off to the federal communications commission forbade carriers in rural areas of the west from using federal funds to buy huawei products. citing security concerns concerns that the company says are entirely basis. there is nothing in the universal services p provisions of the federal communications act that authorizes the fcc to make national security judgments or to restrict universal services funds. on the basis of national security judgments. the fcc is a communications agency not a national security agency eight point five billllion federal fud isis used to o bsidize telecommununications serervicesd equipment inn rural parar of the united states. and while a woman but if the band stays in placee then it's rural americans will pay the price. many people and small business. in rural america do not have more by network access. this decision we are harm their interests this is the second lawsuit that ththe company has filed against us authorities as it moves to protect global market share and revenue in march the telecoms giant filed lawsuits over a b bn on the u. s. government and contract

and it directs the federal communications commission to convene a working group to address the problem of illegal robocalls being made to hospitals. there are numerous stories of hospital telephone lines be flooded, disrupting critical lines of communication literally for hours. this can't be allowed to go on. mr. president, i want to thank senator markey for partnering with me and my house colleagues for advancing this legislation. i'm proud of the bipartisan support that our bill has received in both houses of the congress. one last step remains before the we can get this bill to the president's desk, and that is senate passage of the final bill. i'm hoping we can get that done in the coming days so that we can get this bill to the president before christmas. while the traced act may not eliminate all of the robocalls that americans receive, it will go a long way toward making it safe to answer your phone again. i look forward to seeing this legislation signed into law in the very near future. mr. president, i yield the floor and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding offic

this is about the fcc, the federal communications commission, the agency that oversees the sector that a big player in, the fcc decided that mobile phone providers in rural parts of the us would not be allowed to use government fund known as the universal service fund to purchase huawei kit. they want that decision overturned. they say it is based on politics not on substance and it continues to say that there is no evidence offered by the us government, president trump ‘s administration, to support the claim that huawei is a threat to national security. and, briefly, how important are those contracts to huawei? the us market is huge and we have seen huawei suffer in terms of its revenue for this year. as it has had to deal with those bands put in place by the us government on either selling stuff to it or purchasing from it. but the chinese market, 1.4 billion people, remains important particularly for huawei at the moment as it grows its dominance here. let's go to saudi arabia now where the state oil giant aramco is due to announce final details of its share sale to the public. it's

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came in to work on broadband technologies after the 96 act passed in the federal communications commissionst recently i ran the trade association of the payments technology industry before i.t.i. host: as you well know, there are several trade associations that represent tech and some of you representthat are members of a lot of them -- dell, adobe, google, microsoft, et cetera. what is it that do you differently from these other associations? jason: there are a lot of great technology trade associations in like other industries, there are industry segment representatives within a broader like technology, so there are great trade associations that deal with issues orpecific semiconductor specific issues or intellectual property issues and the like. what is unique about i.t.i., we cross-section of the tech sector, including software and hardware companies, manufacturers, service providers, network operators, infrastructure companies. a very broad range of the so we're unique in that we have the opportunity to represent all segments of the infrastructure industry. host: to help us delve into

reporter: the federal communications commission surveyed -- forbade carriers from using federal fundsbuy huaa wei products based on security concerns the company says are baseless. >> there is nothing in universal service's provisions of the federal communications act that authorizes the fcc to make national security judgments or to restrict universal services funds on the basis of national security judgments. the fcc is a communications agency, not a national security agency. the f federal fund is us t to subsidizize federal communications equipment and parts of the u united states. i warns that if the man stays in place, rural americans will pay the price. >> many small businesses in rural america do not have a mobile network asset. this decision will harm their interests. reporter: this s is the second lawsuit the company has fired -- -- filed against u.s. against the u.s. government. and last year, the chief financial officer was arrested in canada. she continues to fight against her extradition to the united states. she fafaces arges of fraud andnd conspiracy in relation to u.s.

