why do you want to be chairman of the energy and commerce committee again? and if so, what would be your legislative agenda when it comes to telecommunication policy? >> guest: i think the american people on tuesday gave republicans a second chance. you don't get too many second chances and politics, but the american people have given the republicans won. i was chairman the last time that the republicans were in the majority back in 2005 and 2006. and i think, you know, the bills that passed and became law -- we passed in energy policy act that was comprehensive. we passed the first reform act, the national institute of health, and probably 30 years. we authorize the orion a fact. we just did a lot of what i thought were very positive things. and we did it in a bipartisan fashion. if i am given the privilege to be chairman again in the next congress by the republican conference, i want to actually deliver on the promises that we made in our pledge to america. first and foremost is repealing the new health care law that most people generically call obamacare.

most of that will come through the energy and commerce committee. not all of it, some of it as other committees, but the lion's share is energy and commerce. i first heard he would be to repeal that -- my first priority would be to repeal that and follow up very quickly with the replace and reform package that really addresses the health care needs of america. we have to do more than just repeal and go back to the status quo. we have to replace and improve the system so that every american has access to qualified health-care. in telecommunications policy, i think it is imperative that we maintain the freedom of the internet. i do not agree with the fcc's attempt to regulate the internet wo.ough title t we could move legislation making crystal clear that they do not have that authority. we will be doing aggressive oversight over the fcc. if we can get a bipartisan agreement, i am very open to reforming the universal service fund. i think is long overdue -- it is long overdue. congressman stearns and congressman voucher in the last congress, the bill

most of that will come through the energy and commerce committee. not all of it. some of it is ways and means and other committees, but the lion's share is energy and commerce. so my first priority would be to repeal that and follow up very quickly with a replace and reform package that really addresses the health care needs of america. i think we have to do more than just repeal, go back to status quo. i think we also have to replace and improve the system so that every american has access to qualified health care. in telecommunication policy i think it is imperative that we maintain the freedom of the internet. i do not agree with the fcc's attempt to regulate the internet through title ii. we can certainly move legislation making that crystal clear that they don't have that authority. so we'll be doing aggressive oversight over the fcc. and if we can get a bipartisan agreement, i'm very open to reforming the universal service fund. i think it's long overdue. and i think congressman stearns and congressman boucher in the last congress, the bill that they drafted

chamber of commerce did that.took 99% of that money, and they gave it to everybody -- >> so mike where the truce? what's this truce? truce for what? since when -- i mean, a truce is when somebody helps you out. the chamber's not going to help out this president. >> ed, there will never be a truce, and he can't get it in his head what fdr figured out. said, look they hate me. i know they hate me. i have nothing in common with them and that's okay. i'm going to be a president. i'm going to show leadership anyway. listen, just a short list of what these people have done in the last few years is outrageous. $87 million secret and anonymous money to destroy his only -- his major program on health care. $80 million went towards gop candidates who want tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. they want to hand over social security to wall street. they want to transfer more wealth from america's middle class to america's millionaires. they want to end regulation. so those same cats on wall street. >> so, mike. >> --

chamber of commerce. while nothing says grass-roots populism like u.s. chamber of commerce. [laughter] and that's what they mean by how i think is in some ways misled the well-intentioned people who are justifiably upset i was going on in the country and the economy and the government. and here he is telling people who may only have their last dollar left to send it to the chamber of commerce. it shows the way they react. you know, there've been studies uppity about the the tea party effect, you know, being very much responsible for the house victory and perhaps responsible for the failure of the republicans to take the senate. but we've seen it in individual ways since beck was very influential in getting senator bennett booted out in utah. the state of maine republican party has rewritten its platform to warn about the encroachment of one world government. this is maine. so, it very much is responding to that. >> host: >> we have time for one last question, sir. >> he talked about how some of the next followers are so extreme and the response is, what you hear from these p

