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commissioner clyburn, when we are we able to read the report? what is next? >> next is a series of changes at the fcc that requires the judicial body. we have an item vote on the item and when that happens, we have the opportunity to weigh in even after the fact. meaning there were two defenses as you know. we will respond to these and real soon the public will be able to see the finish producted. >> host: did you have any issues about voting for it? >> in 2010 i was pro-title two. i thought it gave us the best framework to fuel the innovation and opportunities we enjoy today. so i had no reservations in moving in this direction because i felt it was the least sustainable framework in which we need to have a certainty and can acustomed to. >> technology reporter for "the national journal" is joining us here. >> commissioner, i understand you pushed for some changes that got incorporated into the order and some didn't. can you talk about the changes you wanted and if you have cis appointed you didn't get combining everything you asked for. >> one thing you lea

commissioner clyburn. >> chairman thune, ranking member nelson, members of the committee.ood afternoon. my written statement details my views on some of the difficult decisions facing the fcc. for purposes of my oral summary, however, i will focus on just two. while i prefer competition over regulation, the truth is that marketplace nirvana does not always exist and here are two examples where markets have failed and regulatory backstop is needed. i made rule call completion a priority as acting chair because it is unacceptable in this day and age that calls are not being put through. we tablet this practice by prohibit a ringing signal unless a call is actually completed, and we have required carriers to retain and report call data. data collection rules go into effect april 1st, and we will use this information to ensure that the fcc has the tools necessary to take additional action if appropriate. while a petition requested relief from egregious inmate calling rates remain pending at the fcc for nearly a decade, fees and rates continue to increase. calls made by deaf an

then perhaps either commissioner rosenworcel and commissioner clyburn can respond. thank you for that answer. my time is up. we always say that before we ask the next question. we have a great appeal that's been on file for four years. we'd ask you to respond. it has not been responded to. and i would ask your commitment that you would get the details from us. >> i'm sorry, what is it -- there is an appeal? >> can ed. yes. on appeal. four years. for rates that were established -- they filed -- i'm sorry, they filed in 2011. it is a case dealing back to the funding of 2005. >> yes. >> so we'll follow up. mr. chairman, thank you very much. i'll submit the rest of my questions for the record. >> thank you senator moran. senator cruz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. commissioners, thank you for being here. the internet has proven to be an incredible haven for innovation and for opportunity. and i believe the commission's order imposes a profound threat to continued innovation on the internet and in time will hurt small content providers and favor large corporations with inf

i'm just curious commissioner clyburn, where did you find out about the task force of? >> window to find out about the actual task force? to the best of my knowledge last quarter of last year issued a report in february. it was a very interactive process to be asked each office to weigh in and that is win. subject, my memory, sometimes challenge but last quarter of last year. >> thank you. commissioner rosenworcel,? spent i've issued the is a report sometime last year but had to go back and check. >> commissioner pai? >> if you are referring to the task force the chairman announced this morning, is that the one? >> right. he asked about he spoke about in his opening testimony. >> and i learned about it this morning when he announced it. >> commissioner o'reilly? >> i appreciate the kind words from the chairman. i just heard about it this morning spent my time has expired and the chair now recognizes mr. doyle. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to take a moment and recognize along with my colleague ms. eshoo the historic step forward from the order on municipal broadban

commissioner clyburn? >> yes. >> yes. >> guests. >> guests in two flavors. one is used to just and two we are going to keep enforcing them. >> thank you and i hope it will be possible for those rules to be promulgated. i don't ask for a firm commitment mr. chairman.i hope by the end of spring weekends as bait those rules will be on the books. i would like to just turn briefly to the comcast time warner merger. as the fcc reviews this merger i would like your assurance mr. chairman that you will take into account anything that the fcc can do to protect consumers because i think a number of us are concerned about the potential increases in prices and reduction in consumer choice that could come from continued excessive consolidation in the broadband marketplace. >> senator as you know this is an adjudicatory -- adjudicatory proceeding and i should not opine as we are sitting in judgment. the responsibility that we have is to make a decision in the public interest as a necessity and that will be the basis of the decisions. spann thank you. thank you mr. chairma