say you >> the most important thing about this case, the most important job for the federal communications commissionbuild 5g networks this is a national imperative. this administration has not been ability to get a success story here the department of commerce hack anticommerce in this particular topic. the fcc has not gotten spectrum our regulatory swamp at the pace that i'm sure it would like to do this trial is very much about who will be able to get spectrum to build these 5g networks >> so it's your belief if this deal set blocked by judge maurero, it would retard the progression of 5g in our country? >> that's my view. the national security issue is china is going forward very quickly, and or monthly, huawei, the big bugaboo is able to use the deployment in china to perfect all of its advances in technology equipment so the imperative here for the judge, i hope, and certainly for the fcc, is to get lots of spectrum out into the hands of people who will build (5) network. >> it's not so much about the fcc as the doj, is it? there does soon tome a mistrue -- texas was there, then they left. what

speaker, this bill ensure that law enforcement and the federal communications commission have the tools, information, and incentives to go after robocallers who break the law. we need to make sure criminal penalties are brought by the department of justice to deter future robocallers from getting into the business. third, it will help us go after dodgey carriers that allow these calls to enter our networks in the first place. these are some of the main provisions of the bipartisan bill. there are others that will be discussed by my colleagues in our 20 minutes on my side today. i just finally want to thank ranking member, mr. walden, communications and technology subcommittee chairman doyle, and subcommittee ranking member louter for their determination in getting this bill to the floor. i want to thank our partners in the senate for their commitment to this issue and for working with us on this final bipartisan, bicameral product. the traced act takes critical steps to give consumers control of their phones again. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation today and ho

the walden: we empower federal communications commission and the department of justice to go after the bad robo callers. we extend the statute of limitations. we give them more time. the consumer still has the right to say, do not block me. if they don't use that technology, the fcc has the authority to mandate that the phone company do that. we will protect consumers. this is not going to end them. the bad operators will continue to work. it is like cybersecurity. >> who are the forces against it? rep. walden: the people who are scamming. they don't have much of a lobby. wanted to make sure that the provisions we are putting in place could be implemented. there have already been some agreements. we build better communication. >> nobody likes a medical bills. there are very good negotiations going on. perhaps a deal coming shortly. how close are you to a deal? rep. walden: i think we are very close to it. you end up getting a surprise medical bill. this is one that is simply not covered. we have instances of a woman giving birth to a child who had a complication. she said to us, we wen

speaking get 5 more valued target or something the bill would also make it easier for the federal communications commission and department of justice to catch and convict the scammers on the other end of the calls only 3 house members voted against this compromise version of that race act concerned it could give the fcc too much authority. a tennessee republican david cuss stopped disagrees the robo call issues is. >>one issue that may be the one issue that's united. >>everybody republicans democrats new york democrat anthony brindisi also voted for the bill this is a big concern that we hear from constituents, something has to be done the legislation now heads back to the senate where lawmakers are expected to send the bill on to president trump who plans to hang up on these illegal robocallers before christmas in washington, i'm just eaten or. >>house speaker nancy pelosi, she is working to strip key legal protections on content published by tech companies, silicon valley wants those protections covered under part of the communications decency act that's included in the trump trade deal with mexico and c

this one was a decision made by the federal communications commission last week and it means mobile toe allowed to use a government fund to partly pay for equipment if they wa nt partly pay for equipment if they want to buy from huawei, the latest evidence of america 's attack essentially targeting huawei, there a bigger confrontation between the united states and china and science from london in the last day or so that maybe, just maybe, the uk government will go the same way as the us in terms of shying away from using huawei products when it comes to 5g infrastructure. the prime minister borisjohnson to 5g infrastructure. the prime minister boris johnson saying to 5g infrastructure. the prime minister borisjohnson saying he doesn't want to prejudice the uk ability to be able to collaborate with partners like the us on intelligence. robin, thank you. let's look at the markets. asian markets ended their thursday session higher. that's after renewed hopes that china—us trade talks could result in a deal being finalised by the end of next week. that news also provided a much—needed boos

i came to work on broadband policies after the '96 act passed at the federal communications commission. i've been involved in the tech policy sector, worked at the fourth trade association. iran the payments technology industry before joining iti. >> host: as you well know there are several trade associations that represent tech, and some of the companies that represent our members of a lot of them, dell, adobe, google, microsoft, et cetera. what is it that you do differently? >> guest: there are a lot of great technology trade associations and like a lot of other industries there are industry segment representatives within a broader industry like technology. they deal with software specific issues or semiconductor specific issues or intellectual property issues and the like. what's unique about iti is where truly the broad cross-section of the tech sector sort members include software and hardware companies, manufacture, service providers, infrastructure companies, a broad range of the industry so we are unique in that we have the opportunity to represent all segments. >> host: to hel

