washington post " will -- honoring the life and career of "the washington post." " political columnist davoid broder. >> get started at twitter.com/cspan. >> this week on "the communicators," our guest is robert mcdowell, republican commissioner on the federal communications commission. >> we are pleased to welcome back on "the communicators," fcc commissioner robert mcdowell, . we talked with your colleagues last week. i will start by asking you the same question i asked him. it is regarding the t-mobile and horizon -- horizon -- verizon partnership. >> i do not comment on prospective mergers. i will look at some big mergers that have happened in the past few years. we have been told by the parties that we should expect an application to be filed at the fcc in the next week or two. then the clock starts ticking. congress is going to take a look at this. the congress and the judiciary committees will have hearings on this. it will be heavily scrutinized. >> have you talked with at&t our t-mobile representatives? >> they came into my office the wednesday after the announcement. >> what's about sprint