commissioner clyburn: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> f.c.c. commissioners wrapping up a series of news conferences with reporters this afternoon. during a meeting earlier today they voted 3-2 along party lines to repeal net neutrality rules that were put in place during the obama administration. it was instituted to guarantee equal access to the internet. the associated press writing today the f.c.c. got rid of the rules that barred companies ke comcast, at&t and verizon from playing favorites with internet

and both ajit pai and mignon clyburn spoke about the the f.t.c. chairman pai: two years ago, the title 2 order stripped the f.t.c. of jurisdiction over broadband providers but today we nation's premier consumer protection cop back on the beat. again havewill once the authority to take action against internet service anyider that engage in competitive, unfair or deceptive acts. chairman maureen o'hausen recently said, the to protectility consumers and promote competition in the broadband is not new. we have a long established role in preserving the values consumers care about online. or as president obama's first f.t.c. chairman put it restorey, the plan to f.t.c. jurisdiction is good for consumers, the sky isn't falling, consumers will remain protected, and the internet will continue to thrive. so let's be clear. following today's vote, americans will still be able to access the websites they want to visit. they'll still be able to enjoy services they want to enjoy. there will still be cops on the beat guarding a free and open internet. this is th

>> host: the ranking democrat mignon clyburn, you both were in the room, you heard her opening statement, it was rather stronger lets you a little bit of it. >> i dissent. i dissent on this farley on legally lightweight consumer harming, corporate enabling, destroying internet freedom order. i dissent because i'm among the millions outraged. outraged because the fcc pulls its own teeth, abdicating responsibility to protect the nation's broadband consumers. some may ask why are we witnessing such unprecedented groundswell of public support for keeping the 2015 net neutrality protections in place? because the public can plainly see that a soon to be toothless fcc is handing the keys to the internet, the internet, one of the most remarkable, empowering, enabling conventions of our lifetime, over to a handful of multibillion-dollar corporation corporations. and if passed, is prologue. those very same broadband internet service providers that the majority says you should trust to do right by you, will put profit and shareholders returns above what is best for you. each of us raised our hands

commissioner clyburn, thank you for being with us. so what is it about chairman pai's move that you object to? >> it leaves the consumer in a regulatory free zone. no one is looking out for their best interest. the question is simple: do you as a consumer control your experiences online, or will it be that multibillion dollar internet service provide? it's very simple. >> woodruff: well, he has argued, and you know this very well. he says what we have now thanks to the obama administration are heavy-handed government regulations. he says they discourage innovation, that investment in these companies is down as a result of these regulations. >> there are no credible studies that show that an investment is down. the internet rules that we have in place today, the open internet rules that we passed in 2015, they threw away over 700 rulings and 25 positions that we governed ourselves back in the old telecom era. so the rules are light touch, forward looking, and they take into account that the internet today is different than it was even

. >> just to pick up on something that you said that the commissioner clyburn referenced it was a legallylightweight decision. >> i think that is an indication that folks who oppose the fcc decision will take this to court. that they would be a court challenge and also chairman pai seem shocked that there would be litigation. so this will be headed for a legal showdown adjust is a question of what direction that will take. >> so now this is happened what happens? >> these rules will go into effect after go true a review i'm sure we will see lawsuits filed the attorneys general have already said they want to impose interest groups. moving from the fcc to the courts. >> and to explore and then to try and overturn the fcc vote and then the state legislation the states of california and washington have expressed interest to write new state laws to supersede the fcc proposal but at the same time they have explicitly addressed the possibility of the states trying to circumvent those rules to say it will preempt any states that try to do so. >> that was a big win for the major internet service p

carl. >> listening to clyburn's dissent, highly emotional as we saw with your interview a few minutes with the head of reddit. >> impassioned, certainly. those on the democratic side feel strongly about, title 2, the regulations the obama administration put in place. it wasn't always obvious that was the way to go. tom wheeler at first was against title 2 and then he was for it but this has become about something called net neutrality, even though these rules are just one component of that. and people are fired up because they believe that the internet itself is at stake and competitiveness. but meanwhile, we've got these huge companies coming together in the content realm, which is a huge part of what people come to the internet for that's not getting enough attention. >> very simply from the stock perspective, it's the telecoms, isps and service providers that would be perceived as the winners of this appeal and the content providers, somebody who provides a service over the internet, relies on fast internet speed to deliver whatever their service is, as the losers here. >> unless y