commissioner clyburn wants to change glad to happy. what's that a mean? this is a quasi judicial role that we exercise. we need to be going through and having an ability to in camera have our own discussions. but 30 seconds more, sir. i think there is a misunderstanding that the name -- the end of the game is the final rule because what happens is you put it out -- the public it in the federal register, and the next thing that happens is that people are going to file for reconsideration. and what is reconsideration? reconsideration is the entire decision is out there for everybody to see and then the public comes in and comments and says, no we think you ought to reconsider this and we're going to have to vote again. >> well i'm out of time but let me summarize by saying, the stakes are awfully high as we look at something, stepping into title 2 and the internet. i would hope we could work together here to improve the accountability transparency of that process. so that we ensure we have trust as well as better outcomes. >> senator shotz. >> thank you for

clyburn for your important insight. mr. kelly: it's my honor to introduce the gentlelady from texas, congresswoman jackson lee for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank my colleagues and thank congresswoman kelly and chairman butterfield for the opportunity to carry forward the spirit of the 50th commemoration of the march over the edmund pettus bridge. and let me begin by thanking congresswoman sewell and all of the alabama delegation for their hospitality and spirit of unity. i'm so moved by that experience that i frankly believe that now is the time to move the bill that is bipartisan that is the response to the united states supreme court to the floor of the house, to the judiciary committee and to the floor of the house. leader clyburn was very apt in describing a very significant point that really answers the question of the supreme court. if i had my way coming from the state of texas, i frankly believe that the re-authorization that we did through the judiciary committee which i'm a me member and i was engaged

-- congressman, jim clyburn. your outstanding mayor, steve engine and. -- benjamin. the president of this great institution, dr. david swinton. go tigers. now. it has been a while since i was in south carolina. and act, it has -- in fact it has been too long. i am not going to lie. you know, i love you, and i have been loving you, it's just that i've had a lot of depth to do since i last year. -- last saw you. but it was wonderful to be backstage because i got a chance to see so many of the wonderful people i work with act in 2008. if it were not for this great state and all the people who, at a grassroots level, went door to door talked to folks, got everybody fired up and ready to go, if it had not been for all of you, i might not be president, and i am truly grateful for that. i hope that you don't mind i also brought another good friend, the attorney general of the united states, eric holder. we decided to take a friday road trip together because eric has not only been a great friend but an extraordinary atto

so i will ask both chairman wheeler, commissioner clyburn. leased cost routers seem to be a sort of these completion proobz. do we need to know who they are and require them to follow minimum quality standards? and would you agree that we need to get to the source of the problem? and for my colleagues who aren't familiar with this it's what it sounds. it's actually calls being dropped at businesses and homes for no reason and they're not getting the kind of service that they need. they're getting substandard service. so mr. chairman. >> first of all i think you've pinpointed something very important. the data on that we will finally start getting first of next month when the information -- when carriers are required to file with us. so we'll be able to say to you with statistical specificity what senator, i believe is the situation that you're attempting to solve and that you're moving this legislation is terrific and this is something we're also considering in our further notice on this topic. but i think you've identified a cause celebre. >

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mignon clyburn. when are we going to be able to read this report? what is next? mignon: thank you for allowing me to join you today. what is next is a series of exchanges taking place at the fcc. we are quasijudicial body. when we vote on an item, and when that happens we have the opportunity to weigh in even after-the-fact meaning there are two defenses, and we will respond to that. those defenses came in monday. and last monday, what we are doing, and in the coming days we will respond to that. and soon the public will be able to see the finished product. guest: did you have any --host: did you have any qualms? mignon: i did not. i was for title ii. i had no reservations in moving in this direction because i felt it was the strongest legal sample framework in which we knew to have a certainty what we have come a custom two. host: joining us is brendan sasso for the national journal. brendan: i understand you push for some changes can you talk about why you one of those changes and whether you are disappointed you didn't get everything you asked for? mignon: you

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and commissioner clyburn go get 'em. to the distinguished chairman. i don't know how many people realize this about the chairman he is a man of history, i want to pick on the vein of history, i think it's very important for us. around here, life is incremental, it's incremental anyway, god gives us life a day at a time. those are increments. i think what i'd like to do is have you and i want to say a few things about it first, to widen the lens of what is before us today in terms of history. now, the majority has defined or tries to define net neutrality with some very scary things. they call it railroad regulation, billions of dollars in taxes, new taxes are going to be levied no investment is going to be made, the market is going to be chilled. in terms of history we've been through the stone age you can the bronze age, the iron age, the age of invention the industrial revolution the technology age and now the information age. and i think why this is difficult for some to actually see, and when you see something you either get it or you miss it. we