the commerce clause does and that power. as they decide i want that orange. i will take this money was going to spend on the orange input in the savings account because i want to take my kids to disney world next summer. now the government does have the power to say do you know, you can't put that money and that savings account. you can't take your kid to disneyland. you have got to buy that orange. the commerce clause doesn't give them the power to do that and essentially the argument they are making on obamacare is that they can tell you to buy the orange, and in this case they are telling us we can buy health care that is orrin hatch said, if they can claim that it is constitutional to force us to buy health care than there isn't anything they can force us to do this is the beginning of tyranny. the cases case of better going forward challenging this in the courts must succeed. this is plainly unconstitutional and unwarranted expansion of government power over the individual choices of americans. does exactly what i mean by control freaks. >> hi, rob menti

other subcommittees even outside of the energy and commerce umbrella. so i guess the question is, it has operated under a bipartisan regime. he told us he felt the subcommittee was the least likely to be impacted by a change in the control of the house. so with the new crop of republicans coming into the subcommittee, do you think that the subcommittee keeps its current bipartisan player or do you think there's more antagonism between the two parties over some of the issues both of you just identified like net ecology of broadband reclassification. we'll start with you. >> guest: i think they have had a partisan shop going back to the decades when it was jack fields and ed markey, billy told them and add marquee and then fred upton and ed markey. and then, ed markey and upton, then stearns and then stern and boucher. it's always had a tradition of bipartisanship. when gregg and i were there together we worked a number of issues together. there's always been an impetus in the subcommittee to find common ground to try to move forward and bipartisan manner

they can compel you into commerce. make you buy one every three years. the price is about the same as health insurance anyway. there is no limit to that power. if all they have to do is order you to buy something and penalize you financially, if you don't, and that's constitutional, health insurance is no different from anything else. and the federal government got up there and said no, it's unique. they didn't describe how. well, what about food? what about transportation? what about housing? what about clothing? what about medicine? i guess medicine could fall under health care. but you can't quarantine that. i was on a panel with former solicitor general walter dellinger who served in the clinton administration. he's the only person who, in my view, has fully answered that question. when the question was put to him in our panel, he said the limits are political. what that means is that it's a majority vote of the congress. and if we're going to decide everything by majority vote of the congress, why do we have a constitution to protect the rights and

peter is supervisor and senior adviser of the traffic and transport division at the chamber of commerce, amsterdam. they are partners with businesses and public authorities to develop a robust and economically healthy region. they supervise a team of professionals in the port industries, barge, rail, and road transport. sounds like mta. the chamber of commerce amsterdam is known as an element of innovative approach to connectivity and mobility. he is strong and establishing unique partnership to create groundbreaking solutions. he started a task force formability management for employers and employees to reduce car trafficked by 10%. -- he started a task force for mobility management for employers and employees to reduce traffic by 10%. >> i will give you the perspective of the business community in amsterdam. athis is the region of amsterda. this is the inner city of amsterdam, and the rest of the city are the suburbs. the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also

name and whose accent i'm about to butcher said to me, he's actually out there talking about the commerce clause. well, i expect we will be hearing more about that very soon. [laughter] [applause] mike lee served as the president of our byu law school chapter. this may explain his campaign speeches, but it would not be fair for us to take all of t credit. he did clerk for his father who was a brilliant lawr who served as solicitor general of the united states under president ronald reagan. please join me in giving u.s. senator mike leea hearty welcome. [applause] >> i was almost 38 or 39 before i realized that most families did not discuss the constitution over potatoes. to me the united states constitution and many aspects o u.s. history were something of a second religion in our home. we discussed these things constantly. i remember initial conversations with my dad about rowe versus wade when i was about ten years old. he explained the basic facts of the case, the basic elements of the holding. and, as he finished explaining it to me, my response to him was separate and apart from the

many companies, the company where i work for, the chamber of commerce, they have bicycle and scootersharing for the people to come by public transport. they can take a bicycle or a scooter to go to their place. many companies are stimulating their employees who are coming by bicycle because it is much cheaper than coming by car. it is also easier for these companies to start their business on a more "a" location instead of de "b" location. -- instead of faye "b" location. many employers work on bicycles. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, peter. maybe i need to ask if i can vary from the script. i'm supposed to say that unfortunately we are out of time, but we are not. maybe what i will do is have you will come up here and sit around a table. if we could get some chairs? yeah, and could you turn on the lights? very good. and is there another microphone? there are two. staff will pass them around if you have questions. what we will do is, unless you want to add to some of what you said and what you have heard this morning, we had a couple hours of staff, city staff discussi

