. >> fcc chair tom wheeler was on capitol hill to talk about net neutrality. the verge reports he told the house oversight committee the agency went to great lengths to get public input before voting to give the fcc oversight of the internet. you can watch the entire hearing on our video library. here's some of chairman wheeler's testimony. >> the process of the open internet rule making was one of the most open processes the fcc has ever run. we heard from startups. we heard from isps we heard from a series of public round tables as mr. cumming mentioned, we are from 750 different epartes, we heard from the administration, both in the form of president obama's very public statement on november 10th and in the form of nita's formal submission, but here i would like to be really clear. there were no secret instructions from the white house. i did not, as ceo of an independent agency feel obligated to follow the president's recommendation. but i did feel obligated to treat it with the respect that it deserves just as i have treated with similar respect the input

. >> coming up tonight, federal communication's commissioner chair tom wheeler talks about the vote on the open internet rules. and the discussion on establishing the first public wireless safety network and a look at the epa's proposed gas emissions rules and what they mean for individual states. >> now, federal communication's commissioner chair tom wheeler tells open internet advocates that the fcc vote on internet rules was the proudest moment in his public life. the event focused on the recent vote and work with the fcc's spectrum office. it runs 20 minutes. >> good evening, everybody. so great to see all of you. i think we have more here tonight than last year. the gentlemen i am about to talk to and introduce also needs no introduction he is the man of the hour as someone at my table said. i think he is a man of courage and we all applaud this service and creativeity and the inspiration he has brought to the federal communication system. we are excited to hear what you have to say and grateful for your time tonight. please join me in welcoming chairman tom wheeler. [applause] >>

. >> fcc chair tom wheeler took questions from house members today on whether the white house instructed the fcc to change direction on the recent open internet vote. here is a look. we heard from 750 750 different expertise, over 140 members of congress the administration both in the form of pres. obama's very public statement on november the 10th and in the form of an tiaa formal submission. here i would like to be clear, there were no secret instructions from the white house. i did not as ceo of an independent agency feel obligated to follow the president's recommendation. but i did feel obligated to treated with the respect that it deserves, just as i have treated with similar respects the input both pro and con from 140 senators and representatives. most significantly, as has been pointed out, we heard from 4 million americans listened and learned throughout this entire process and made our decision based on a tremendous public record. >> see fcc chair tom wheeler again tomorrow when he testifies on the knew open internet rules before the senate commerce committee. this time he will

s tom wheeler who flew to barcelona just days after the landmark decision to subject the internet to more regulation. "bloomberg businessweek's" brad stone caught up with the chairman. chairom wheeler: it was interesting, how interested everybody is to learn exactly what the rules are about and how we structured them in such a way that they are built on the mobile model. we built them around what has worked for the last 22 years in terms of regulating the wireless industry in the united states. so that we could make sure that there was adequate investment that would continue to come as a result of the fact that there is no rate regulation, no tariffing, and those traditional kinds of monopoly regulation that you have heard so much about during the debate. so the feeling that i am getting here is they are saying, as i understand it better, and it is significant. sprint has come out and say they support it. t-mobile has said they will continue investing under this. google fiber has said even though we are now a title ii common carrier, we will continue to investigate the small wireless carriers, have said this is something we can live with. on and on and on. there has been

[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> fcc chair tom wheeler was questioned at a house oversight committee hearing on the fcc's recent vote approving new open internet rules. the net neutrality decision is designed to prohibit internet service providers from blocking more discriminating against legal content moving through their networks. we will show you that hearing at 10:00 eastern on the companion network c-span. >> now isis rivera glee head and this army is very shaky. we should not be surprised by that. you can't undo decades of soviet iran and said on your rest of with eight years especially when you taught them when they have u.s. and visors and partners. we have 10,000 troops in a training advisory role, and down almost zero the year after that. i would warn we will see a similar result to what we saw in iraq when the isis attack. the afghan army will be very shaky. >> this sunday and q&a, lieutenant general daniel bolger on u.s. strategies in iraq and afghanistan and what we should have done differently sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-

saturday on c-span, fcc chair tom wheeler testifies on the fcc's recent an probable of new open internet rules designed to prohibit internet service providers from blocking or discriminating against legal content moving through their networks. he spoke in front of the house oversight and government reform committee. see it starting at 150 a.m. eastern time. sunday, secret service director joseph clancy discusses an incident in which two secret service agents allegedly drove into a white house barricade while drunk. he spoke in front of a house appropriations subcommittee. you can see those comments sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern also on c-span. this weekend, the c-span cities is tour has partnered with media come to learn about the history and literary life of columbus georgia. >> right here inside the museum is the remains of a confederate ironclad the c subpoena subpoena jackson. and this is an ironclad that was built here in columbus curing the war. those oval shapes that you see are actually the gun ports of the jackson. and the jackson is armed with six brook rifles. the particular br