>> i think commissioner clyburn thank you, senator. can i get an invitation? i'd like to see lucille. >> absolutely. >> the -- i think commissioner clyburn hit the nail on the head in terms of we are now, we're looking at moving to phase two of the mobility fund. and that it has to fit into all the other activities which we've spoken about earlier in this hearing in terms of what we're doing for universe service. i am a -- you talk about the great job that the university of mississippi medical center is doing. i'm a huge believer in what mobile health can do. i was before i took this job i was the chairman of the u.n. foundation's mental health alliance literally going around the world and saying here's how you can use mobility to solve these problems. and we want to make sure that those kind of opportunities sure do exist in this country. >> thank you. thank you, my colleagues or the second round. >> thank you senator wicker. senator nelson, you want to ask another question or two? >> we're almost there, guys. >> not quite. mr. chairman i have a letter that t

miss clyburn, i'll go to you. >> miracles do happen. i am a believer. >> we're on the same wavelength. >> well, one of the things that i don't think we could have envisioned just a few months ago is that this body, congress recognizes the importance and needs -- need for rules for free and open internet. we are encouragers, enablers of innovation and investment. and that's why this conversation i think is healthy and important. we might not agree on the particulars, but we agree on the end, what we think the end game is, and that is a robust, open and free platform that will allow every community to be the best it can be. >> so what we're saying, it would be accurate for me to evaluate saying that the system that we have right now, the way we're operating the internet right now is giving us the access and protection we need, the average citizen in america, but also allowing the innovators and creators to continue to invest and get a return on that investment. has it come down to basically that basically corporate america i'm just not ge

my colleague commissioner clyburn when she was acting chair was moving this process forward.five think it is fair to say iran into difficulties inside the commission amongst the commissioners. she did a nonverbal job that i am attempting to pick up poland and move forward on because these kinds of issues are important not only to the free - - the future building al telecommunications but economic opportunities for the country. >> very well. i appreciate that. two years ago i sent a letter to the then chairman asking of the activated -- be examined i also understand you are interested in the issue but what progress has been made to make sure my constituents have every tool at their disposal to receive life-saving information if there is a terrorist attack? >> the chips are a great idea and they bring some technological challenge and we need the bigger antenna to get the signal and also they can drain battery power but increasingly there showing up and consumers have the ability to purchase them and some focus on them. the broader question is whether or not the commission shoul

we significantly expanded the pell grant program with the help of people like jim clyburn. [applause] president obama it used to be : that the student loan program was run throughout banks and the banks take a cut. they were making billions dollars on student loans. we said let's just give it directly to the students and save the money and give to more students and increase the size of the pell grant. and we initiated a program that many of you still take advantage of and that is we capped the percentage of your income that you have to pay in repaying your student loans so that if you decide to become a teacher or you decide to become a social worker or get a job just starting of that is not paying you a lot of money but is in the field that you want, you don't have to say no because you can't afford it. it is only going to be 10% of your income. so it makes your debt payments manageable. but what we still have to do is to deal with the question you pointed out, which is how do we just keep tuition lower , generally? the big proposal that i put forward this year is let's ma

commissioner clyburn. thank you for visiting mississippi. thank you for visiting rural sunflower county. in the mississippi delta. and there you saw a ground breaking telemedicine program that is treating and attempting to defeat type two diabetes. so thank you for coming. this program depends on usf supported robust mobile brbd broadband connections. twhaz what is the fcc prepared to do to ensure the support remains available so rural wireless networks remain up and running and enabling access to these critical life-saving and cost-saving advances in medicine. >> you know about phase 1 one of mobility fund as well as connect america fund. we are moving ahead in the next phases of that which we hope will be further enablers for investments. we've got broadband experiments in a rural initiatives that will help us work out the kinks for us to go to the next stage of broader series of investments. so what we're doing is on a very parallel course working out the kinks in terms of ip transition and the like. and really continuing to fuel innovati

i would like to turn the podium over to assistant democratic leader james clyburn. thank you and god bless you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. speaking at the international health care conference in 1966 dr. martin luther king jr. said a fall the forms of inequality and injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. i profoundly agree with that view. full access to quality health care should not depend on the circumstances of one's birth. more than five years ago during a house debate on the affordable care act i labeled it the civil rights act of the 21st century and i am pleased and very proud that the law is living up to that moniker. under the affordable care act insurance companies can no longer discriminate against the 129 million americans who have pre-existing conditions. 105 million americans no longer have a lifetime limit on their health care coverage. no longer is the leader said ken women be penalized by insurance companies simply for being women women. thanks to the affordable care act, 16 million americans who were previously

