today we will hear from fcc commissioner dan gallagher who i think is a well positioned to lay out anagenda for this in the next year. at the commission gallagher brings a unique combination of backgrounds. first he started out in the real world as a general council for a full-time services firm -- financial services firm. then joined the staff of commissioner paul atkins and worked for commissioner. worked for the at fcc as deputy directer and one of the largest division. the division trading market and been on the senior professional staff and in private practice and about 1 months ago confirmed by the u.s. senate as security exchange commissioner. everybody who knows him will tell you flee things. first, he's substantially smart. he understands the complex issues. second, he is has an ability to see another person's perspective and find consensus and really make forward progress on issues and understand that you can achieve consensus while still remaining true to principle, and finally that he is a great person to work with and somebody that folks enjoy interacting with. for the re

today we will hear from sec commissioner dan gallagher who i think is a well-positioned to lay out angenda for this in the next year, and we hope that this is an agenda that historically which has attracted bipartisan support, can do that again. sec commissioner gallagher brings a unique combination of background. first he started off his career in the real world as a general counsel for a financial services firm. then joined the staff of commission of paul atkinson also worked with commissioner. worked for, at the sec as deputy director and acting director one of the largest divisions, the division of trading markets. has been on the senior professional staff of the sec and then was in private practice, and then about 14 months ago was confirmed by the u.s. senate as the next security and exchange commission. i think everybody knows him will tell you three things about him first, he is subsequently smart. he understands the complex issues. second, then he is, has an ability to see another person's perspective, and really make forward progress on issues and understands that you can ac

going live now to the chamber of congress where dan gallagher speaks about the 2013 agenda.irst, the introductory remarks that started a couple minutes ago. >> the products that go to a new market, and you depend on financial regulations to be right and have a level playing field. in fact, every way that companies of every size and shape use the financial services industry is impacted by that. including the needs of capital, and whether you have access to credit, and that is why the work of the consumer euro is important. the way companies manage risks and the ability of nonfinancial firms to manage their financial risk or as they say interest rates and currencies. the so-called derivative stocking. and the capital of liquidity in the role of the fundamental rule that money market mutual funds play to help many manage their day-to-day liquidity. all of these things are happening at the same time. these changes are significant and it is important that we get it right. this is not a question of whether financial regulation reform should be more or less, it should be, you know,

so thanks for having me. >> ladies and gentlemen, commissioner dan gallagher. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> president obama announced his gun violence plan today and recommending gun checks, ban on assault weapons and high-capacity clips and federal funds for police officers in schools. these require congressional approval. he enacted 23 measures that do not need an ok from congress. they include ordering federal agencies to make more data available for back grouped checks. appointing a director for alcohol, teeb and firearms and research gun violence. see the president's speech on gun violence tonight on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in the conversation on gun violence continues on washington journal tomorrow morning, we are asking gun owners to call in during the first hour of the program. then a round table on possible new gun lowest with the brady center and executive director of gun owners of america. later in the morning, more calls from teachers, parents and students, ar