.. >> our guest is assistant commerce secretary lawrence strickling. he heads the national telecommunications and information administration which advises the president on communications and information policy. >> host: lawrence strickling as administrator of the national telecommunications and information administration, in a broad sense what is the role of the ntia when it comes to advising the president on telecommunications and in implementing telecommunications policiesome. >> guest: right. we're not that well known an agency, but we think we're a very important one even though we're tiny. we are the statutorily the adviser to the president on communications and information issues. right now our focus is in three major areas. first is spectrum. we handle all the spectrum assignments, the federal agencies such as the department of defense, the department of justice and so we spend a lot of time focusing on spectrum. we also by the recovery act were assigned the task of putting out $4 billion of grants to expand broadband access and adoption across

commerce. >> they are an e-commerce outsource provider for a host of companies-- about 120 different clients. we continue to think they will do well. they will do everything from running the website to holding the inventory to doing fulfillment. >> reporter: u.b.s. does investment banking for g.s.i. commerce. cyber monday is big. but the second monday in december may be bigger this year. that's one of the last days to make an online purchase and get standard shipping in time for christmas. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: tom things kicked off here on little on the nerve-racking side in the morning with the do you trading below 1-- dow trading below 11,000. then the buying kicked in in the afternoon, what happened. >> tom: we still ended down on the day. but are you right, maybe value oriented buyers saw some buying opportunities here on this cybermonday in the stock market. let's get everybody updated in today's market focus. >> tom: the major indices were down, but they were able to climb up from their worst levels of the day. here's the s&p 500 index to

chamber of commerce, so nobody would ever have known that i did that.g, in some way? >> no, and you knew, as you said last night, that your donations would become public, because you made it in your name. as a viewer, when i watch you on a "countdown" interview, i may think you're sympathetic to him, i may think you don't like his republican opponent, by i shouldn't have to wonder, hey, i wonder if keith gave money to this guy, so i think you're in a different position. legally, can you donate? every american citizen has the right to donate. i think we as journalists and even as commentators give up certain rights in order to get the sort of platform that you enjoy. you can tell us what you think. you have a lot of influence. i don't think you need to take out your check? >> again, what should i -- should somebody go to corporate route and keep it quiet? that's the answer? >> no, i'm not a fan of anonymous donati

the energy and commerce committee is a terrific committee with incredible jurisdiction. i am one of the few members from the northwest on it. there is not a bad subcommittee there. i know i will have some other responsibilities to attend to. we have to sort of all-out and see the chairman is. the steering committee will be making those decisions and whether or not there is a waiver on the six-year term limits. i don't know, and i am kind of dodging you on that one for now. >> you just mentioned briefly the other responsibilities. what might those be in republican leadership? >> i was not anticipating being named gop transition chairman, so i don't know what the leadership may have in mind. i think -- i have been at the leadership table for about a year and a half and have really enjoyed the work. i think i accomplished the tax -- the tasks that were given to me in a successful way, and i look forward to staying involved at the leadership table. i hope to stay on as the chairman of the gop leadership, but that decision will be made by the speaker to be, john boehner. the

indeed it hasn't yet been adopted by the department of commerce. but we do intend to put a report out that asks a number of questions, suggests some recommendations and seeks additional comment to continue a dialogue of the privacy. t

we googleed how close they were to the chamber of commerce. a hot across the street.ne's throw away who says they have to throw stones? the white house is heeding our advice and burying the hatchet with the folks that wanted to stop the leaks. and now the president of the "weekly standard." a new strategy? >>guest: yes, as you recall, there were harsh attacks on the chamber during the campaign season, and the president said and i quote, "a threat to our democracy because it was taking foreign funds," to fund the campaign ads against democrats. there was never any proof of that. and last week, the chamber president, he forgave the president and said it was water under the bridge and atributeed to silly season and wants to go forward and work with the president, and the chamber has some interest right now. what they want is a free trade agreement with south contrary and extend the bush tax cuts and a pro growth and pro business regulation so that is what they doing. and president obama may give a speech to the chamber of commerce at their headquarters. and this could be