announcer: monday night on the communicators, and clyburn on their recent net neutrality ruling. >> what i am proposing that we do is overhaul the lifeline program, make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. the prices and opportunities have been more explosive for the rest of us. yet those providers are out of the certification business. it is a vulnerability in the cyst in -- in the system that we need to close. >> next, wisconsin governor scott walker speaks at a republican activist workshop in new hampshire. then a memorial service for edward brooke. after that, an interview with gary stein gart and joseph o'neill. >> scott walker spoke at a republican party grassroots activist workshop in concord. governor walker is said to be considering a run for the 2016 presidential nomination. new hampshire traditionally holds the first residential primary in the nation. this is approximately 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. what a great job. thank you. thanks. what an honor to be here today thank you. well, first off, i want to think you're great chair. we have been around th

we significantly expanded the pell grant program takes the people like jim clyburn.applause] it used to be that the student loan program was run through the banks and the banks would take a cut. they were making billions of dollars on student loans. i we said, why do we have to go through the banks, why don't we give it directly to the students save that money, and given directly to the students. increase the size of the program. -- tpell grant. we initiated a program that many of you can take advantage of which is we cap the amount percentage of income that you have to pay in repaying your loans. if you decide to become a teacher or a social worker, you don't have to say no because you can't afford it. it's only going to be 10% of your income. so, it makes your debt payments manageable. but what we still have to do is deal with the question that you pointed out which is how do we keep tuition lord generally? the proposal that i put for this year is let's make community college is free. for those who -- [applause] now, it would be condition. you would have to keep up

as someone concerned about health care and our dysfunctional health care system, i worked with jim clyburnto put some $12 billion into federally qualified community health centers which resulted in some 4 million lower income americans gaining access to health care, dental care, low-cost description prescription drugs, and mental health counseling. we also significantly expanded the national health services board. the president was very supportive of these efforts, and in my view, this program has been one of the success stories of the affordable care act. as one of the leaders in the senate trying to combat the global crisis of climate change. i helped create the block grant program that put billions into energy efficiency and sustainable energy. several years ago, working with several of my colleagues, i found it the defending social security caucus and we were successful in beating back massive efforts to cut programs social security, and benefits from some of the most powerful people in this country and that is an effort i will continue to make. [applause] ? now, that is a very brief d

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the proposal is being made by republican and if you look at my track record under acting chairwoman clyburn there are any number of areas where even though i didn't agree with the overall framework and nonetheless agreed to adopt it and work within it to prove the document. i like chairman wheeler and i get along with him personally and i hope we have a collaborative spirit going forward that but to this point by and large we were shut out on matters of significance. >> my colleague has completed things we can do by ourselves internally and things that will require congressional changes to the statue. they are things that i have their ideas that i've raised so far that i wish you were getting better attention internally and that is something that congress is going to look at. cost-benefit analysis is woefully done in this institution and i've highlighted a number of items. it's a very matter-of-fact thing but we put into an item on regulatory flexibility analysis and those are things that i wish we would improve ourselves but if we don't i think both items congress will tackle. >> going bac

. >> monday night clyburn on the net neutrality ruling. >> what i am proposing we do is overhaul the lifeline program and make it concurrent with the information age. the prices and opportunities have been explosive for the rest of us. get those providers out of the certification business. that is the number one problem we have been seeing. it is a vulnerability that we need to plug. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] announcer: a memorial service was held tuesday for senator edward brooke of massachusetts. he was the first african-american it to be elected to the senate of by popular vote. he passed away on january 3. he was 95. speakers included secretary of state john kerry, delegate eleanor norton, milton davis and senator brooke's son. it was held at the washington national cathedral. it is just over one hour. [bells tolling] >> whoever has saved me [indiscernible] and everyone who has life. shall not die forever. as for m