thank you. >> thank you commissioner clyburn. i'm going to mark you down as a no. commissioner o'rielly. >> to the main event. i'll have a longer statement if believable since this is long in and of itself. the order before us represents the culmination of work by the agency staff to carefully consider whether net neutrality rules are truly warranted, reviewing the legal underpinnings, economic analysis, and practical effects. as debated extensively and exhaustively in the record of this proceeding. i agree with the decision and i support such a well reasoned and soundly justified order. but i have long-standing views on had topic, i approach this proceedinging with an open mind. i read the substantive comments with the interest and met with anyone i could no matter how or what their particular viewpoint. in the end, i'm simply not persuaded that heavy handed rules are needed to protect against hypothetical harms. in all this time, i've yet to hear recent unquestionable evidence of demonstrable harms to consumers that demands providers be constrained by this comple

commissioner clyburn is here. commissioner riley, you can go ahead. >> hello. you commissioner riley. i have a hard time imagining say , in the last commission, you saying the fcc did not authority to act but voting with the majority anyway. can you square that a little more? ownership.media if you not think. we want -- why not say ,ou to change this congress, but our hands are tied. commissioner riley: i accept the fate i might be wrong. i said to congress i think i am right. up the possibility i may be wrong. in this case, i know my party will challenge the situation if we ever get to final order. aswill be challenged as far media ownership issues have been challenged since the 96 act. it is going to be challenged and it is going to get finality. called ont congress --i have called on congress to resolve this. >> i was wondering if the two of you could discuss thoughts on consolidation and if you see the fcc having a role on this transition. >> i was not part of that. but i funny and i laughed was not part of it. to your point, i make it a practice never to t

commissioner clyburn, thank you for being with us. ultimately this went down along party lines.lly expected. we're trying to get -- i've been struggling to get a big-picture sense of what the unintended consequences of this may be. i'm prepared to take certain companies at their word that they're not intending to throttle back services, and they're not intending to favor some services over others, but by repealing the net neutrality law, what remains is the need for an internet service provider like our parent company comcast to put out on a website if they are allowing services to have faster or slower access if they're throttling back which means it isn't against the law if the requirement is they'll have to tell people they're doing it. >> right. and all you have to do is disclose. >> correct. >> and there will be few, if any, restrictions. we have taken ourselves out of the game. we pulled our own teeth at the fcc, so we're toothless, we're powerless. if they disclose, then they can block, they can slow down, they can control. when they say they have no incentive to do so, i

clyburn: thank you very much. i thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, i stand before this house tonight as the proud representative of a congressional district that has seven of the eight hbcu's in south carolina within its borders. allen and benedict and columbia, clapton and south carolina ate, in orangeburg, mars and denmark oorhees, and tech in denmark, south carolina, and clinton college in rock hill, south carolina. i listened intently as some of the speakers spoke before me and i would like to give just the a brief overview of the history of hbcu's. you've heard from the previous speaker that the first hbcu was chaney state in 1837. well it's kind of interesting hat school was created a few decades before the emancipation proclamation. society means that before lavery was abolished, hbcu's existed. what was the interesting thing that took place during the civil war was the creation of something called the moral act, tissue the morrow act a gentleman from vermont, justin morrow, introduced legislation to train people not just in agricultu

. >> reporter: congressman james clyburn, the powerful former chair of the congressional black caucus, says he's personally urged conyers to step aside. >> this was not going to get any better, in fact, i could see it getting worse. >> reporter: democrats have been treading gingerly for days, but the accusations are piling up. today, marion brown, who worked for conyers, spoke out publicly for the first time. >> he asked me to satisfy him sexually. he pointed to areas of -- genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. >> reporter: conyers admits paying brown a secret $27,000 settlement, but denies all allegations of misconduct. the controversy is taking a toll on the 88-year-old congressman. tonight, hospitalized with stress-related illness. but his lawyers made clear, he's not quitting. >> nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> mary bruce live on the hill again tonight. and mary, you've been reporting about the separate set of rules for congress when it comes to sexual harassment complai

