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department of commerce. >> thank you, senator rockefeller. i'm grateful for the opportunity to testify today about the administration's blueprint for data privacy. this blueprint is a framework to enhance consumer privacy while fostering economic growth, job creation and exports for american businesses. the federal trade commission has been a global leader in this area as well as a partner to the department of commerce and valued adviser to the council in developing the privacy blueprint. i welcome being able to join chairman leibowitz the commissioner at the witness table today. the explosion in the collection and storage and analysis of data and digital information offers new frontiers of knowledge and innovation and growth. but senator toomey asked the question, you know, what is the market failure here? we are now at a tipping point that presents a dual market failure. first, while many companies earn trust as responsible stewards of consumers' personal information, it exceeds the ability of even the most sophisticated consumers to unders

but i'm glad that he's here today representing the commerce department. he's been working on this under two different secretaries now, as have many of us here on the committee. so i know that in his capacity as the general counsel together with the chair, they are going to set out today so the final findings of both the commerce department and the federal trade commission with respect to this question. it is not unimportant, i think, that both the commerce department and the federal trade commission frankly together with most of the privacy experts in the country have all come to the conclusion that we need to have a privacy law with respect to providing protection to individuals in commerce. and i think that the distinction, senator toomey, is is that the privacy experts have all come to that conclusion. obviously, some of the companies have not and don't share it. and the reason for that is very simple. in the information economy, the more that a company knows about you, the more valuable you are to them, whether you have consented to that or not. and t

you have been rated as the number one person for commerce, the chamber of commerce scorecard, which is a great accomplishment. supervisor david campos, supervisor david chu, a supervisor carmen shochu, superintendent garcia, and general manager of rec and park , and greg, your department is rated as high as in san francisco for public approval -- a high as -- the highest in san francisco for public approval. congratulations. the city attorney, the director of the mayor's office of economic development, the executive director of the san francisco county transportation authority, chief of staff, nancy pelosi . director of transportation, director of parks, the board of education director, vince courtney, who jim paulsen. we would also like to welcome our business associates and colleagues today. of course art swanson from the small business network. thank you for your commitment and for working with us to events are common goals. -- to advance our common goals. we could not sponsored today's key events without sponsors, so i would like to start by recognizing our presenting sponsor, j. p

steve from the chamber of commerce. and our committee members, regina and jane from the office of small business. kathleen and steve from the small business administration. sharon of the renaissance entrepreneurial center. melanie with the san francisco chamber of commerce. brigid from the san francisco african american chamber of commerce. jim from the council of district merchants. eric and pat from the golden gate business association. edith of the as the entrepreneurial center. susan, ella, a and katy from wells fargo bank, and adam and allison of strauss events. [applause] >> and thank you very much to our sponsors who make this week- long bigger and more meaningful to small business every year, starting with our title and presenting sponsor wells fargo, of entrepreneur sponsor sfmta. if you have seen that we have been able to promote small business to where we needed the attention. we wanted small business to know we were throwing a party and a weeklong celebration and a week- long opportunity to educate and inspi

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companies if the commerce department ruled against them. washington >> tom: tonight's "made in america" continues our week-long look at american agriculture. farming is a tough business. while technology and large corporate farms have made american agriculture some of the most productive in the world, it's difficult for small, family farms to survive. mike hegedus introduces us to one american farmer who is part of a growing trend. >> reporter: how much passion, persistence and profitability can you squeeze into a 15-pound block of cheese? at the petaluma creamery in petaluma california, plenty of the first two, but not quite enough of the last. why did you buy it? >> i wanted to save agriculture in sonoma county. >> reporter: that's a tall order. did anyone ever tell you, you were nuts? >> oh yes, many times. >> reporter: larry peter bought the 99-year-old petaluma creamery in 2004. it was idle, about to be torn down. a dairyman, peter owns a little over 300 head of jersey milking cows. they roam free on his ranch in two rock, organic to t