tom wheeler the chair of the federal commissioner. all witnesses will be sworn before they testify. if you will please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. thank you. we appreciate it. in order to allow time for discussion, we normally ask for your testimony to be limited for five minutes and we are very for giving on this. we appreciate your verbal comments and your entire written statement will be made part of the record mr. wheeler. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman ranking member, members of the committee. i will take that hint as well as your forgive bs and try to skip through early paragraphs here. i'm proud of the process the commission ran for the open internet order it. was one of the most open and transparent in commission history and the public's participation was unprecedented. last april i circulated a draft in the of proposed rule making that included a set of open internet protections way to achieve an open internet. the open internet npr

. >> coming up tonight, federal communication's commissioner chair tom wheeler talks about the vote on the open internet rules. and the discussion on establishing the first public wireless safety network and a look at the epa's proposed gas emissions rules and what they mean for individual states. >> now,

. >>> live coverage continues this afternoon when fcc chair tom wheeler will go before the senate, commerce, science and transportation committee joined by other commission members to talk about fcc policy and he's likely to be asked about the recent net neutrality decision. live coverage of that gets under way at 2:30 eastern tomorrow. >>> and then on thursday, which would be tomorrow, the house foreign affairs committee looks into negotiations with iran. they called deputy secretary of state tony blanken to testify. he's joined by treasury department official and that's tomorrow morning starts at 8:30 eastern. >>> this weekend, the c-span cities tour has partnered with mediacom to learn about the history and literary life of columbus, georgia. >> right here inside the museum is remains of a confederate iron clad, the css jackson. and this is an iron clad that was built here in columbus during the war. those oval shapes that you see are the -- actually the gun ports of the jackson. and jackson is armed with six brook rifles. the particular brook rifle that we're firing today is one of the

visit ncicap.org] >> federal communications chair tom wheeler testifies on capitol hill on wednesday at a hearing examining new fcc rules and policies and what role the white house plays. we will be on site wednesday at 2:30 eastern on c-span3. on the next "watching to journal " steve king of iowa will discuss a range of issues including his recent trip to egypt, the ongoing iranian nuclear negotiations, and immigration. a member of the foreign affairs terrorism committee discusses the president's request to use military force against isis. later, a conversation with annual metcalf. he will talk about the personal e-mail server used by hillary clinton and what it means for transparency and availability of government information. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern every day on c-span. you can join the conversation with your phone calls and twitter. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour has partnered to learn about the lives of columbia georgia. >> this is an ironclad that was ill here in columbus during the war. these are actually the gun ports of jackson. jackson is

federal communication's commission chair tom wheeler will be on capital hill following the newly approved net neutrality rules. he will testify to the oversight committee about the relationship between the fcc and the whitehouse. you can watch it live tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern on our website. according to a government report federal agencies made $125 millionbillion in improper payments last year. we will hear from social security officials next. and then the u.s. commission of civil rights holding a hearing on workplace discrimination focusing on lgbt's. >> this weekend we learn about the life of columbiaus, georgia. >> inside here is an iron clad from the uss jackson. the oval shapes are the gun ports of the jackson. the jackson is armed with six brook rifles. the particular one firing today is one of the guns built specifically for the jackson. it was cast at the selma naval works in selma, alabama and completed in january of 1865. the real claim to fame is connect today the fact there are only four iron clads from the civil war we can study and the jackson is right here and this is

visit ncicap.org] >> fcc chair tom wheeler will be back on capitol hill today. more about our live coverage in a moment. >> defense secretary ashton carter and martin dempsey will get an update on efforts to combat isis they will take questions on u.s. defense programs at the house armed services committee. live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later, the commissioners of the fcc, along with the chairman tom wheeler will take questions about the newly approved net neutrality rule. live coverage from the senate commerce committee at 2:30 eastern. also on c-span3. >> this weekend, the cities tour has partnered with media com to learn about columbus georgia. >> inside the museum is the remains of a confederate ironclad, the css jackson. those oval shapes are the gun ports. armed with six rifles. the rifle is one of the guns built for the jackson. it was cast at the selma naval works and completed in january 1865. the claim to fame is connected to the fact that there are only 4 ironclad's from the civil war that we can study right now. the jackson is right