clyburn, a real champion of the middle class. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you so much. thank you for yielding me time. let me say to my friend from pennsylvania, it's time to do all the things he spoke about, but this piece of legislation does none of those things. in fact, it raises taxes on 87 million middle income families. cut $25 billion a year from medicare. kick 13 million people off of their health insurance. make it easier for companies to ship jobs overseas. eliminates long-held deductions for teachers, students, and the chronically ill, make individual tax cuts temporary but corporate tax cuts permanent, and increase the deficit by more than $1.5 trillion. the hypocrisy of so-called conservatives is staggering. corporations will save billions, and shareholders will get richer, but our children and our grandchildren will foot the bill. the motion to instruct nferees will restore the american care act's individual mandate. doing so will stop

clyburn, a real champion of the middle class. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you so much. thank you for yielding me time. let me say to my friend from pennsylvania, it's time to do all the things he spoke about, but this piece of legislation does none of those things. in fact, it raises taxes on 87 million middle income families. cut $25 billion a year from medicare. kick 13 million people off of their health insurance. make it easier for companies to ship jobs overseas. eliminates long-held deductions for teachers, students, and the chronically ill, make individual tax cuts temporary but corporate tax cuts permanent, and increase the deficit by more than $1.5 trillion. the hypocrisy of so-called conservatives is staggering. corporations will save billions, and shareholders will get richer, but our children and our grandchildren will foot the bill. the motion to instruct nferees will restore the american care act's individual mandate. doing so will stop

clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the ryan-mcconnell tax scam bill. this bill should be named the republican donor class relief act. because that's what it is. and several my republican colleagues and many in the media have admitted as much. this tax scam represents -- it will test a set of priorities, revealing deep depravity of american values. one of the first principles of our judeo-christian value system is grounded in what we do for the least of these. from the outset, this bill violates that principle by lowering the marginal tax rates on the wealthiest among us by 2.6 appointments while raising those rates on the least among us by two points. this tax scam bill adds insult to that act by doubling the estate tax exemption from 11 -- $11 million to $22 million. republicans add further insult to injury by lowering the tax rates for corporations by 14 points, while raising tax rates on 86 million middle income families. it makes the tax cuts for corporations permanent and th

like our fcc commissioner, mignon clyburn. but some people won't.table. we have to continue to organize. we have to support our members of congress. how many of y'all remember the resistance? there is no resistance without a free and open internet. so we have to organize. we have to get people on one accord. we have to make this a 2018 troll issue. it is absolutely imperative that folks understand that a vote against keeping the internet open and free is a vote against poor people in this country. is a vote against people of color in this country. is a vote against activists in this country. is a vote against democracy. and we're not going to stand for that. but we have to get serious. we have to continue to talk about it. and i know we know. but we have to take it to our networks. and we have to take it before they shut the internet down. i am here because i believe in this work. i believe that we can make a difference. i believe that although i don't think the vote's going to go our way today that we can make a difference six months from now. a ye

clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the ryan-mcconnell tax scam bill. this bill should be named the republican donor class relief act. because that's what it is. and several my republican colleagues and many in the media have admitted as much. this tax scam represents -- it will test a set of priorities, revealing deep depravity of american values. one of the first principles of our judeo-christian value system is grounded in what we do for the least of these. from the outset, this bill violates that principle by lowering the marginal tax rates on the wealthiest among us by 2.6 appointments while raising those rates on the least among us by two points. this tax scam bill adds insult to that act by doubling the estate tax exemption from 11 -- $11 million to $22 million. republicans add further insult to injury by lowering the tax rates for corporations by 14 points, while raising tax rates on 86 million middle income families. it makes the tax cuts for corporations permanent and th

that commissioner clyburn had a direct 10-point takedown of the fcc chairman that many see the beginningtical fight. liz, we have not seen or heard the last of this issue. liz: there were doomsday predictions for both sides waiting to see if any of this plays out. but on the other side of this, i just saw somebody claiming, it was a peter frampton tweet, yes, i follow peter frampton. how do you feel about paying $2 for next google search. we don't know if that's going to happen, do we? >> we don't know that is going to happen. that is what a lot of democrat are saying will happen. that is what the consumer advocacy groups say. well, they're sending this broader message saying you shot yourself in the foot. gop leaders. this is going to hurt everyday consumers. to your point, liz, we don't know. liz: frampton comes alive. i saw him at dodger stadium and the fabulous forum in the 70s. fabulous. deirdre. thank you. i had a crush, what document from me? >>> the dow is deepening losses, low of the session down 67. so we're not there yet. s&p down about 9 1/2 points. the composite for the nasd

