eshoo: thank you. at this time i'd like to recognize four minutes to a distinguished member of the subcommittee, mr. doyle from pennsylvania. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for four minutes. mr. doyle: i want to thank ms. eshoo, the ranking member of the technology subcommittee for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to h.r. 3309, the f.c.c. process reform act. this legislation would place severe procedural burdens on the f.c.c. at a time when telecommunications is such a major part of the lives of my constituents and the american public. h.r. 3309 would create harmful restrictions to the f.c.c.'s ability to enact consumer protection, and it can also limit the agency's ability to respond to communications related emergencies and cybersecurity threats. one of the restrictions imposed by h.r. 3309 is a requirement that the f.c.c. issue a notice of inquiry before the agency begins work on an actual rulemaking unless the f.c.c. can demonstrate that a notice of inquiry is

eshoo of california. the chair: does the gentlelady ask for unanimous consent to modify the amendment? ms. eshoo: i do, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the modification. the clerk: modification to amendment number 10 offered by ms. eshoo of california, page 22 after line 24, insert the following and redesignate the subsequent section accordingly. section 4, communications of first responders, nothing in subsection a of section 13 of the communications act of 1934 is added by section 2 of this act shall be construed to apiece the federal communications commission acting in times of emergency to ensure the availability of efficient and communication systems for state and local first responders. the chair: is there objection to the modification? without objection, the amendment is modified. punt to house resolution 595, the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair reckthieses the gentlelady from california. ms. eshoo: i

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chairman, i'm pleased that you and ranking member eshoo formed the group to explore the interests tonhance the nation's interests. there are a variety of issues we may explore. communications networks are one of the many areas that our nation must protect and ensure safety and soundness. advancing ip technology heightened the concerns for cyber security. it is important that data is protected from a pc or cell phone to transit to cloud courage. particularly as more and more americans send more information to the cloud. i also believe the sub committee will have the ability to promote information sharing on cyber threats. securing the supply trade will be important to tech can be secured through the manufacturing processes. among others, i believe that r & d incentives could explore ways to defend against malware and bot nets. i look forward to give greater protection against cyber threats. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> i thank the gentle lady for her comments. i recognize mr. terry for opening comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me start by saying most of my colleag

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eshoo: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. frank. mr. frank: mr. speaker, i strongly support her recommittal motion. reference was made in the debate to this bill being one that would relieve small businesses of regulations imposed by this administration. let me be very clear, with the exception say on pay, way i strongly support, the add mcmorris rodgers of regulatory issues addressed here were not imposed by this administration. were not a result of the bill. these are long-standing things that predate this administration. so i'm for the bill but i wanted to clear up that misconception. this is not any reaction to anything that was done recently. it's making accommodation for these small businesses with regard to things that have long-standing. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. ms. eshoo: thank you, mr. speaker. my colleagues, this is the final amendment to improve this important piece of legislation that i fully support. capital formation is the lifeb

representatives, so i was on the speaker's task force, speaker's task force, and now i'm co-leading with dana eshoo on a bipartisan committee that will give us the outline. we want to just make sure that we're doing it in a little different way than the senate's doing. >> host: if collins-lieberman bill comes to the house, what are your thoughts about that specific bill? >> guest: well, i think, you know, i think that bill comes close. but what we're looking at is a way of breaking down barriers to empower private sector internet providers, backbone developers. first of all, those are the first line. and so we need to empower them. so it's a little bit different philosophy than the lieberman bill or the mccain bill that i think creates a little bit of government involvement, and we're trying to facilitate communications as opposed to create something new. >> host: do you think the department of homeland security is the right vehicle for monitoring cybersecurity? >> guest: my personal answer to that would be, hell no. i don't think homeland security would be the right entity. and, frankly, it flies

