you need to push the button. >> chairman walden, ranking member eshoo and members of the subcommittee thank you for this opportunity. i am particularly pleased to appear with my friend commissioner robert mcdowell and i'm very happy that the subcommittee will hear later from my friend ambassador david gross from sally wentworth who played a significant role in internet governance matters during her service at the state department and of course from vince surf without whom we might not have the internet at all. over the years, relatively small number of governments have made proposals to change today's successful approach to internet governance. typically, these proposals involve the united nations and one of its many manifestations including the general assembly, the commission on science and technology for development, and the international telecommunication union. the u.s. government and others have successfully opposed these proposals but it is important to recognize that this will be a continuing debate. from the privatization of the internet in the mid 1990's the united states ha

. >> thank you very much, chairman walden, and i see that ranking member eshoo had to depart, i appreciate her participation today. members of the zb committee, an honor to address you. my name is vinton cerf. i serve at chief evangelist at google. as one of the fathers of the internet i care deeply an the future of the internet and am here today because the open internet has never been at hire prifk than now pap new international battle is brewing. battle that will determine the future of the internet. of all of us, from capitol hill to corporate headquarters to internet cafes in far off villages don't pay attention to what's going on, users worldwide will be at risk of losing the open and free internet that has brought so much to so many, and can bring so much more. . it we follow one path, a path of inclusion, openness and common sense, i am conventiinced the internet of the future will be an even more pouberful economic engine and commune kangss tool than it is today. the other path is a road of top-down control dictated by governments. a very different system. a system that promotes e

representative eshoo, the principal activities to this date in terms of preparation for the conference are being undertaken in regional groupings of which there are six. our regional grouping of the americas involves something called c-tell. the europeans operate under something called sept. and there's the asia pacific entity among other places. i think it is a fair surmise, a fair summary, that in those three regions you have largely consistent set of views about how we should proceed. that is to say that we don't -- we don't want to see the treaty conference become the occasion for any kind of intergovernmental control of the internet. now, we will, in our preparations with the leadership of our new head of delegation, terry kramer, we will engage in a graeme bilateral discussions, as well, by kind of an alogy, or head of delegation and deputy head of delegation dick baird engaged in about 50 bilateral discussions leading up to the conference itself. so we are very actively engaged in discussions with friends and with those who may have different opinions. and that's going to contin

foreign language skills are critically important to our national security. 12 anepartment's only k- eshoo tip -- the initiative, could lose out on finding by competing with other subjects and funding for the title sixth language programs. they have been significantly reduced since fiscal year 2011. how will you support the department's national strategy to develop globally competent students in light of these budget cuts. >> we have rolled that money into lump sum funding for k-12 to provide more flexibility and more management in those programs. we are placing an emphasis on the development of global compotencies. its message we are transmiting is, in order to achieve -- the message we are transmiting is, in order to achieve the goals, we have to have a program to achieve those goals. as we move beyond the focus on map and english language competency to include other subjects, this will be -- on that and english language competency to include other subjects, this will be focused on. >> i would like to pose a question to the rest of the panel. how would cuts to education and languish and

these include the adoption of an amendment offered by ranking member eshoo that would ensure the f.c.c. continues have the ability to ensure all forms of competition and producing the marketplace report. it seeks to reduce the reporting burdens congress had previously imposed on the f.c.c. while encouraging the agency to analyze competition in the communications marketplace in a much more comprehensive way. the f.c.c. has accomplished numerous reforms aimed at improving agency process. the f.c.c. as improved notice and proposed rulemakings that contains the proposed text of rules. additionally, the f.c.c. has reduced average time from 14 calendar days to three calendar days. the f.c.c. voluntarily complied with president obama's executive order in conducting analysis of commission's existing rules. during the process, the f.c.c. has eliminated over 200 obsolete regulations, including the elimination of 25 data collections as part of the state of art initiative. looking ahead the f.c.c. has a major task in implementing the public safety and spectrum provisions of the middle-class tax re