visit ncicap.org] >> fcc chair tom wheeler will be back on capitol hill tomorrow. we will have more about live coverage in a moment. >> defense secretary ashton carter and general martin dempsey will give an update on efforts to combat isis. they will also take questions on the u.s. defense programs at the house armed services committee. we will have live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later, the commissioners of the fcc and tom wheeler will take questions about net neutrality rules. we will have live coverage from the senate committee at 2:30 eastern on c-span3. >> the house budget committee will begin work on the 2016 gop uttered resolution tomorrow. republicans on the committee spoke to reporters about the budget plan. that is next on c-span. then president obama meets with the irish prime minister to mark st. patrick's day. republicans onlater, the head of the secret service testifies about security issues at the white house. here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span2 saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, pu

. >>> next fcc chair tom wheeler testifies on the new open internet rules before the house oversightns asked whether the white house instructed commissioners to change direction on the open internet vote. from capitol hill, this is 2:40 minutes. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. the chair has authorized to declare a recess at any time. we're here today to examine the fcc's rule making process and the agency's commitment to transparency. three weeks ago the fcc approved new rules that will dramatically increase the regulation of the internet. problem is americans only got a chance to read them last week. last month chairman wheeler told members of congress that releasing the preliminary discussion draft ran contrary to "decades of precedent" at the commission. in reality the current process making changes to internet rules is far less transparent than what occurred with the equally controversial media ownership rule changes in 2007. 2007, then-senator obama's quote "strongly requested the fcc put out any changes they intend to vote on in a new notice of proposed rule

. >> federal medications -- federal communications commission chair tom wheeler testifies on wednesday. we will be live with the senate commerce, science, and transportation committee at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> coming up here on c-span, a conversation with transportation secretary anthony foxx, and then remarks from labor secretary thomas perez about workers rights and safety issues. that is followed by the news directors of buzz feed and gawker discussing changes in the news media and twitter's communication director on his company's impact on free speech around the world. >> on the next "washington journal," steve king will discuss ongoing iran nuclear negotiations and immigration. after that representative brad sherman of california talks about the israeli elections, the iran nuclear program, and request is military force against isis. later, a conversation with daniel metcalf. he will talk about the personal e-mail server used by hillary and what it means for transparency and availability -- hillary clinton and what it means for transparency. you can join the conversation

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> federal communications commission's chair tom wheeler testifies on capitol hill at a hearing examining new fcc rules and is and what role the white house played. then we are live at the senate commerce, science, and transportation committee wednesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> coming up on c-span, a conversation with transportation secretary anthony foxx. then, labor secretary thomas perez on worker rights and safety issues. that is followed by a panel discussion on employment protections from members of the lgbt community. >> on the next "washington journal," congressman steve king will discuss a range of issues, including his recent trip to egypt, the ongoing iran nuclear negotiations, and immigration. after that representative brad sherman of california talks about the israeli elections, the iran nuclear program, and the president's request to use military force against isis. later, a conversation with daniel metcalf, former founding director of the justice department office of information and privacy. he will talk about the

tomorrow afternoon, federal communications commission chair tom wheeler talks about fcc policy. you can watch this live starting at 2:30. and then on thursday the house foreign affairs committee will be looking into negotiations with iran. deputy secretary of state tony blinkin is called to testify along with a treasury department official. thursday morning at 8:30 eastern. >>> this weekend the c-span city tour learning about the history and literary life of columbus, georgia. >> right here inside the museum is remains of a confederate ironclad the css jackson. this is an ironclad built here in columbus during the war. those oval shapes that you see are actually the gun ports of the jackson. and the jackson is armed with six brook rifles. the particular brook rifle that we're firing today is one of the guns built specifically for the jackson. it was cast at the selma naichl works in selma alabama. and completed in january of 1865. the real claim to fame is directly connected to the fact that there are only four ironclads from the civil war that we can study right now. and the ja

visit ncicap.org] >> next, the chair of the fcc, tom wheeler, anna house hearing -- on a house hearingthen deputy secretary of state blinken. later, defense secretary ashton carter on isis and other security issues. the chair of the fcc, tom wheeler, testified at a house oversight hearing on tuesday on a recent open internet vote. it is that he was pressured into changing his stance on net neutrality. last month of vote approved new rules to prohibit internet providers from blocking or discriminating against content moving through their network. this is two hours and 45 minutes. representative chaffertz: good morning. we are here today to the examined the fcc commitment to transparency. three weeks ago, the fcc approved new rules that will directly increase the regulation of the internet. the problem is americans only got the chance to read the last week. last month, tom wheeler said that it ran contrary to quote decades of precedent. in reality, it is far less transparent than what occurred in the equally controversy all media over s ownershi role into thousand seven. then, senator ob

