the f.c.c. budget request and the work that you are now doing to carry out the agency's core commission. we're mindful of the ongoing need to clear the way for economic opportunity and for international competitiveness. the f.c.c. plays an important role ensuring that united states continues to lead the world in innovation and communication. however, i fear this leading role is slipping. under previous chairman, the agency released a book highlighting the critical importance of regulatory independence and transparency and the success of the telecom sector. according to the book, quote, if the regulators tied closely to the encurvent governor it could heighten investment risk and serve potentially to deter future investment, unquote. unfortunately, the lessons of yesterday may have been lost on today's i decisionmakers. with the f.c.c.'s embrace of the president's plan for internet regulation, the commission moved farther fart and farther away from the independence, transparency and regulatory ce

the f.c.c. budget request and the work that you are now doing to carry out the agency's core commission. we're mindful of the ongoing need to clear the way for economic opportunity and for international competitiveness. the f.c.c. plays an important role ensuring that united states continues to lead the world in innovation and communication. however, i fear this leading role is slipping. under previous chairman, the agency released a book highlighting the critical importance of regulatory independence and transparency and the success of the telecom sector. according to the book, quote, if the regulators tied closely to the incumbent governor it could heighten investment risk and serve potentially to deter future investment, unquote. unfortunately, the lessons of yesterday may have been lost on today's decisionmakers. with the f.c.c.'s embrace of the president's plan for internet regulation, the commission moved farther fart and farther away from the independence, transparency and regulatory cert

that's something the s.e.c. -- f.c.c. is shepherd a conversation about. the f.c.c. isn't just issuing man dates from on high, we are leading by example. i want to thank the chairman for our recent announcement that the f.c.c. beginning on june 1 now be allowing f.c.c. employees and the headquarters here in washington, d.c., to themselves directly access 911 where previously they would have to dial an access code such as 9. you might think an access code isn't a big deal, but in the press of an emergency that's not one of the things people think about. they just know the number 911. we'll be leading by examples that hopefully other federal agencies, other private sector entities will do the same. senator coons: can i pile on there and give credit where credit is due on that last item thasm was entirely because commissioner pai brought this issue to us and championed this issue. he's also done and outstanding job working with hotels around the country to get them to voluntarily do the same thing. commissioner pai: very grateful for the chairman for the kind words. if

that's something the s.e.c. -- f.c.c. is shepherd a conversation about. the f.c.c. isn't just issuing man dates from on high, we are leading by example. i want to thank the chairman for our recent announcement that the f.c.c. beginning on june 1 now be allowing f.c.c. employees and the headquarters here in washington, d.c., to themselves directly access 911 where previously they would have to dial an access code such as 9. you might think an access code isn't a big deal, but in the press of an emergency that's not one of the things people think about. they just know the number 911. we'll be leading by examples that hopefully other federal agencies, other private sector entities will do the same. senator coons: can i pile on there and give credit where credit is due on that last item thasm was entirely because commissioner pai brought this issue to us and championed this issue. he's also done and outstanding job working with hotels around the country to get them to voluntarily do the same thing. commissioner pai: very grateful for the chairman for the kind words. if

it included f.c.c. chairman tom wheeler about open internet rules and why internet service providers should be regulated. he was followed by people from time warner and cox communication who criticized. sows from showtime, amc and fx how it's being changed by the media landscape. this is over an hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you alfred. it's great to be here at the cable -- wait a minute. it's great to be here at intx, the internet and television expo. you know, cable isn't in the title of the show anymore. i heard that michael powell now said that cable is a dirty word. i remember when the show was very creatively named something like catv 77 or things like this, and then some young whippersnapper, and barbara, you are, because nothing happens without barbara york, changed the name to the cable show. and now you've moved on from that. congratulations on once again reimagining and reimaging this industry and this gathering. you know, reflecting back on the days of catv and forward to the broadband era i

senator schumer: the f.c.c. was lagrd, it is no longer. we have lit a fire, the group of us, under the f.c.r. and lack of frequency will not stop positive train control. >> the f.c.c. has been an obstacle, not a change agent. senator blumenthal: hopefully it will be approving spectrum more judiciously. >> i asked that question of f.c.c. chairman wheel for the a hearing on that issue before the accident. he gave a very -- a positive answer about their recognition that they were not as strong a contributor as they need to be and they have moved forward to allocate spectrum and make sure their portion of this is done in a timely area. >> the new york area railroads now applying are getting it much manufacturer quickly than they did several years ago. >> given the constraints from sequestration, do you think it realistic to assume you'll get any additional funding for amtrak? within the sequestration constraints? senator schumer: we are all assuming that sequestration is not the level of funding, period. >> so you're assuming that there will b

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chair talks about the recent adoption of open internet rules and other issues facing the f.c.c. before annual national summit on preventing youth violence was held in washington d c this week -- held in washington, d.c., this week to share information and strategies to reduce and prevent violence. this forum from tuesday featured mayors discussing programs and issues in their cities. it is just under an hour. from tuesday featured mayors discussing programs in their cities. it is just under an hour. >> thank you all the more for making them available to help us out with this. thank you so much, bob. all right, so as we transition now i'd like to ask our panelists to come up for what is entitled champions for justice leaders working to end youth violence. if you could join me now in welcoming our mayors from camden, minneapolis, oakland and salinas as they come up. [applause] >> so this is kind of exciting. for me. this is an opportunity now for us to have a conversation with leadership that really is tasked with leading the work. and so when we thought about this conversation, w

longer be stored by the government but remain in the hands of telecommunications companies which under f.c.c rules in order to ensure customer access to records in the case of disputes are retained for 18 months. this bill strikes an important balance. by protecting america's privacy and ensuring our government can still keep our nation safe. in fact, there are some who might argue that the u.s.a. freedom act would allow a stronger and more robust and more effective series of actions to keep our nation safe. i urge my colleagues to support it. i know these are difficult decisions for us to make and i know we all have concern about our nation's security, but we have to all have concerns about our nation's freedom. we fought for it from the beginning of our country and i want to thank and salute members here, colleagues and in particular my colleague from kentucky for being insistent that we have clarity about time. we were told four years ago when the reauthorization fight was happening that time had run out and that we needed to reauthorize it without considering needed reforms that were dis

the f.c.c. regulations require them to hold onto telephone call records for 18 months. none of that is changing. and it bears emphasizing that the relationship u.s.a. freedom calls for between phone companies and the government is nothing new. our nation's law enforcement intelligence agencies have long worked with phone companies to obtain specific records either historic or prospective records when conducting domestic criminal investigations or carrying out sensitive national security investigations like fisa wiretaps, so we have been doing this. for a long time. so the intelligence community national security and law enforcement experts and american businesses not to mention the united states house of representatives, they all understand that we have got to strike the right balance. we need to safeguard our national security, but we need to do it in ways that don't unduly tread on privacy and civil liberties. and leaders across these different public and private sectors manage to come together to strike that balance in the u.s.a. freedom act. and that is where my wor