this is an incredible day for all of us. >> well, thank you very much, commissioner clyburn. today is indeed a momentous step in our efforts to harness the benefits of broadband for every american. i am tremendously grateful to each of my colleagues on the commission for working hard, working together to get this done. the work of the staff has been just incredible and i will have more to say about those than there appears as well. but this is a once in a generation overhaul of universal service, keeping faith with our nation's long commitment to connecting all americans to communication services. we are taking a system designed for the alexander graham bell area of rotary telephones and modernizing it through the air as steve jobs and the internet future he imagined. we are reaffirming for the digital age the fundamental american promise of opportunity for all. we are furthering our national goal of connecting the country to wired and wireless broadband and helping put america on its proper 21st century fighting, positioning us to leave the world and a fiercely competitive g

commissioner clyburn. >> thank you. disclosure and transparency, words that inspired confidence, increase the public's trust, and convey their faith. we are seeing, hearing and focusing more and more each day on ways to enhance these efforts in both our public and private sector engagement so it greatly pleases me today to join my colleagues in taking a meaningful step to this end when it comes to the media landscape. local television stations play a vital role in american lives. they provide us with daily updates on weather and traffic patterns, conduct in depth reports about area officials and businesses, and expose us to interviews and personalities in our neighborhoods when we are often too busy to notice. while i wasn't personally involved in local tv reporting, a small newspaper that i owned and operated offered unique insights and reporting that had value worthy of attention. undercurrent obligations that apply to commercial broadcast television stations, the program laws and files of any particular station can b

furthermore, what you think commissioner copps' advisors and commissioner clyburn says well for your collegial efforts to this process. for my office, christine kurth deserves a special mention. when i hired her two years ago from the senate, i said your main mission is to fix universal service. and she accepted my offer anyway. but she is a complete a pass that mission today and i want to thank her for it. many thanks to each and everyone of you and my colleagues. this is an historic day for the fcc. congratulations, mr. chairman. >> commissioner clyburn. >> we are taking a moment to set today, moving ever so close to fulfilling the goal congress set forth for universal service in the 1996 telecommunications act. to ensure all americans have access to affordable voice and advanced communication services. we would not be here but for the incredibly hard work of the sec staff under the direction and leadership of chairman genachowski in his office as well as you can input from congress, state partners, industry and consumer representatives. i believe we have drawn from many competing

representative javier basara from california took in $38,000, while james clyburn, over $36,000.nate -- the senator, patty murray's donations, they're still being calculated. but right now, only senator john kerry said he's not raising any money during this period. and other people we did get comments from said, well, the money they got was money they had gotten before they were appointed to the committee. side by side, republican super committee members took in $181,000 in a six-week period. democrats took in more than $121,000. the next figures do not come out until january. it's going to be after the decisions are made. donors who gave $10,000 or more to super committee members include giants of oil, health care, entertainment, including chevron, pfizer, the national beer wholesalers association, walt disney and federal express. and, of course, passing the hat among business executives can mean $5,000 more per individual. so there's really a lot at stake. and, you know, this is fund-raising season. and while this may look like it's sort of a drup in the bucket, 90,000, 25,000,

. >> representative clyburn. >> thank you madam share. dr.mendorf think you very much for being here again today. you may recall in the first hearing i discussed a little bit of the growing wealth the act that exists and did that with unemployment numbers. now your recent report indicates over the last 28 years in my estimation that is a generation. of the last generation we seen an increase in income of 1% of households in america 275%. at the same time we see an increase in the top 20% of 65% the bottom only 18% over the same period of time for the 6% we have seen in come has grown over 40%. that indicates to me that the middle-income is shrinking relative to the rest of the country. now if we were to extrapolate that as we talk about, i would assume that we are where we are because let me put it this way, to the extent the government policy has allowed this gap to exist, if we continue current policy, then it's fair to say that we are going to experience that kind of continued widening of the wealthy in america in the united states. >> con

clyburn calls it the poll tax of the 21st century. don't forget to read the letter. i wasn't going to make it easy for you. how about those 49ers? >> how about those 49ers? how about that. i was there. i left 41-p because i wanted to go see the blue angels then we got to the blue angels and they were fogged out. so we had them the day before, they were wonderful. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] house minority nancy pelosi and others -- minority leader and others wrapping up a weekly briefing this morning. we are going to stay in the room because we are also expecting remarks this morning from house speaker john boehner. he is expected in just a moment to offer his thoughts on some of the trade deals that took place yesterday. the house, by the way, will be returning for legislative work in about 13 or 14 minutes or so. 11:30 eastern. members will start work on a bill preventing health insurance plans offered under the new health care law from covering abortion services. after a procedura