chamber of commerce. the u.s. chamber of commerce states three reasons, the first of which is pure economics. jobs. the united states economy depends on the passage of this. so whether it's rare earth minerals, the arctic, or illegal maritime claims, china is moving the ball over the goal line while we are sitting on the sidelines. to oppose this treaty is actually to enable china and russia to continue to utilize the treaty to their benefit and to our disadvantage. how does that make sense for american economic or strategic security? and the treaty is also about telecommunications. the treaty provides a legal framework to lay and protect submarine cables. i don't need to tell most people about how critical the internet is to our economy and national security. we need to put ourselves on the best footing possible to protect those cables through which the internet flows and the treaty does that. and that's why at&t, verizon, level 3 and others support this treaty. again, don't take pie word for it. in a recent lett

it's important to global commerce. >> thank you. commissioner do you have any thoughts on those two? >> well, i do believe, you know, the international element of privacy regulation is very important, but i have to admit, it's something i need to educate myself on a little further before i could offer anything very useful at this point. >> thank you. thank you, chairman rockefeller. really appreciate it. >> thank you. the honorable tom udall, state of new mexico. i'd just like to close with a couple. you know, we talk about the digital advertising alliance is making it very clear they want to cooperate, and they appear to be doing so, but there are two areas where they still can collect information, their own definition. i think one of those is market research and the other is product development. now, i don't -- that doesn't take me to a series of blisses or sins, but i get very nervous when i read that about those two, you know, little snippets being able to swallow up the rule. what is it that allows them to get, and after your q

kerry, what the department of commerce is doing with regard to these issues and if you had things come up with password issues and the like? you want to start, senator -- >> well, we have some concern, and we've expressed some concern about the practice of employers asking for facebook passwords and have communicated that to facebook. facebook, sounds like they're working with you. they've noted this may not be part of their terms of service. so it is something we are concerned about. it may be something, by the way, that -- that isn't within our unfair deceptive acts or practices authority. it's sort of an interesting question we were discussing today before i came up here, but we want to work with you going forward on your legislation. >> very good. mr. kerry? >> all right. thanks, senator. the relation between the consumers and the companies that they deal with and not with their employers, but what i would say is that the use of that information by employers is reflective of one of the critical realities of where we are in the world of information today. that -- that there's so muc

so let me start with the department of commerce. they are funding levels, increasing at the national institute of standards in technology and for the noaa satellite programs which is so important to our weather forecasting challenges as a nation. in the chairman's remark, he wisely rejected the proposed cuts that were going to be made in both the technical capabilities and the personnel at the national weather service, including air quality and the tsunami warning system and profile measurements, which we already invested in tens of millions of dollars as a nation. the bill provides funding at or near the requested level for the department of justice law enforcement agencies. including an increase above the request for the f.b.i. and to augment its capabilities in terms of cyberinvestigations and surveillance. i know all the members of the committee are -- and all the members of the house understand the very significant challenges that the country faces in terms of cybersecurity and the chairman has appropriately focused resources i

chamber of commerce told his members of the organization's planning on having a good year they're going to drop thirty million bucks in this election cycle and so far they've done three point four million in. that's now well actually i'm guessing that it's going to be over one hundred million when all of the hundred million. dollars strategy is to protect the pro-business majority in the house and senate this is basically the same campaign that warren harding ran on in one nine hundred twenty when his. his campaign slogan was more more it was let me get this right more business in government and less government in business nine years after that economy crash george w. bush came in and said i'm going to be the m.b.a. president nine years after that the economy crash or republicans going to the chamber to me again even if the chamber spent one hundred million that's actually only ten percent of all the money that obama has personally rates for his own races over his career he's raised a billion dollars for his personal career so one hundred million from the entire chamber of commerce acro

the senate commerce committee considers legislation to protect online privacy. vice president joe biden talks about the economy during a trip to new hampshire. later, a senate hearing on government support for alternative energy research. tomorrow, it the senate homeland security and government affairs committee, mark sullivan, talks about a group of secret service agents accused of hiring prostitutes in colombia. eight of them have lost their jobs. that hearing gets underway at 7:30 p.m. eastern with live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> right now i want to take a look around you and think not about where everyone has been, but where they are going. the guy in front of you could win an academy award someday. the girl behind you could be a future president of the united states, or even better than that, the mayor of new york city. [laughter] >> the guy sitting to your right could be a future nobel laureate. maybe not the ones you're right, but certainly the one to let. >> memorial day weekend, watch commencement speeches. politicians and busi