the united states, using the us court of appeals, in which it says the decision by the federal communications commissions which oversees huawei's action, it says the decision made by the fcc which meant that some mobile phone carriers looking to expand in rural areas of america couldn't use government money — well, the fcc made that decision. huawei says it is illegal. huawei says there is no evidence to substantiate that decision based on claims the company is a national security risk, and so it's asking the court of appeal to overturn that. so two fairly technical examples, quite a lot to explain there. huawei asking the courts for a second time in less than a year to overturn decisions that have targeted the company, targeted the company because parts of the us government believe huawei, believes that huawei is a national security threat. robin, whatever the national security considerations, you do hear people say, don't you, that actually huawei is a pawn in the trade war between the us and china. moving its research operations is quite a big deal, isn't it? we're seeing kind of a strategic move by

missed all dates back to the decision made by the federal communications commission last month when itan no longer have access to a pool of federal funding worth a and a half billion dollars a year to provide their services in those areas if they were going to spend that money on huawei equipment. today we've seen huawei trying to launch this legal action to overturn that decision because it says that with the us has done there violates federal law and says u nfa i rly violates federal law and says unfairly paints it as a national security threat. i want to bring our viewers more aspects of this and i will come right back to you. and — this lawsuit — is just one front in the trump administration's battle with huawei. they're also trying to get america's allies, to block huawei from their 5g mobile networks. so they wont be happy with this picture which has been trending on social media today. it shows uk prime minister boris johnson using a huawei phone to take a selfie when appearing on itv‘s this morning showjust a day after he acknowledged those us security concerns. and on a trip t

walden: we empower the federal communications commission and department of justice to go after the bad robo callers. re-improve their ability to do that. we extend the statute of limitations from for years to one. some of these cases were falling through the racks. give them more time. we tell the carriers, you are authorized to use your technicians and call authentication capabilities to block these calls and do it at no charge to the consumer. consumer still has the right to say do not block. there will be some who want all the calls. but they cannot used technology. if they do not use the technology to block these calls, the fcc would have the authority to mandate the phone companies do that. we will protect consumers. this will not end them. bad operators will continue to try to get around this. it is like cybersecurity. we will always be at this. this should have a huge impact and reduce the number of unwanted robo calls. >> who are against it? the people: scamming, i assume. they do not have much of a lobby. there is not. we want to make sure the provisions we are putting in plac

federal communications commission after it moved to block access to the subsidy program. they say the action is unlawful. they suggest that u.s. authorities have, quote, tried to spread fear about the company. beijing reports filed this report >> huawei believes the designation as a security risk is unfair. the commissions ruling voted last month that huawei and its rivals were threats to the u.s. and were under pressure to assist with intelligence gathering. huawei says the ftc doesn't have the evidence and this is what the chief legal officer said today. >> when passing this decision, the fcc did not offer huawei to possess or verify the facts. they publicly labor our company as a national security threat. the fcc's order violates the constitution and we have no choice but to seek legal remedy. >> the fcc decision bars u.s. customers from rural areas from tapping an $8.5 million fund to buy chinese gear the carriers are provided to remove equipment from existing networks the petition is the latest strategy for more aggressively used legal means in addition to the ramped

when you look at the independent federal communications commission, their rulemaking, they are supposedo hear from the people affected. they are supposed to follow their own rules and own presidents. we want to have conversations with the u.s. government. if it was not for the u.s. and china trade war, i think we would be having those conversations, but we are a pawn and thousands of american jobs are in the balance, and it is a shame. taylor: are you will read other european nations are considering the way huawei or zte the u.s. is? andy: the u.s. government has been putting pressure on our allies and countries around the world. you saw then prime minister theresa may of the u.k. angela merkel of germany. they said the u.s. government has given no evidence of cybersecurity wrongdoing by huawei. what i am encouraged by and what we are encouraged by is what the european union is doing with their 5g risk assessment. they want to have mechanisms to have a comprehensive approach to address the most significant risks in cyberspace using international standards, recognized testing, independen

