created by the court case so that we can rise together two major 21st century challenges of achieving broadbent sustainable economic growth and job creation, and bringing the benefits of broadband to all americans. with that, i will ask for a vote. all those in favor say aye, all opposed say nay. the request for editorial religious is granted. -- editorial privileges is granted. >> we heard a very loud nay from you on that. what did you vote against, and why did you vote against it? >> this was a fact gathering comment process for a number of ideas. this is actually the review of an issue that has been looked at many times over the decades. we can no more in depth on that, but this is not anything new. this idea has been examined thoroughly over the years and discredited. i spent a large portion of my time yesterday in the meeting with the fcc talking about how the board administration looked at this in the 1990's very carefully and discarded the common carrier regulation and what we call title 2 of the communications act of 1934. >> do you consider broadband a common carrier? >> no. it is very

>> broadbent basically has been zoned for enterprise. it has been zoned for development, and what we have seen our inside ordinary investment in innovation and jobs. -- what we have seen our extraordinary investment in innovation and jobs. this will create a pervasive, economic regulation type of structure that has never been designed in the united states. this was designnd for a monopoly era. it was applied to the old telephone industry when there provider. in return for that, the government per basically -- pervasively regulated the industry. >> but again, what is the harm to your industry? >> it impacts our ability to be able to move quickly and to innovate, and to be able to what t does is create great regulatory uncertainty, and uncertainty for investors. we have seen that analysts on wall street have cautioned about investor resistance, because they are unsure of what services and businesses the industry will be able to offer or not offer going forward. >> cathy's loan is vice president of the computer information industry associat

. >> robert mcdowell talks about reclassifying broadbent and public airwaves for emergency services tonightpan 2. this morning, we will talk with a former chemical and regulatory engineer for chevron u.s.a.. another recent article on renewable energy. and we look at the role of government and free

if the chairman fails to act the fear is that we are going to see litigation if we implement the broadbent plan without any regulatory certainty.. that is what he is trying to establish here. >> given that you represent pennsylvania and there is a pending merger between comcast and nbc universal, where the stand on that deal? to support it? do you oppose it? would you support it with conditions and what would you what those to be? >> i think there should be due diligence. i think it is being done as the merger is being looked at. . . >> and congressman mike doyle, democrat of pennsylvania, thank you for being on "but communicator's." >> my pleasure. >> as this moves through congress and the sec, the communicators will continue to cover it. >> of course, the lottery is a -- is prescribed by law. if demand outpaces supply, you have to do a lottery. >> i think this is the civil rights issue of today and is not just about race. i mean, it is about class. retsof sunday, the lottery producer on the family she chronicled hoping to attend the harlem success academy and the anti-charter schools sen

technology initiative, and our economic growth programs, have all argued that universal and ubiquitous broadbent connectivity is essential infrastructure for the 21st century economy. broadband will be the diffusion of high-capacity and mobile broadband that will prove critical to improvements in productivity in every other sector. the mission of the program has been to open the vast wasteland on used spectrum capacity for broadband innovation. spectrum is the oil the information economy, and the air waves are publicly-owned resource that need to be allocated to maximize the public interest. we therefore applaud the administration and the s.e.c. for taking up this challenge and for setting such an ambitious goal -- the fcc for taking up this challenge and for setting such an ambitious goal. the and this is on reallocating a federal bans for shared -- the emphasis on a reallocation of the federal bands holds promise. we know the military, the faa, and other agencies will continue to require priority access to many of the most valuable portions of the public airwaves. since most of this capacity i

technology initiative, and our economic growth programs, have all argued that universal and ubiquitous broadbent connectivity is essential infrastructure for the 21st century economy. broadband will be the diffusion of high-pacity and mobile broadband that will prove critical to improvements in productivity in every other sector. the mission of the proam has been to open the vast wasteland on used spectrum capacity for broadband innovation. spectrum is the oil the information economy, and the air waves are publicly-owned resource that need to be allocated to maximize the public interest. we therefore appud the administration and the s.e.c. for taking up this challenge and for setting such an ambitious goal -- the fcc for taking up this challenge and for setting such an ambitious goal. the and this is on reallocating a federal bans for shared -- the emphasis on a reallocation of the federal bands holds promise. we know the military, the faa, and other agencies will continue to require priority access to many of the most valuable portions of the public airwaves. since most of this capacity is not

. >> sec commissioner robert mcdowell talks about broadbent access, media ownership, and the use of airwaves tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> a look now at a conversation with michael kinsley. large of the "atantic wire" here to talk about the politics of the day. i want to start with president obama's management of the tools bill and get you thoughts. guest: i see you have a column here this morning. one of his clients was [inaudible] -- one of his points. he has gotten health care, financial reform, four more times than bill clinton got. he deserves more credit. and the rector made another good point about why -- because we over invest taupes and executive branch and particular, and government in general -- a conservative point, obviously. but about our expectations, this oil spill is a good point. the president cannot do much about an oil spill. i think that obama has had a very impressive first year. host: you do? guest: especially health care. clinton triejust as hard and could not manage to get it. host let me read a little from ross' piece. liberals had hoped obama's elec