i would talk about the dick tracy in the hearings so we could envision a world to change wireless. >> he will not ride on himself but what he did in terms to make spectrum available it was a tremendous revenue source for the federal government but if you don't have spectrum you cannot create the new technologies you don't have the applications that sounds simple but it was a major accomplishment it was in the '96 act but over a period of years with the telecommunications subcommittee the full energy commerce committee we developed relationships outside of the basketball court, the french ships but also inside the committee be operated as a team whether democrat or republican majority, we respected each other, worked with each other and always focused on the solution and the common good for the public. i feel extremely proud of the process. >>host: to feel the subsequent fcc has been good stewards of the legislation? >>. [laughter] this is where we disagree. with some of the administration's i think back five bring up that word prescriptive but we come to a the crossroads do we take th

which you can't imagine is going to happen, although it looks like in my own mind what the dick tracy two-way tv looked like when i was 9 years old reading the comic strips. actually, the apple watch is the final fulfillment of that. but, you know, there are people right now who are kind of listening to this show and looking at their iphone at the same time. be and i'm kind of proud of that. and i'm looking forward to the day where young people never look up again, they'll just be looking down at these wireless devices. but it was kind of what the goal was, i used to talk about the dick tracy two-way wrist tv in the hearings in '93 and '94 so that we could kind of just envision a world that would change wireless as well as the wireline worlds. >> guest: you know, the senator mentions something that's so important, and he's not going to brag on himself. but what eddie did, what rick boucher did, what mike oxley did in terms of making spectrum available and auctioning that spectrum, you know, not only is it a tremendous revenue source for the federal government, but also that's the life

tracy wristout dick tv in the hearings so we could kind of envision a world that would change wireless as well as the wire line world. >> a senator mentioned something so important and he will not brag on himself but what eddie did, what mike oxley did, in terms of making spectrum available and auctioning that spectrum, not only is it a tremendous revenue source for the federal government but that's a lifeline of the wireless industry. if you don't have spectrum you cannot create the new technologies. you do not have the applications. it sounds simple but that was a major competent. you get the sense that over a period of years on the telik medication subcommittee, the full energy and subcommittee in the house, we have relationships outside on the basketball court, the friendships. but inside the committee, we operated as a team and whether there was a democrat majority or republican majority, we respected each other and worked with each other. we always focused on, what was the solution and common good for the public. i feel extremely proud of that process. >> do you feel that the goo