. >> representative clyburn. >> thank you very much, madam chair. dr.g here again today. as you may recall in the first hearing, i discussed a little bit of the growing act that exist. i did that with reference to employment numbers. now, a recent report indicates over the last 28 years, in my estimation that's a generation, of the last generation we have seen an increase in income of 1% of households in america. of 275%. during that same time you are seeing the increase in the top 20% of 65%. but of the bottom 20%, only 18%. now, over that same period of time for the 60%, we have seen income has grown only 40%. that indicates to me that the middle income is shrinking relative to the rest of the country. now, if you were to extrapolate that out as you talked about, i would assume that we are where we are because of, to the extent of government policy has allowed this gap to exist. if we continue current policy, then it's fair to say that we are going to experience that kind of continued widening of the wealth gap in america. in the united states. >> one

. >> well, thank you very much, commissioner clyburn. today is indeed a momentous step in our efforts to harness the benefits of broadband for every american. i am tremendously grateful to each of my colleagues on the commission for working hard, working together to get this done. the work of the staff has been just incredible and i will have more to say about those than there appears as well. but this is a once in a generation overhaul of universal service, keeping faith with our nation's long commitment to connecting all americans to communication services. we are taking a system designed for the alexander graham bell area of rotary telephones and modernizing it through the air as steve jobs and the internet future he imagined. we are reaffirming for the digital age the fundamental american promise of opportunity for all. we are furthering our national goal of connecting the country to wired and wireless broadband and helping put america on its proper 21st century fighting, positioning us to leave the world and a fiercely competitive g

witnesses today can spread some light on anti- concussion claims used by some support manufacturing's -- clyburn matt -- some sport equipment manufacturers. we should not forget how important sports and physical dexterity is for children. only 18% of american high-school students participate in one hour of physical activity today. that is the amount recommended by the department of health and human services. among high school students in new mexico, only 23% are getting it. this could lead to negative health consequences that could last a lifetime. we need to encourage kids to play sports, exercise, in the more physically active. his injury is always a risk, but the benefits far outweigh the dangers. as we learn more about the dangers of concussions for young athletes, which can make sure they are played more safely i want to thank all the witnesses for being here and testifying today, and especially want to recognize mr. alexis ball who travel from albuquerque. in reviewing dr. ann mckee's testimony, i find it pointed the she discusses a former nfl player who tragically took his life earlier th

you talked a bit about jobs and the economy, and my colleague, congressman c;l -- clyburn, just talked about this. you said that demand was the key issue, and the source of the lack of demand is a key issue. i was wondering if you would discuss the path you've outlined repeatedly, including today. we're increasing the debt to $9 trillion over the coming decades, depending on whether you use the carte blanche or policy base line. our effort is to reach 1.5 and 1.2. this is not even close to the increase we are likely to feed from the current $14.50 trillion debt. what impact does that have on you, the study, and others who have commented on this unsustainable fiscal situation on our current economy? >> the unsustainable path matters in a short run for various ways. partly, the borrowing the government has done, and identification of government borrowing can crowd out private investment to some extent. at the moment, with private investment being weak anyway, it is less clear. in fact, we see interest rates being quite low at the moment, but there can be crowding out of investment. i thi

clyburn, mr. van hollen, mr. becerra have the full confidence of our caucus. they have knowledge. they have judgment. they have -- they share the values of our caucus and they know that we want to have an agreement, a big agreement. our caucus stood with the president in his big agreement in the summer. that's how we'd like to see the committee go. as we watch the proceedings, and we're not just watching and waiting, we're working. i'm very proud that when the president released his american jobs act, which we hope the majority will take the time to bring to the floor, that we have requested respectfully that our members meet with as many small business owners in their districts as possible. in a matter of weeks, they reached thousands of small business owners to review the president's proposals, to ask for suggestions from the business owners and also to put it in the context of a proposal that should be there. we wanted something that reflected the entrepreneurial spirit of america. that is reflected in the curming and optimism of our small businesses to take that leap and we wa

and i want to congratulate our team of baca, clyburn, courtney, sires, cooper, doyle, richmond and myself and may we look forward to an even tougher competition next year, but i do want to say that the principles that the first tee of spouses, things like honesty and integrity and sportsmanship and responsibility were all on great display during this competition, even to the extent that trey gowdy and mike mulvaney called a penalty on themselves during one of the matches. i think up with the principles of the first tee. we look forward to next year's matches. i yield to the republican side, mr. crenshaw. mr. crenshaw: on behalf of the republican participants, i want to congratulate captain yarmuth and his team for their outstanding play and for their narrow victory. and i want to thank all the members of the republican team for participating, for showing up and i think the big winners of the first tee, want to thank all the sponsors because over the years they've raised over $1.5 million for this organization that is involved in all 50 states, touches the lives of about five million young