the union navy at that moment controlled the tennessee river with the commerce. the whole section of the -- on either sides of the banks of the tennessee, commerce was now cut off. same for the cumberland. and even something more important on the other side of cumberland was the city of nashville. nashville was the capital of tennessee, still is, with the control of the cumberland gone, nashville fell. like that. not a shot was fired. so, the absolute significance militarily of the fall of ft. donelson was this, when ft. donelson, ft. henry fell, tennessee was gone for the confederates. iron works, crops, any cotton grown in this area was eliminated from the confederacy for basically the rest of the war. with middle tennessee gone, also fell columbus, the bigg gibraltr of the west. most of tennessee would be removed. now, here's where i'm going to get in trouble by some historians but i'm going to make this bold assertion here. i cannot name a more decisive campaign in the entire world. none. maybe vicksburg. maybe appomadox but that was at the end. those two i j

chamber of commerce, see the economic benefits. it has the support of every effected industry including shipping, fisheries, telecommunications, and energy. environmental groups as well. we have a coalition of environmentalconservations, businesses, all in support of this convention. i would ask that my longer written statement along with the letters i have written in support of the treaty be put into the record. >> without objection. >> one could argue, ten years ago, 20 years ago, maybe even five years ago, joining the convention was important but not urgent. that is no longer the case today. four new developments make our participation a matter of utmost security and economic urgency. first, for years, american oil and gas companies were not technologically ready to take advantage of the convention's provision regarding the extended u.s. continental shelf. now they are. the convention allows countries to claim sovereignty over their continental shelf far out into the ocean, beyond 200 nautical miles from shore. the relevant area

the chairman of the senate commerce committee, senator jay rockefeller had this to say. >> these are huge nominations come and they have a fast effect on the future of the country for better or for worse. i think it's hard to overstate the importance of this federal communications commission and its reach. >> here to discuss the nominations and the confirmations of the two fcc commissioners are two very well-known technology reporters, cecilia come amy shots with the "wall street journal." amy schatz, senator rockefeller seemed to hit this part of this was important and these nominations were important. what was his goal with that? >> welcome jessica worked with him the past five years so he had a vested interest in this in a way that was the senate commerce committee chairman really don't but what you're looking at is that the really do want to have people in the commission it's harder for that place to find a consensus on things and you only have three bodies there so when you were looking at doing mergers or anything like it, you would like to have people in there so this has been

who would be against commerce? we just said we are living in a world that has been overly come modified. where everything has been turned into a commodity value. people do not have the identities. we are world full of brands and no identity. you can read your entire life -- you can do your business and go about in the world using your credit card and never really look anyone in the eye. a world in which things have been comodified, things that should never have been. you cannot put a price on love. you cannot put a price on things that make life meaningful. but this isn't a consumer culture. even though we know we cannot keep it up. if the chinese adopt our lifestyle, we are all goners, we know that. it is not the third world anymore, it is the developing world. well, they are developing and they want things, too. the 21st century will be about competing for resources. there are not enough in a consuming world when there is no limit of appetite. it is a philosophic position. it would be interesting for people to li

the chairman of the senate commerce committee, senator jay rockefeller, had this to say. >> these are huge nominations, and they have vast effect on the future of our country. for better or for worse. i think it's hard to overstate the importance of the federal communications commission and its reach. >> host: well, here to discuss the nominations and the confirmations of the two new fcc commissioners are two very well known be technology reporters, cecilia kang with "the washington post," amy schatz with "the wall street journal." amy schatz, senator rockefeller seemed to hit this really hard, that this was very important and that these nominations were important. what was his goal with that? >> guest: well, jessica has worked for him for the past five years, so i think he had a vested interest in this in a way that most senate commerce committee chairmen don't. they really want to have five people at this commission because it's a hot harder to find consensus when you've only got three bodies there. when you're looking at doing mergers, you'd like to have five people in there. this