walden: we empower the federal communications commission and the department of justice to go after the bad robo callers. we improve their ability to do that. we extend the statute of second, limitations out to four years from one. some of these, the statutes had run out, so we give them more time. third, we used call authentication and to block calls and do it at note charge to the consumer. the consumer still has the right to say don't lock them. i suppose there will be some who want to get them, but they can use that technology. if they don't use that technology to identify and block illegal calls, then the fcc has the authority to mandate that the phone company do that. we will protect consumers. this will not end them, by the way. i the bad operators will want to be clear. the bad operators willcontinue to work technology to get around this. disorder like cybersecurity. you will always be at it but it should have a huge impact. host: who are the forces against it? rep. walden: the robo callers who are scamming. they don't have much of a lobby. there is it. we wanted to make sure th

. >> the federal communication commission said last week that a rural area cannot use federal funds tot is a really big message. the chinese are very disappointed about the things they cannot get the deal. i think some of our billionaires told the chinese try is only bluffing and we have it under control, don't worry son other angry at our billionaires and what could be a trap if they get punished for cheating. lou: i will not spend a lot of time worrying about the welfare of our billionaires. [laughter] the high venture inadequate response. in the chinese i'm not going to worry about because they probably know precisely what those billionaires are up to. michael pillsbury, great to have you here. lou: up next, the new details we are learning tonight about the ♪music ♪another summer day is come and gone away♪ ♪in paris and rome but i want to go home♪ ♪mmmmmmmm ♪maybe surrounded by a million people i♪ ♪still feel all alone i just want to go home♪ ♪oh i miss you, you know ♪let me go home ♪i'm just too far from where you are♪ ♪i want to come home ♪(guitar) ♪let me go home ♪i've had my fun

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i came to work on broadband policies at the federal communications commission.ourth tradehe association. i ran the payments technology industry before joining iti. host: there are several trade associations not represent -- that represent tech, dell, ado be, microsoft, etc. what do you do differently? jason: like a lot of other industries, there are industry .egment representatives they deal with semiconductor issues and the like. iti is the broad cross-section of the tech sector, manufacturers, service providers, a very broad range of the industry. we have the opportunity to represent all segments of the technology infrastructure industry. host: to help us delve into those issues iti deals with is steven overly of politico. >> i want to start out talking about privacy. maria cantwell released a bill that has democratic support. i am curious what you make of that bill, particularly given it only has democratic support. jason: iti came out with principles to advanced federal privacy legislation over a year ago. we were the first to say we need federal privacy leg

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. >> the federal communication commission said last week that a rural area cannot use federal funds to the chinese are very disappointed about the things they cannot get the deal. i think some of our billionaires told the chinese try is only bluffing and we have it under control, don't worry son other angry at our billionaires and what could be a trap if they get punished for cheating. lou: i will not spend a lot of time worrying about the welfare of our billionaires. [laughter] the high venture inadequate response. in the chinese i'm not going to worry about because they probably know precisely what those billionaires are up to. michael pillsbury, great to have you here. lou: up next, the new details we are learning tonight about the german investigation, stay with us for that, much more straight ahead. memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. [ drathis holiday... ahhhhh!!! -ahhhhh!!! a distant friend returns... elliott. you came back! and while lots of things have changed... wooooah! -woah! it's called th

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. >> and bringing thoughts on tech stocks today >>> huawei meanwhile suing the federal communications commissionr the decision to curtail huawei's business in the u.s. deirdre bose has more. >> launching new legal action against the u.s., part of the defense here in america where it has little business left they're challenging an fcc decision that bans world carriers from using federal subsidies to purchase huawei equipment. huawei calls it unlawful, it strips the company of due process protections. huawei's chief security officer telling us that they're fighting back >> this is our opportunity to use one of the legally permissible mechanisms to block the united states government carpet bombing of huawei in the united states, trying to destroy us around the world. they've gone too far this is our way of saying enough. >> not mincing words trouble is brewing for huawei at home in china. they're threatening the company's goodwill, strong position in the country at a time when business overseas outside of china is challenged the treatment of the employee jailed for 8 months stands in contrast in a