gingrich has made gas prices a key eshoo. he's asked people to tweet from the pump. >> ifill: he promised $2.50. >> he's engaged with the white house. the white house responded to him on this issue. don't for get he did the 30- minute commercials with his own energy plan. >> ifill: is that really driving it? >> i think there's a whole range of issues from jobs to gas pres. obviously cultural issues have been interjected. the republican discussion over the past couple of weeks. conservative voters are going to vote on a range of issues and conservative themes. newt gingrich will get much of that spor. some of that support. his problem is the same problem he's had for a while. he's dividing a lot of that with rick santorum. >> ifill: surprise tonight. ohio. even though newt gingrich has a very good night ahead of him. ohio is where the neck-and-neck race is going on between romn and santorum. whado we expect for romney? >> there are 63 delegates at stake in ohio which is a big prize. it's also really key to look at where these

eshoo. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. eshoo: i thank the ranking member, mr. frank. i'm pleased to rise in support of h.r. 1070, which is a provision, actually a bill, that is contained in the underlying legislation which we're going to be voting on today. i want to pay tribute to mr. frank because he recognized the worth of the idea of expanding on regulation a, which was part of the securities act of 1933, he was more than interested in the idea, he said, come and testify on it. which i did in december of 2010. so i was proud to do that, both sides of the aisle at that hearing were -- became heavily engaged in it. they were fascinated by what it was, what it could do, relative to capital formation. so now, this bipartisan bill, which passed the house in november of this last year, 421-1, is -- 421 to one is now in this bill. it increases the offering limit under the s.e.c. regulation a which, as i think i said, was enacted in the great depression to facilitate the flow of capital to small businesses. look at the genius of f.d.r. a reformed regulation a is important

estimate a governor, ranking number eshoo, members of the subcommittee, thank you. linus, totzke, senior vice president of the blackberry security and i'm pleased to be here to talk on the topic of cybersecurity. we revolutionized the industry in 1999 and products and services are used by millions of round the world for more than 630 carriers and distribution partners and 175 countries that offer the blackberry products and services to customers. more than 90% of the fortune 500 companies are blackberry customers today and we have a longstanding relationship with the u.s. federal government in putting congress, department of defense and department of homeland security. mobile communications security risks as the non-mobile communications several of the same types of threats have existed in the platforms and the power computing capabilities of the smart phones have increased over the last few years the threat matrix continue stifel to exponentially. most users have yet to realize that the applicable buddy of both of the existing and emerging threats to what is essent

anna eshoo. >> as the title of a today's hearing suggests, communications networks are part of the backbone of our nation's critical infrastructure. electricity generation, financial-services, transportation. we depend on our communications networks for all aspects of our daily lives. it was highlighted during our first cyber security hearing. our networks remain vulnerable to attack. there are three areas i would like to hear more about some of our witnesses today. the fcc chairman is currently proposing a voluntary isp code of conduct as a way to alert consumers when now where inspections are discovered. -- malware inspections -- in sections are discovered. i think you are going to talk about that and i look forward to it. i would like to hear more about your views on the supply chain security. i continue to have concern stemming from minor 8 -- my 8 years i recently committed -- completed. i rode to the fcc -- wrote to the fcc chairman about what transparency requirements should be placed on companies seeking to sell telecommunications equipment to u.s. network providers. i would like to

as we move forward you will see us having greater activity on sites that have to go through the eshoo hazard assessment but we will deal with the plants that need to be dealt with first. so i think that the wave of risk is highest we will take action sooner and i think that is the appropriate to proceed. >> the thank you. i am to stand there are dozens of nuclear power plants across the country is operating licenses are about to expire. these plans are seeking to extend their licenses for another 20 years beyond the original predicted life span of the plant. do all u.s. nuclear plants have to meet all of the newer safety standards were two older plants get exemptions from the new standards? we will >> well in general as we get new requirements in some cases we will require plants to update to the new requirements and in some cases we won't. it pretends depends on the particular issue and the way the plant was licensed. if you go back to the first plants that were licensed in this country or not they cannot license that time we had a generic set of basic safety requirements the basic d

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