i'm the manager of public policy at the san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco chamber of commerce urges your support for the extension of this film reprogram. extending this in san francisco will have a positive impact on the city by continuing to restore production and acting jobs, stimulating economic activity and reinvigorating the film industry. since 2006, films using the san francisco rebate program have been responsible for thousands of jobs in san francisco and more than $40 million to our local economy. these fellows attract tourist dollars spent in our local hotels, restaurants and other businesses. comparatively, other states and cities are aggressively luring productions through large tax credits of up to 35% as you saw earlier. to keep a competitive edge, the extension of the film reprogram is critical. the chamber of commerce urges your support for the rebate extension. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. i have no other speaker cards before me. if there are any other individuals who would like to speak, please line up in the c

we're talking about an e-commerce, one of china's biggest e-commerce. part of the strategy is that it will become private, but it's all owned by the same group. and they may end up lifting the entire group going to the market zone. instead of one company, they'll put the group onto the company. aaron, thanks very much. still to come, the case of lady gaga versus the hard line, her indonesian concert hangs in the balance. now on june 17, greeks will try again to elect a government after the last ballot failed to produce a clear winner. anti-osterity parties won over many voters last time, but still most greeks say they want to stay in the euro zone and leaders have confirmed they're committed to greece staying in the euro. >> it's the latest greek opinion poll is to be believed, alexis will win the country's election in three weeks time with 30% of the vote. his popularity isn't hard to understand. he's promising to save them from os er thity. >> the true dilemma of the election is this -- bailout or dignity. and we say this to the greek people, we say i

, we don't fund dredging enough for maritime commerce. we allow that so-called trust fund to be stolen from and we really need to stop that. thank you, madam chair. >> representative johnson. five minutes. >> thank you, very much. chairman boxer and chairman micah for calling this meeting. i look forward to working with both of you and the rest of our colleagues on this deal that will get more americans back to work and help literally build up our continuing, struggling economy. despite the budget tear situation we find ourselves, it is not the time to delay investments in our transportation infrastructure. such a delay will only further burden our economy. narcotic the poor condition of our highways, bridges and transport systems is already expected to cost american households and businesses more than a million dollars by 2020. the dallas ft. worth region which i represent is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country. last year the average dallas commuter spent 45 hours stuck the traffic, wasting 22 gallons of fuel and

yes we have the chamber of commerce, the wonderful group we have worked with for many years, but why not also have an additional voice? so we formed sf city, a citizen's initiative for technology and innovation, which was aimed at the new developing companies to give us a constant dialogue about their ongoing needs. anything we have done is they have also embraced the needs of our city. it is a two-way conversation. that led to us revising our stock options. we were one of the few cities in the country that was taxing stock options. again, not understanding how the ipo was working for the startup companies, realizing that we would be punishing them for their growth and turnaround, so we gave them another six-year

chamber of commerce, far and away the biggest spender that year. almost all the groups spending on behalf of republicans in 2010 were corporate funded groups like that. business groups. the only major spenders on be half of democrats that year were union, that was it and only made up 30 of the top 10 spenders. one by one individual campaign donations by normal humans are nice things. when you're talking big money in politics, the stuff that adds up really fast and makes a determinative difference, you either have to be a politically motivated billionaire or organization. big money in politics comes from corporations that disproportionately support republicans and unions that

industries, by the chamber of commerce, by our energy oil, ship building, shipping and communications companies, by our fishing interests and by environmental organizations, along with past and present republican and democratic administrations, bipartisan committees of this committee and the entire national security leadership. we help make our nation more secure and more prosperous for generations to come. america is the strongest power in the world. we have the strongest navy. make no mistake, we have the ability to defend our interests any time, anywhere. but we are strong precisely because we play by the rules. because we play by the rules. for too long, the united states has failed to act on this treaty. for too long, we have undermined our diplomatic authority to fight for our rights and our maritime interests and for too long we've allowed our inability to act in peril of our national security. for that reason it is time now for the senate to do what others have failed to do, join the law of the sea convention and help us remain the strongest maritime power in the world. >> we