i have one question for commissioner clyburn. i want to go to the lifeline program with you.d you have had several supply-side reforms aimed at eliminating incentives for waste, fraud, and abuse. the fcc's inspector general as you know has performed a review of the verification process on this, and recommended that the fcc may improve the effectiveness of the warnings that it gives subscribers and reduce the level of fraud in that program. we have had hearings on this and i want to work with you on it. >> thank you. >> is a two under the current system the penalty for a subscriber defrauding the program by having multiple phones is to lose the subsidy for those phones, all but one one of them take you to keep one, and then the carrier is prosecuted. i tell you why your answer is important to you all are talking about getting the end to broadband. and in addition to the phone, and you've got to reform all of this before you talk about expanding. >> i totally agree. one of the reasons why i set out 5.4 from is because i recognize two things. one, you need to eliminate all incen

clyburn. >> following years the united states adopted the bill of rights in 1791. the framers recognized that basic freedoms enshrined in the first 10 amendments to the constitution were fundamental to a free and open democratic society. james madison gave life to the first amendment and a scant 45 words mr. chairman 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 quote debate on public issues should be uninhibited robust and wide-open. i believe president madison and justice brennan would be particularly proud of their 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 in leadership of women, people of color immigrants or they would be an open process where nearly

. >> tonight on "the communicators," fcc commissioner mignon clyburn on their net neutrality ruling,unicipal broadband, and the subsidized phone and broadband program lifeline. >> i propose we overhaul the lifeline program making concurrent and in sync with the -- making it concurrent and in sync with the information age. the prices and opportunities have gone down, have been more explosive for the rest of us. it should be for lifeline consumers. get those providers out of the certification business. that has been the number one problem we have been seeing. it is a vulnerability in the system that we need to plug. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: how guest is kimberly leonard to talk with us about the health care law enrollment and cost projections. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: first time on the show. we are glad you could make it. what should we know about the recent aca enrollment numbers? guest: there is another open enrollment that started beginning yesterday. 11.7 million ame

clyburn. mr. clyburn: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i thank you so much for bringing the nation's attention to this very, very critical problem. but i want to emphasize one thing. when i went to ferguson, i found out it's not just ferguson. there are townships or jurisdictions that seem to be all around st. louis with this problem, it's very pronounced. i could not believe it when one person told us, having been ticketed three times in three different jurisdictions on the same morning for a tail light. for a tail light. this morning, the young african-american woman told her story of being ticketed for a broken wind shield. and because she could not pay the fine on time, it compounded over time. and now she's being prevented her life-long dream of entering the navy. until all of this is cleared up. these things have a devastating impact on the lives of people in many instances, they'll never get over it. i think it's time for us in this congress and around the country to come to grips with the fact that this is not isolated to ferguson

." >> monday night on "the communicators," fcc commissioner minyan clyburn on their recent net neutrality ruling, municipal broadband, and the subsidized phone and broadband program lifeline. >> what i am proposing that we do is overhaul the lifeline program. make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. challenge those providers to give more to their consumers. the prices and opportunities have been more explosive for the rest of us. it should be for lifeline consumers. get those providers out of the certification business. that has been the number one problem we've been seeing. it is a vulnerability in the system we need to plug. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. at 8 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." >> each week "real america" brings you archival films that tell the story of the 20th century. 1945, u.s. army forces captured ludendorff bridge. this is a two-part 1965 u.s. army film telling the story of the battle. the documentary is narrated by several participants from world war ii, including president dwight eisenhower, general brad

clyburn: what i am proposing we do is overhaul lifeline program making concurrent and in sync with the information age challenging those to provide and give more to consumers. the opportunities have been more explosive for the rest of us and should be a lifeline for consumers. get those providers out the certification business. that is the number one problem we have been seeing. it is a vulnerability in the system we need to plug. >> monday night at 8:00 est on "the communicators." >> now, wisconsin governor scott walker in new hampshire. he spoke in the grassroots activist workshop in conquered. he is said to be making a run for the republican 2000 16 republican nomination. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> what a great crowd, thank you. it is great to be back, thank you for the book. thank you. i got a chance to sit down with jennifer horn and get to know her. and the rnc chair grew up about 15 miles down the road from me and ironically paul ryan grew up 15 miles down the road in the other direction. must have been something in the water in the 80's. a funny thing about paul, w