the company says he'ldon wasn't intendd to be used that way okay the federal communations commission holdingits first ever phone number auction, the agency and also the option of toll free nubersill include numbers i8, 8, 3, 3 areaafter code another most coveted numbers are 8, 3,3 lawyers a 3,3, dentists to a 3, 3 docrs an 8, 33, flowers, according to the fcc apple's air pods pro are sold out ahead of the holidays, ape has been out of st s november, but now this fy walrt target amazon and >>you can still find them on e-bay at a $100 premium throh 3rd party sellers though, and hormel reported consecutive year of record sales this year through november, sp sales we 200 and $20 llion so even as consumers tun to non processed foods fam is stil live from the nasdaq, i'm jane >>i mean to that and the spraying. i n't know how that's going be on >>i'll tell you what i mean my sink is still passion i >>as we head to break we're traing the storm here in the bay area live look stormtracker 4 showing us where it's falling right now wih your complee forecast in just a ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ bieams star

is behind because of our federal communications commission and not being able to do things on a national scale. but the one that's really serious and the council has been working on this with department of energy and others and many in this room, if we do not lead as a nation in the development and deployment of the next generation advanced systems, everything we're talking about is going to be a huge risk and we're not going to be able to do that with traditional venture capital with a few partnerships between a few countries and a few labs and universities. we have to do this in a big way and redesign the partnerships for the big, critical things our country needs and that's something that i believe and hope the commission is going to work on in a big way. it's a new design frontier. >> i just want to -- i guess we have to ask ourselves, to debra's point and others have made, the innovation that we see come into the marketplace, whichever sector obviously is an important driver. but there's a worrying investment issue underlying this and i think brian's point was right on. you have to

this month, the senate commerce committee and the federal communications commission approved a new three-digitrevention hotline. 9-8-8. remember this. write it down. let people know about this. this thing has to become as prevalent as 9-1-1. 9-8-8. this could take months to implement, however. currently -- currently, the national suicide prevention lifeline is a ten-digit number. 1-800-273-talk. we'll tweet this all out so you've got it. callers who call this number are routed to one of 163 crisis centers. where counselors take calls. they took 2.2 million calls in 2018. and as far as we know, that number isn't going away or getting lower. this number is going to stay. but federal regulators wanted a hotline number that was easier to remember. hence, you got 9-8-8. now, the new legislative push comes as suicide rates have increased across the country over the past 20 years. there were 47,000 suicides in the united states in 2017 alone, according to the centers for disease control and prevention. their research suggests that's one death every 11 minutes. another alarming statistic found that th

. >> the family hour was established by the three networks and the federal communications commissionts of too much sex and violence on early evening television. >> the family hour, the two hours from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. during which parents and children are supposed to be able to watch television without being made to feel uncomfortable. >> it's topless, edith! >> and so it seemed altogether unfair, and we sued. >> family hour is under attack from some producers, unions and others in the television industry. they have filed a lawsuit to have it abolished. >> as those scheduled to testify arrive, mary tyler moore enterprises. they passed through a picket line protesting the hearing. >> congress has no right whatsoever to interfere in the content of the media. >> if you can censor a joke today, and tomorrow you can censor expression of any thought if you can censor a joke. it just becomes easier the next day. >> a federal judge in los angeles ruled the so-called family hour on television from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. was unconstitutional, a violation of the first amendment guarantee of free spe

government's trade strategy is huawei, which sued the federal communications commission as it tried to gain greater access to the u.s. market. the chinese tech company is fighting to overturn a regulatory decision that bars rural carriers from using federal subsidies to buy its equipment. they said they were not accorded due process and were o unfairly labeled -- great to have you with us, chris. a lot of market moves this week. we were risk off for a lot of the week and then we bounced back on the bloomberg scoop. what is your take on what we are going to get by the end of 2019 in terms of phase i or not and the prospect of a tariff rollback? chris: we are very close to the end of 2019, so i suspect, as we go through the end of next week, that the news will soften as we head towards the holiday season, and the peoples eyes will be focused on what is likely to happen in 2020 rather than 2019. there will be a bit of two and fro in the next week or so. fro in the next week or so. it is just not going to have the impact for president trump and that is what he really needs. i feel that as