completed her tenure with at&t in 2007 and afterwards was an executive to the oakland chamber of commerce where she collaborated with artists and community leaders on the champions of humanity monument to extend a commitment from oakland to humanitarian values and actions. joyce was someone who was noted because she was an african- american woman at a very high level of corporate leadership in san francisco, and i think she really did great work, and she conducted herself with grace and elegance. i want with knowledge that she is survived by family members war in -- warren and allen taylor, and unfortunately, in her later years, she met the love of her life, lindsay allen. lastly, an in memoriam for michael woolford. in his last year of nursing school was the year that harvey milk was assassinated. just as he was coming out and realizing he was, he realized that he needed to be in san francisco. he easily settled in with a nursing job at ucsf that he loved and living in dubose triangle and meeting a partner who was with him for seven years who passed away in 1989. michael made a career ch

. >> our guests are two former advisers to the house energy and commerce committee. >> host: well, with control of congress up for grabs in tuesday's election, "the communicators" is looking at potential leadership changes in congress when it comes to telecommunications policy as well as legislative of proposals that the democrats and the republicans may take up in the 112th congress when it comes to telecommunications. joining us are two former capitol hill staffers who have both worked on telecommunications policy. howard waltzman worked with the republicans, and he's a former chief telecommunications counsel for the energy and commerce committee. gregg rothschild served in the same position for the democrats, he also worked on the senate side on telecommunications policy. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. >> guest: thank you for having us. >> host: both of our guests currently are lawyers who practice telecommunications law. joining us, also, tony romm from "the politico" as our guest reporter. howard waltzman, we'll start with you. if republicans take over congress, the house

always felt when i was on committee staff as well as when i worked for senator brownback on senate commerce that there was a good dialogue with the fcc, both the commissioners and bureaus many terms of coming up and doing briefings, you know? and both republican and democrat-led commissions, sometimes we liked what they were doing, sometimes we didn't. i always felt like there was a good healthy dialogue and the fcc always made themselves accessible to hill staff. >> host: this is c-span's "communicators" program. we're talking about the upcoming tuesday midterm election with howard waltzman, former counsel for the energy and commerce committee when the republicans were in charge, and gregg rothschild who was the chief telecommunications counsel when the democrats were in charge. tony romm, politico, next topic area. >> host: thanks. so i think, you know, as we just said, there's been this huge preoccupation with net neutrality in some cases to the detriment of members who would like to see members talking about the national broadband plan. let's start talking about those items. the fcc wan

this is about the safety of our citizenry and to keep commerce moving.f you could just post testimony at some point. that would be a big help. >> good idea, senator brown. it will arrange for that. >> from the beginning of your service in the senate to this, your last week with us, you've been a most faithful member of this committee. probably attending more than anybody else. so thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is because of the interest in this committee and this topic here has caught my interest because i may not be on point for all my quick questions, but i am concerned about travel across this country. you canr. kespistole, answer this, what is the definition of a high-risk package? >> the do not define a publicly. -- we do not define it publicly. >> we have to stop putting everything out there. i'm sorry, go ahead. >> it is generally outside the known shipper trusted arena. generally, individuals who are shipping packages with no history, perhaps from some hot areas such as yemen, horn of africa, things like that. it is all intelligence dr

in 2008 he won an award from the indiana chamber of commerce. in 2008 marlin was elevated or won the seat in the indiana state senate. as dean of the indiana delegation on the republican side, it is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce to the house of representatives mr. stutzman. but, first, i'd like to yield to the senior member from indiana on the democrat side, mr. visclosky. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. visclosky: mr. burton is dean of the indiana delegation. i would want to show him that respect. but, marlin, i want to add my voice to mr. burton on behalf of all the members of the delegation and all of the members of the house and certainly wish you every success in your endeavor of public service in serving the people we all try to serve to the best of our ability. welcome you very strongly to the house of representatives. mr. stutzman: thank you, mr. burton. mr. burton: it's now my distinct honor to introduce the newest member of the house of representatives, representative marlin stutzman. mr. stutzman: thank yo