. >> commissioner mcdowell yesterday at the senate commerce committee hearing oversight of the fcc you had all five commissioners there. has the dynamic changed now that you have finally a full complement of commissioners? >> right. there were sworn in monday morning first thing the third day on the job on wednesday, yesterday. they testified with us before the senate commerce committee and certainly that changed the dynamic where right away we have a very qualified people both of whom have worked at the fcc and on capitol hill before they moved these issues. they're very smart and easy to work with and i very much looking forward to continuing to do work over the years. >> does that restrict now -- what are the restrictions on the five commissioners actually meeting, can you talk with ajik on the commission privately or go over to german genachowski's office? >> there's the sunshine in government act in the wake of watergate some people felt as though some agencies were meeting making of rules and dark rooms somewhere out of the public view so bill walsh says that no more than two of

transportation policies affect all of us, but as a conferee from the energy and commerce committee, i'll limit my comments to those within my committee's jurisdiction. the senate bill will improve the electronics expertise of the department of transportation. it mandates new safety standards to reduce the risk of sudden act severe sell ration, as well as electronic systems performance. and it gives consumers important information, all of these provisions are similar to ones the energy and commerce can be approved in the last congress. furthermore the senate reauthorization bill requires important new standards for child safety seats and booster seats and it includes mandates for strong motor coach safety standards that are desperately needed but have languished at the d.o.t. for years. unfortunately the house passed bill includes extraneous and anti-environmental provisions. the house bill contains a legislative earmark for the keystone xl tar sands pipeline. we can issue changes in the law governing the coal ash that undermine environmental protection. the president has made absolutely

chamber of commerce, the u.s. conference of mayors and, again, i say, ifs afl cio and chamber of commerce can work together, surely we can work together here. in addition to our core mission, we have a wonderful opportunity with the restore act, the harbor maintenance trust fund, the secure rural schools program, so colleagues, i look forward to working with each and every one of you. my door is always open, and i know we can succeed. it's my honor to turn to vice chairman mica. >> well, thank you so much, senator boxer, and thank you for your leadership of this conference and also for working with me as we've tried to come down this long road of getting us to a conference today. as some of you may recall, we started on the house side in beckley, west virginia, with mr. rayhall and his district. he went across the country to -- we went across country to hear from the american people and a lot of stakeholders, and people who don't have jobs, and communities that are waiting for the congress to make a decision on in

chamber of commerce women construction owners and executives. mr. chairman, this amendment is only permissive, it's not mandatory, simply nondiscriminatory. in the interest of time because i know this would generate a meaningful amount of debate and because this debate would be repeated on the floor because if passed here there would be a motion on the floor to take this out of the law, i ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment and we'll have this consideration on the floor. >> so ordered. okay. we're now going to proceed to vote on those amendments where a roll call vote was ordered. the committee postponed further proceedings on the amendment offered by mr. turner. and shall now resume those proceedings. question now occurs on the amendment offered by mr. turner number 47, the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. mckeon, aye. mr. smith, mr. smith votes no. mr. bartlett. mr. bartlett votes aye. mr. reyes, mr. reyes. mr. thornberry. votes aye. miss sanchez. miss sanchez votes no. mr. jones. mr. jones. mr. mcintyre. mr. mcintyre. mr. akin. mr. aki

held prerogative only when the supreme court decided late 19th century fair interpretation of the commerce clause that beef could be shipped. no supreme court decision, and no armor, this is a key industry after the civil war. new supreme court decision or known national market rescinding so important. another decision that is very relevant today, one that interpret the 14th amendment and intended to give the freed slaves a full set of rights. that was applied to corporations probe the supreme court even with our explaining why simply decided the corporation are people giving a full set and allow them to extend their power to create a national market. which made america great. house you can around states' rights in the tradition of individual rights? without the supreme court decisions we would not have the national market. >> host: how did people react or adhere to the supreme court decisions? if you are an ohio? >> ruutu that i talked about there was very little reaction even though it defied along standing set of obligations that should be regulated. there's a lot of protests by local b