the federal communications commission moved today to create a three-digit number, 9-8-8, for reaching national suicide prevention hotline. it is designed to replace the current 10-digit number, making it easier and faster to get help. the change-over could ta months to implement. 10 former national football league players have been charged with defrauding the n.f.l.'s health care benefit program. the u.s. justice department sayd they submialse claims for medical expenses not covered by insurance. the alleged fraud resulted in paid out. $3.4 million being >> a group of former playersaz ly defrauded the plan by seekinreimbursement fore expensdical equipment that they never purchased. things like hyperbaric oxygen chambers, ultrasound machinesdo used bors' offices to and even electromagnetic therapy devices designed for use on horses. >> woodruff: four of the former players men were arrested this morning. e others also agreed to surrender. there's word the united states and china are close to an agreement to suspend newarfs from taking effect sunday. a number of reports say that, if pres

the federal communications commission stopped mobile providers in rural areas from using a government pearl harbour in hawaii has left three people dead — including the gunman. the killer, believed to be a sailor, opened fire, shooting dead two people before killing himself. it's thought the victims are us military contractors. one person has been injured. more now on the election campaign. three brexit party meps have quit to lend their support to borisjohnson. they include the commons leader jacob rees mogg's sister annunziata. if this deal is good enough to stand down candidates and not fight toys in their existing seats, why are we competing with them elsewhere? in fairness, the tories could probably have been more generous to the brexit party at its role in securing a new leader in boris but we should not let pride get in the way of delivering the outcome of the referendum. boris has a fine line to tread to keep those on the side who voted remain but belief almost in democracy, and those who might switch to the liberal democrats and in so doing risked a corbyn led alliance. we sh

huawei said there was no evidence to support the ruling last month by the federal communications commissionm washington, dc is david simpson, a former official at the fcc, very good afternoon to you mrsimpson, at the fcc, very good afternoon to you mr simpson, thanks forjoining us. imean, us. i mean, essentially, what macron are saying is that the fcc went beyond its remit —— huawei, from accessing government broadband funding if they we re government broadband funding if they were still using huawei's technology. do you think huawei has a case here? well that's the case that huawei will make, that the action by the fcc was in theirterms, in their terms, capricious, in theirterms, capricious, and arbitrary, and that the potential of doing harm shouldn't be means itself or reason itself to abandon them from the market. but for years, the us has been concerned about the increasing integration of the supply chain as we shift from hardware to software to find networks, and concerns about huawei's success in the technologies that make up the market. in the united states the smallest of the commu

conducted back in 1944 by a select committee of the house into the activities of the federal communications commission i wanted the young , prosecutor to know just how white washers were engineered. and i wanted him to know that i had direct experience with coverups while serving as chief counsel to that committee. this is the judge telling the prosecutor how to put on the case. it does not say it here. this is the judge's version. it is earl, go after the truth. don't let them confine it to the burglary. use the trial to figure out who at the white house was involved. that is what i want you to do. that is going right down the middle. there are in the library of , congress under judge sirica, in his files, six earlier versions of the book. there wasn't a ghost writer. he really wrote the book himself. and you can trace the significance. it starts getting reduced as his editors say we don't need to , know that. but this was huge. because sirica was counsel to this committee. they were going to go to -- go from public hearings to executive session. cover-up.d that is a if you do that, i will have to le

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. >> look at priorities for the federal communications commission. followed by the georgia governor announcing the appointment of the business executive to replace retiring u.s. senator, johnny isakson. later the state department special representative for iran briefs reporters and protests in the country. >> fcc chair ajit pai join fellow commissioners for an open hearing on capitol hill. topics included wireless development, broadband access, spectrum allocation and communications options for emergency services. lawmakers also asked about a recent report found coverage status admitted to the fcc by various wire carriers to be an accurate and how the commission was planning to respond. [inaudible conversations]

the clerk: union calendar number 279, h.r. 4229, a bill to require the federal communications commission to issue rules relating to the collection of data with respect to the availability of broadband services, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and include remarks extraneous material on h.r. 4229. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. first off, i want to thank ranking members walden and their staffs for their willingness and dedication in working with us to come to an agreement on this legislation and work with us to move it through the house. h.r. 4229, the broadband