with the newly established group for new restaurant, and we have talked to the chinese chamber of commerce with some ideas, so we working with the chamber and the stakeholders, and then in april is when our inspectors would go out and now be looking with sort of a different lens, looking not just about dry white the knorr plates, but if you have acquitted, what you need to do -- not just about dried wiping -- dry wiping the plates, but if you have the equipment, what you need to do. president yee riley: thank you. you have answered most of my questions. director, do you have a question? >> we did meet with your director, and he was very helpful. they gave us some great ideas that we're trying to incorporate, and we are hoping to continue to work with them as we move forward, and if there are any changes why we are in process, we will certainly let you know. president yee riley: you talked to a lot of businesses, and i am sure because of that, you have been paying attention. so thank you. commissioner o'conner? commissioner o'conner: what concerns to the restaurant association bring up, if

for us, it is part of us working with community for us to be able to grow the marine commerce -- thisis a for after all, so it is nice to be able to grow that commerce and do it while minimizing the impact on the local environment. for princess, we have installed shore power facilities on 10 ships. it is a commitment from the cruise line because that is about $1 million per ship. also following us, american lines have added this to six of their ships. it is not an easy thing to do. we have done this many times, and as most of the people of here know, you need all the stars to a line, and need everybody pulling on the same for to get this done -- the same oar to get this done. i would like to thank our partners working with us. the air quality management people helped push this forward. the epa, of course, and a couple of other people that really filled -- pulled this off. copper and electric -- they are the guys that came up with the engineering that really refine the product and refine the standards, and they are developing this now, possibly around the world. mike wants this year fr

i don't know if that answers your question. >> can you talk about their points of commerce? are they in agreement on everything or disagreements? >> i think, i mean, just to give a couple of examples, i think, you know, i think everyone is in agreement that this law is a bad law, that it's, you know, preempted, that there is a huge problem with having a patchwork of, you know, 50 or 100,000 different laws across every city and state in the country, and that's a problem that, you know, both immigrants rights groups and business groups are equally concerned about. i think one of the areas of tension at least from the immigrants right perspective is, you know, we talk about immigrants and unauthorized workers who are noncitizens facing discrimination, and you know, the people causing that discrimination, you know, in the context are businesses and employers, and so that's always a little bit tricky to talk about because, you know, i think that the business per sperktive is, you know, we don't discriminate, and the immigrants rights perspective is, but, you know, our constituenc

over the various agencies in the obama administration within the jurisdiction of the energy and commerce committee. >> you recently side that -- recently said that privacy is an issue to you. would you pick up where mr. left's and mr. boucher off? >> i was a little bit surprised or have been, that we have not moved a privacy bill in this congress. we have probably one more week in the land up, but i doubt there is going to be a privacy bill come out that quickly. that is certainly something we can work with our friends on the democratic side on a bipartisan basis. as you pointed out, ed markey, bobby rush, cliff stearns, mary bono, a number of republicans and democrats are very interested in that. i think that is something that we can work on. facebook has recently admitted that some of their information on individuals was used without facebook permission by a client. we have had a number of other companies, depending on who you believe, that consciously or inadvertently allowed a very private information to be disseminated to marketers and folks without the permission of the individuals

business reporter ao yochda spoke with stoms clark, apec task force co-chair at american chamber of commerce in japan. he gives his insight on economic relations between the two countries. >> hi. >> hello. >> reporter: i met thomas clark at the accj office in central tokyo. in addition to being on the apec task force there, clark is vice president of government relations asia at ge capital. u.s. president obama has set a goal to double exports from the united states by the year 2015. how will this be realized and what kind of role does japan play in this? >> well, japan plays really a vital role. i mean, japan is, obviously, a great partner of the united states in the asia pacific region. you know, japan and the united states share so many values in terms of the commitment to the rule of law being democracies. it could do more, we think, to stimulate direct foreign investment. you know, unfortunately, if you look at the oecd countries, foreign direct investment into japan is only about 4% of japanese gdp. and that's quite a bit below what the average is for oecd countries. but looking partic

