's important, but sometimes, complex. so, speaker, i want to follow up a little bit on what senator cruz was talking about and how the system has worked, but we are starting to see things maybe fraying in some ways. the fcc has had a spectrum auction authority since 1993 without lapsing. what would be the consequences, if the fcc authority does laps for the first time in 30, 40 years, in october? on a currently ongoing 2. 5 gigahertz auction, and more broadly, what's with the sense of confidence in the in

doctor bazelon, i want to come to you. i'm interested in your understanding of the cbo score that you mentioned in your testimony, and it seems like with your prior career experiences at cbo that you would have some helpful insight into how scoring a factor into what up ventral reauthorization of the spectrum auction authority would look like. when i was in the house -- subcommittee there in energy and commerce, we worked on the ravens act, it was a big point of conversation, how this was going to end up. in regards to score. in your view, what are the pros and cons of an 18-month reauthorization, as opposed to going ahead and doing one year or four year reauthorization? >> thank you for the question. if the reauthorization for 18 months allows for the work to be done, to have more direct scoring in a longer bill, that could be useful. but we all appreciate, at the end of the day, we want spectrum authority to be there for a long time. even if you extend the authority for four years or ten years, there is still an opportun

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management at the fcc and in tia, welcome and we will hear from the fourth with us today, doctor coleman bazelon, who is printable at the battle group with expert knowledge of wireless license options, spectrum management, competition policy, and formerly an analyst and cbo, the importance of all of us to get to know spectrum policy better so i appreciate your reminder and appreciate your testimony here as well. the floor is yours for 5 minutes. >> thank you for having me here. in the brief time i have i would like to summarize four guideposts for national policy strategy driving innovation and promoting quality access to communications for all. first guidepost is that we should center public-interest objectives set by congress in national strategy, telecommunication backed congress directed the fcc to design spectrum options to protect public interest and filled the goals of its foundational purpose to make robust communication services available for all americans. this included eroding competition, economic opportunity, preventing excessive consolidations, providing opportunities for small bus