excited to hear from a former public utility commissioner colleague of mine as well commissioner clyburn clyburn said is to modernize a lifetime program in the broadband era and i want to hear from all commissioners on how we can work with the fcc including strengthening information technology systems that collapse under the weight of congress when a friend of ours john oliver filed, to the fcc which crashed its servers. surely the agency that is charged with overseeing the internet should be able to handle the traffic. with that mr. chairman i want to thank everyone for being here and i look forward to this important conversation today. >> i i think the jumpers, tomiko to the chairman of the fcc for an opening statement. mr. wheeler thank you for being here. we know you have a tough job and we look forward to your comments. >> thank you very much mr. chairman, ranking member eshoo it's a privet should be here with all of my colleagues. there has been some reference appear about the open internet. i am sure we will discuss it more today. clearly the decision we made was a watershed. you

concerned about health care and our dysfunctional health care system, i work hard with represented jim clyburnto put some $12 billion into federally qualified community health centers which resulted in some 4 million lower income americans any excess to health care dental care low-cost prescription drugs, and mental health counseling. we also significantly expanded national health service called to provide -- debt forgiveness to new primary physician. this program is one has been one of the success stories of the affordable care act. as one of the leaders of the senate trying to combat the global crisis of climate change, along with senator bob menendez i helped pass the block grant program which could billions of dollars into energy efficiency and sustainable energy. several years ago working with several of my colleagues i found the defending social security talk is and we were successful in beating back massive efforts to try to cut programs, to cut social security and benefits with disabled veterans from some of the most powerful people in this country. and that's an effort i will continue

chairman tom wheeler who will kick it off then we'll go no alphabetical order of that with commissioner clyburn, o'rielly and commissioner pai and commissioner rosenworcel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's a privilege to be here with my colleagues. we're five type a individuals who have been working together for the public interest. let me make three quick observations in keeping with your three-minute rule. one the open internet decision, as you indicated is a watershed. your leadership, mr. chairman, has illustrated that there really aren't any differences about this need to do something, as you said today. we need clear rules. there are different approaches to be sure. >> wireless is causing cancer and the fcc has been hiding it from everyone. suffering with brain injuries, breast cancer. >> you're subject to arrest! >> cancer. world health organizations classify -- >> order in the hearing room. >> world health organizations classify all of the wireless as the class 2 b cancer again. these aren't safety standards. >> sorry, mr. chairman. please proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as i said,

the last 17 months that there were under the entire chairmanships of martin cox, jenna caskey, and clyburn combined. i am concerned that the commission's long-standing procedures and norms of being abused. for example it has been customary for bureaus planning to issue significant orders to provide those items to commissioners 48 hours prior to the scheduled release. back then if the commissioner asked for the order to be brought up that request we will be hard. recently the leadership has refused to let the commission vote on items were to commissioners have made such a request. given this trend as well as others i commend the subcommittee focusing on the issue of fcc process reform. finally i would like to conclude by discussing an issue where it should be easy to reach consensus. when you dial 911 you should be able to reach emergency personnel wherever you are. unfortunately many properties that use multi line telephone systems require callers to press line or some other access code. this problem is not a a tragedy. unfortunately the phone systems of many federal buildings are configur

clyburn: mr.er, i rise in support of h.r. 216, as amended, the department of veterans affairs budget planning reform act of 2015. this bill represents a bipartisan effort of the veterans' affairs committee building on the work of former ranking member michael michaud and current ranking member corrine brown of florida. i also want to thank chairman jeff miller, mr. doug lamborn of colorado and all of the members of the committee for their efforts on behalf of this bill. h.r. 216 would codify and strengthen efforts by the v.a. to improve the manner in which it matches resources with requirements. h.r. 216 will improve transparency and give us in congress veterans and the american people -- in congress, veterans and the american people a better sense of where the v.a. is going and how it intends to get there. it is often said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. far too often it seems that in terms of budget planning, the v.a. is focused on the single step and not the thou

tonight on "the communicators" the fcc commissioner clyburn on their municipal ruling, rock band and their program, a. >> what i am proposing we do is overhaul the lifeline program and make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. challenge those providers to give more to their consumers. the prices and opportunities have been more explosive for the rest of us and it should be for lifeline consumers. get those providers out of the certification business. that is the number one problem we have been seeing, it is a vulnerability in the system that we need to plug. >> now a look at some of the possible 2016 presidential