." >> tom wheeler testified before the house oversight committee. the chair is jason chaffetz of utah. chairman chaffetz: we are here to rule on the rulemaking process and the commitment to privacy. chairman wheeler said the draft ran contrasted decades of precedent at the committee. in 2007, then-senator obama strongly requested the fcc "put out any changes that they intend to vote on in a new notice of proposed rulemaking." senator obama believed to do otherwise would be "irresponsible." then chairman kevin martin responded by releasing the draft text of the rule changes and inviting a four-week public comment period. chairman explain "because of the controversial nature of the proceedings and my desire for an open and transparent process, i want to ensure the members of congress and the public have the opportunity to review my proposal prior to any commission action. that didn't happen in this case. to suggest a there is no precedent for this, that is just not true. chairman martin went even further and testified before congress more than once about the ru

tom wheeler testified before the house oversight committee. the chair is from utah. >> good morning, the committee to come to order. the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we are here to examine the fcc rulemaking process and the agency's commitment to transparency. the fcc approved a new rules that will dramatically increase the regulation of the internet. americans only got a chance to read them last week. in reality, the current process making changes to internet roles is far less transparent than what occurred with the equally controversial media ownership rule changes in 2007. senator obama strongly requested the fcc put out any changes they intended to vote on on a new notice. senator obama believed to do this. chairman martin's said because of his desire for an open process, you wanted to make sure people have a chance to review any proposals prior to any action. that is not happen in this case. to suggest there is no precedent for this is untrue. chairman martin might even further and in december 2007 testified before congress

your interactions with the white house, march 6, tom wheeler meets with jeff zients. chair wheeler: he is the head of the national economic council. representative jordan: so you meet with him march 6. march 7, wheeler meets with jeff zients. may 7, meeting with jeff zients at the white house. may 21, tom wheeler meets with jeff zients at the white house. june 11, meets with economic council's advisers at the white house. june 18, same. september 11, same meeting. october 15, tom wheeler meets again with white house economic advisers. october 20, tom wheeler meets with cap at the white house. leading up to october 30, you met with the white house nine different times all at the white house, with mr. sites--mr. jeff zients. and through october, the position of the commission according to wall street journal, is a 706 based approach. that changes a few days later. i would argue changes on november 6. when you met with jeff zients. but the difference, nine times you went to the white house on november 6 jeff zients comes to you. this is the only time he came to you. in my cont

tom wheeler. and i wanted to thank randy your chair, and kim read, for hosting me this morning. i do have a quick announcement. just because of what has happened. the executive committee has asked me to make an announcement. i know how important those are. they just wanted to me to make sure you know attendance may be taken this afternoon if you are not present because you are watching march madness. don't worry, i'm kidding. if you're going to be watching the hoosiers like i might be watching them at the airport, we hope to see it at indianapolis at the final four for anyone joining us there. i do want to congratulate all of you for being a part of the 30th year, 30th anniversary as an organization, and to thank all of you for your efforts to ensure that we have fair, open and honest election process in our states. my own husband, david brooks does election laws well. usually not at the federal level. he is involved in recounts and challenges. i know about the kind of work that you do. certainly when i was in the justice department i learned of the work that you all do. it is o

i was going to turn to my right and left and certainly want to thank tom wheeler for introducing me and also randy, the chair and the cochair and the committee for hosting me this morning. i do have a quick announcement because of what has happened to the committee asked me to make an announcement. as a 30 year lawyer i understand how to does or what they want me to make sure you know attendance may be taken so if you are gone you might get a little add-on to your fees. don't worry i'm just kidding if you're going to be watching the hoosiers like i might be at the airport anyway we hope to see you at indianapolis for the final four for those that may be joining. but i do want to congratulate all of you for being a part of the 30th anniversary as an organization and to thank all of you for your effort to ensure that we have fair, open and honest process through the country. my husband david brooks does election will usually not law usually not at the federal level but at our hometown and counties and is involved in a lot of recounts and challenges and so forth and so i know about the kind of work you do and d