clyburn telling him that he should step down. >> it did take more time for them to say he should stepd already till people out there today saying nancy pelosi doesn't decide whether john conyers should step down. she's the head of the party. you cannot take the moral high ground on republicans who do bad things if you do not give the same treatment to democrats who have done bad things. what's fair is tar. if you're going to say roy moore shouldn't run and the president is not fit for office because of women, you have to say the same thing about john conyers. >> and al franken. so my point is not -- i'm not saying that there shouldn't be punishment for someone who has engaged in sexual harassment, assault, or any other type of behavior. what i'm saying is that i would like to see the same type of condemnation, the same type of swift action, even when it comes to al franken. but the reason you're not seeing that, don, is for political expediency. they're afraid they won't win that senate seat in minnesota. >> i've got to go, guys. u i'm sorry, that's got to be the last word. when we co

congressman nancy pelosi, congressman clyburn calling for john conyers to resign.yer says he will not be pressured into resigning. conyers used $27,000 from the fund to pay off an accuser who said he sexually harassed her, a number of accusers. should he step down, eric? >> i think so. but i doesn't think he will. and that's the other issue is that some of these politicians, they're not accountable until the next election. so it is different than a matt lauer or others that are doing conduct in which they have an employer. the employer are the people but unfortunately a period of time that needs tokes fire. so pelosi, look, she has probably got even more access to facts. she is hearing about it from her constituents as are members that report to her. so she can't ignore it anymore. this is, part of a bigger zeitgeist and a movement to really i think correct things and i think empower women over all. i think women will be the big pushries which is a good thing. i think it is a great thing -- beneficiaries. liz: patrice, final word, should nancy pelosi, chuck schumer

nancy pelosi enter number three in the leadership james clyburn, bo 77 years old, her secondary command78. that led sanchez, all three should step down, not just nancy pelosi. more important than their ages is the fact that several fellow democrats have been going after her for fresh ideas, anger for calling democrat john conyers and icon invoicing doubt by the sexual harassment of cruisers before he had to step down himself. a moderate democrat from ohio who challenge nancy pelosi tim ryan says that nancy pelosi is less popular than donald trump and that's makes it hard for democrats to win top races in swing districts where the republicans have to run tv ads tying the democratic candidate to nancy pelosi. watch. >> i have been calling for a leaders to step down and allow a new generation of leaders to step up and lead the party forward for a long time. >> i think that we have this breath and depth of talent within our caucus, and it is time to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders. >> nancy pelosi was a great speaker, great leader, but her time has come and gone. >> i respect

including jim clyburn, the number three democrat in the house. and keith ellisson, the vice chair of the democratic national committee. and that is despite warnings not to support impeachment from house democratic leaders nancy pelosi who wrote, committees continue to be deeply engaged in investigation into the president's actions. the investigation is moving forward as well. and those increased should be allowed to continue. now is not the time to consider articles of impeachment. but for democratic representative al green who introduced the resolution to impeach, there's no time like the present. >> articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states, and the name of itself and of the people of the united states. against donald john trump, president of the united states. in maintenance and support of it's impeachment against him for high misdemeanors, committed as president, constituting harm to american society, to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. >> with me now, ezra clyne, host of the

democratic leader nancy pelosi and steny hoyer and james clyburn all now calling for john conyers' resignatioresignation. congressman conyers is 88 years old. he was reportedly hospitalized today for stress-related illness. at home in michigan. so, it remains to be seen how and when the congressman will make this decision, but the pressure on him is now quite intense. all that said, here's what's going on right now, tonight, in terms of the drama that we have been watching for and expecting in washington. in an important sense what has gone wrong tonight for republicans in washington all has to do with this man, who is our nation's treasury secretary. >> one thing that i would like to clear up first and foremost is how you pronounce your name because i heard it pronounced 15 different ways by people that swear they know your family. mnuchin. >> mnuchin. >> steven. >> steven mnuchin just so people know. >> you guys, it's steven. it's not steve. it's steven. steven mnuchin. he was a fundraiser for the donald trump campaign. he has no background in public service. he did make a ton of money in the financia

commissioner clyburn. dissent. >> commissioner carr? chairman pai: the item is adopted with editorial privileges. >> in his weekly address, the president talked about the military and immigration laws. representative mike thompson california delivered the weekly address, giving his reaction to the g.o.p. tax reform bill. president trump: my fellow i signed, this week the national defense authorization act, a historic to rebuild our military. now, it is critical for congress to pass the clean government