tonight on "the communicators" the fcc commissioner clyburn on their municipal ruling, rock band and their program, a. >> what i am proposing we do is overhaul the lifeline program and make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. challenge those providers to give more to their consumers. the prices and opportunities have been more explosive for the rest of us and it should be for lifeline consumers. get those providers out of the certification business. that is the number one problem we have been seeing, it is a vulnerability in the system that we need to plug. >> now a look at some of the possible 2016 presidential candidates who are focusing their attention on the state of new hampshire. this is 40 minutes. >> joining us from boston is james kendall, thank you for being with us. i want to begin with governor scott walker, he was in new hampshire for two days with nine in events, but only one public event and that gets to a piece you wrote a few years ago that to win the primary you need to go after the activist first. that is what is happening, can you explain. >> we ar

clyburn, the chair of our caucus, mr. becerra, our special, very special guests, all of our house members welcome jamal lee dr. renee fox and her daughter, christine, and amanda. they will explain why the affordable care act is important to them. five years ago yesterday marks the fifth anniversary. the day after the passage of the bill, president obama called and said, i was happy -- thank you, he congratulated the congress for passing the bill. but he said, i was happier last night with the passage of the health care bill than i was on the night i was elected president of the united states. [applause] of course i said, mr. president, if you had not been elected president of the united states, we would not have an affordable care act. thank you, president obama. [applause] today we are gathered to -- in the celebration of this anniversary, and to highlight our historic progress towards making health care a right for every american, not a privilege for the few. -- for the few. we'll be brief. for the first -- the facts sp

. >> thank you commissioner clyburn. commissioner o'reilly. >> thank you mr. chairman ranking member nelson and members of the committee for the opportunity to deliver testimony to you today. i have always held this committee in the highest regard given my past involvement as a congressional staffer with oversight hearings and legislative efforts. i recommit myself to being available for any resource i can and be any help in the future. in my time at the commission, i've enjoyed the many intellectual and policy challenges presented by the innovative and ever-challenging communication sector. it is my goal to maintain friendships and seek out opportunities where to work together. to provide a brief snapshot i have voted with the chairman on approximately 90% of all items. unfortunately, the percentage drops significantly to approximately 62% for the higher profile open meeting items. one of the policies i've not been able to support is the insertion of the commission into every aspect of the internet. the commission pursued an ends justify the means approach to

this agency now for almost two and a half years, worked under chairman jankowski, acting chairwoman clyburn, chairman wheeler. every single month on every single issue i herbert's the item on the merits and figure out if there is some way for us to reach consensus. if so, i offer my suggestions. if they are rejected the mouth washed up reviews. i certainly don't see the well has been poisoned. i don't think of the german -- i hope the chairman doesn't bear me any all from one item to the next. whatever is on next will approach with an open mind. the whole.of being at this agency is we have to work in a variety of complex matters, which reasonable people can disagree and often do, and those disagreements should be it within the four corners of the document was voting on. whether it's a him radio revitalization or spectrum policy shift i'm going to approach it with the same collegial and open spirit that i would hope my colleagues to. >> i would answer it this way, i look forward to continuing my friendship with chairman wheeler even if we disagree. i we will say this is a fundamental shift f

as someone concerned about health care and our dysfunctional health care system, i worked with jim clyburn to put some $12 billion into qualified community health centers which resulted in some 4 million lower income americans gaining access to health care, dental care, low-cost ascription drugs, and mental health counseling. we also significantly expanded the national health services core. the president was very supportive of these efforts, and in my view, this program has been one of the success stories of the affordable care act. as one of the leaders in the senate trying to combat the crisis of climate change. i helped create the block grant program that put billions into energy efficiency and sustainable energy. several years ago, working with several of my colleagues, i formed the social security caucus and we were successful in beating back massive efforts to cut programs, social security, and benefits from some of the most powerful people in this country and that is an effort i will continue to make. [applause] now, that is a very brief description of my life and political history.

clyburn and others today we'll be introducing the voter empowerment act. today, also, on the floor of the house, republicans are making harder to vote and join a union. the attack on the ability to bring labor elections and regulations into the 21st century. it's an outright attack, not just on unions but on the right to organize. the right to organize has been such a fundamental principle for progress for america's working families. today we expect to see a republican budget. i don't know if that will be possible. they were supposed dd to go back in this morning. i don't know if they have. as we have discussed before, a budget is supposed to be a statement of our national values. what is important to us as a nation is where we should be allocating our resources. instead, we see a republican budget which isn't. it's a budget so far that we have seen of it, because they haven't passed one yet, as you know. but their initial statement is what we would describe as work harder for less. harder to buy a home, harder to send a child to college, harder to secure