restaurant association, the departmentd, ph, -- the dph, and we presented to the chinese chamber of commerce and others. we have done door-to-door bilingual research to smaller restaurants. we had some media attention, as well, so we have been out there talking about that, and, hopefully, this will not be a surprise to anyone when it reaches the board of supervisors. the rest of the presentation, i will talk about the financial impact in things that can be done to mediate the impact. the main point is that if you have recapturing equipment, it has to be serviced, maintained, in working. we have a discharge category, so as the sewer department, we will give you a classification in terms of what kind of fog discharge you are, and i will talk about that in a second, and it deals with how much grease you put in and how much. if you already have the equipment, we are just asking you to maintain it. we're not asking anyone to rip it out or anything. some do not know there is not a standard. they are just unaware. and then, if you do not have any grease capturing, this tells you what you need to pu

chamber of commerce? talk about striking back. you heard her impression of the half governor. >> i can see russia from my house. >> tonight, her impressions of the half governor. >> politics aside, the success of sarah palin and women like her is good for all women. except, of course, those who will end up paying for their own rape kits and stuff. >> all the news and commentary on "countdown." >> for everybody else, it's a win-win! >> good evening from new york. this is thursday, november 11th. 726 days until the 2012 presidential elections. in the showdown between president obama and the republican party over whether to keep giving millionaires and billionaires the tax breaks president bush gave them, the white house just blinked. it could cost the u.s. $400 billion next year alone. plus interest, minus the jobs for working class americans that would be sacrificed by spending the money this way instead of on actual job creation. our fifth story, after republicans announced they will not compromise on the bush tax cuts, the white

chamber of commerce and some of the republican-allied interest groups.hink we'll see subtle signals it's okay to give again. perhaps we'll see donors in support of his 2008 campaign giving to one or more of these types of groups. >> the devil's advocate question, partial donor on disclosure, isn't that as bad as the rove group? >> the white house said if this is going to occur, they're not going to fight it, but would really like to see disclosure. i think if you talk to advocates for clean elections and for reducing money in politics, that's the last pillar of the modern campaign finance regime. there is going to be a ton of money that will flood into the system. we want to make sure that these donors disclose where the money is coming from so that voters can see who is funding the campaign supporting or opposing specific candidates. >> i can't let you go without harping back to justice alito. the house entertained a bill to impeach justice douglas because he put out a temporary stay on the execution of the rosenbergs how is what he doing at political e

chamber of commerce. except his would observe partial donor transparency.road talking to donors and strategists who would be interested. he's out pitching it right now. we tried to get david brock to join us but were told he was on the road, seriously, on a plane. he'll squloin join us tomorrow. >>> let's bring in kenneth vogel. is the report accurate? >> it is. my sources have confirmed similar reports. you have david brock, who found great success with his media watchdog group, media matters. raising money from some of the very donors turned off to the political process and to giving to outside groups that weighed in heavily with television ads and voter mobilization efforts in 2004. i'm talking about george soros and members of the democracy alliance. groups of liberal donors meeting next week in washington. they've been turned off from giving to these types of efforts, both because they were unsuccessful in 2004. george bush beat john kerry but because president obama is urging them not to get involved. and his subsequent attacks on this outside spendin

chamber of commerce, what did they get for their $86 million? >> they got a republican congress, for one thing. and they got a bill that is kind of like the cake. and now they're wanting to eat that cake too. the insurance industry played the obama administration. and they did the same things with the members of the tea party. the tea party might think congress will repeal this legislation, but there ain't that chance because what the insurers like about this is the requirement we all have to buy their products and there's no public option to funnel any of that money away from them. they'll be getting new revenue converted into profits for their shareholders. >> four house democrats signed a letter today asking that republicans like this congressman-elect dr. harris from maryland who do not believe that government has a role in health care and are largely in congress because that's what they ran on that they should now put their mouths where their money is and opt out of their government subsidized congressional benefits. does the kind of proud