but others argued it spells the end of the internet as we know it.. fcc commissioner clyburn - a soon-to-be-toothless fcc, is handing the keys to the internet - the internet, one of the most remarkable, empowering, enabling inventions of our lifetime - over to a handful of multi- billion dollar corporations. fcc commissioner carr - after a two year detour, one that has seen investment decline, broadband deployments put on hold, and innovative new offerings shelved, it's great to see the fcc returning to this proven regulatory approach. it could quite a while for the changes to go into effect...and today's controversial vote is probably 'not' the last word. groups opposed to the action have already announced plans to sue the f-c-c...and those lawsuits could take many months to be resolved. pam and steve? (2 shot/pam) the repeal of fair and open access to the internet.... is expected to meet widespread legal action. (2-shot/steve) as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, santa clara county is among the first government entities to announce it's intentions to file suit. james williams/santa clara county

james clyburn, one of top leaders in leadership did so and wouldn't make a difference.peaks through his attorney. the counsel said the congressman isn't going anywhere, sound like he wants to serve out his term. >> it does sound like that, doesn't it? neil: so, cabot. there is a lot back and forth, clear message, democrats want to be rid of this, when republicans come up on roy moore, would be rather rid of him before he get there, now they the latter,ç seemed resigned to the fact that al becamians could elect him, if that is the will of the people, move on. what do you make of this? >> it is interesting to see how with conyers and with more a lot of people in office are kind of kicking it down the road, trying to stall. congress especially saying well, i will wait to make my decision. he and his team hope someone else are accused of sexual assault, and tide blows over so they can stay in office longer. i don't think that ends up happening. when it companies to moore down in alabama, it is important to both sides, a lot of republicans think short team we have to win th

commissioner clyburn, thank you for being here.erson i wanted to talk to on this. >> thank you. >> you said in your moving speech that the fight is not over. we know that several states are suing. >> yes. >> including new york, and here's a little word from new york's attorney general snyderman who said he's going to sue to stop the illegal rollback of net neutrality. who can he sue, first of all? would he be suing you guys? >> he can sue the agency. we made it very clear that we were no longer going to protect them when it comes to the internet, their experiences over the internet. we weakened the rules. we took ourselves, the expert agency, out of the protection process and we punted to the ftc, the federal trade commission, which has no background when it comes to net neutrality protections and they can only help you after a harm is done. and so we took ourselves out of the consumer protection business. we gave the keys to the internet to a handful of large mult multi-billion dollar internet providers and the rest of us small bu

members want more say in agenda want their i didn't describe discussed but yet the leadership is hoyer clyburning creativity what is happening i think go is to go to translate into the not regaining the house, in mid terms, because they are not attracting candidates most people i talk to who are potential candidates for the house dplabtsd say what good is it to come into a house being in the minority party, and low on totem pole because of the seniority system? do you think that is a part of why the democrats are running out of ideas, and desperate to try to find any kind of win no ma matter whether it is good for the country or not? >> look, i think that is a very musial analysis on house side a gesture entocracy a average age is astonishing went down a little bit with john conyers' resignation still amazing i think you do have people who life in the past on senate side you have this radical faction, that is merging, gillibrand sort of model she and elizabeth warren frankly have ideas just the wrong ideas, they believe passionately in what they are saying they are desperate to impose their vi

[commissioner clyburn and clyburn rosenworcel dissent] >> in this edition of the "communicators," we'll look at arguments on each side of the issue and the potential effects moving forward. brian if you fung of "the washington post," in your lead story this morning, you write that this vote will allow internet providers to speed up services for websites they favor and block or slow down others. is

commissioner clyburn. >> i dissent. >> commissioner carr? chairman pai: the item is adopted with editorial privileges. >> in his weekly address, the president talked about the military and immigration laws. representative mike thompson from california delivered the weekly address, giving his reaction to the g.o.p. tax reform bill. president trump: my fellow americans, this week i signed the national defense authorization act, a historic step forward to rebuild our military. now, it is critical for congress to pass the clean government appropriations bill that fully funds our military needs. we must not play politics with our troops. we should pass a clean funding bill and leave the politics aside. we must protect our nation. i'd also like to take a moment today to discuss our immigration system and how we can reform it to make it work for everyday americans. our current immigration system helps special interests but hurts american workers taxpayers and national security. for decades, now u.s. immigration rules have been based on an outdated