is this judge really going to second-guess the department of justice and federal communications commissionissions to say no, no, no, i know better? i don't think so. i think he's going to -- neil: when do you think a decision will be had? >> well, let's hope that not making news, let's hope there's a settlement before the trial is over but if not, then first quarter sometime. neil: we will watch closely. by the way, tesla's new truck just going for a test drive. elon musk was spotted driving this thing. i don't know if that bulletproof glass was working but he drives very fast, by the way. i don't know if he got a ticket. after this. most people think of verizon as a reliable phone company. but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business. (second man) virtualize their operations. (woman) and build ai customer experiences. (second woman) we also keep them ready for the next big opportunity. like 5g. almost all of the fortune 500 partner with us. (woman) when it comes to digital transformation... verizon keeps

despite all this, two years ago this week, the trump federal communications commission voted to throw out net neutrality at the behest of the broadband barons. since then, we have watched as countless citizens, companies, activists have continued to stand up and demand that net neutrality be restored. this spring the house of representatives took an important step in passing the save the internet act, my legislation in the senate that would overturn the trump administration's f.c.c.'s decision and restore net neutrality protections. in the senate, we've already successfully passed the same proposal on a bipartisan basis. in april of 2018, my congressional review act resolution passed in the senate by a bipartisan vote of 52-47. we debated net neutrality and the senate decided to join the majority of americans and support a free and open internet. in that vote, we sent a message to president trump about what that means. an internet free of corporate control and open to all who want to communicate, engage, and innovate. we made clear that this congress won't fall for president trump's s

senate to inform the house that the senate has assed s. 1822, an act to require the federal communications commission to issue rules relating to the data with respect to the availability of broadband ervices, and for other purposes. and which the concurrence of the requested. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, i now minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. arrington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. thank you, madam speaker. i want to first commend my olleague from new york, mr. suozzi, for his passionate district.or his i understand where his heart is. i understand his motives. are pure and makes it a lot easier to work with that have -- that approach public policy that way. as i mentioned to him in think this is wrong-headed. bad public policy. it's certainly not in keeping ith benefitting the general welfare of the public. restoring these salt deductions, i'm sure many of these points being made earlier discourage from keeping es their taxes low. they also penalize states like tax rates eep their of the b majority benef

into law but we will do the best we can to work with both department of justice and federal communications commissiony are able to go after these bad actors with real teeth in the law and prosecute these cases but we extend the statute of limitations out for years to one and call on the carriers to use their latest technologies to keep pace and stay ahead hopefully with these illegal scammers and if they don't we give the fcc the authority to mandate the carriers implement this new technology and my numbers show 54 billion, 54 billion calls so far this year illegal robo calls in america stuart and in my own district we had 150 million robo calls just last month. 105 and it's outrageous what is happening in the ripoffs that are recurring are horrible. stuart: i don't know what to do. when i get a robo call should i say no, get lost, in which i've answered and now they call me back? >> i let them go to voicemail. stuart: they never go to voicemail. >> here's the deal that i had one go to voicemail last year and it turned out it was the vice president of - but i do not know anyone in greece with that ar

subcommittee on communication and technologies hearing on accountability and oversight of the federal communications commission. i am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. i know it has been serve months since we had you before us and i know that you have all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. but despite that passage of time, many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. for example, i asked about the investigation into phone carriers selling the realtime location of nearly every american. mr. chairman, you told me that even after more than a year had passed, we still couldn't tell whether this practice had stopped. couldn't say whether the impacted individuals had been notified. couldn't tell us if members of congress and law enforcement had their locations sold or tracked. in june of this year you told senator blumenthal that you were wrapping up this investigation and would have recommendations shortly. that was six months ago. and we still don't have them. chairman pallone and i wrote to the chairman in november asking for an update

after that on newsmakers, ellen weintraub, chair of the federal election commission, talks about campaign finance. on the communicators, tech issues and public policy. now, last night's debate from los angeles. judy: please greet tonight's candidates, they are businessman andrew yang, south bend, indiana ,ayor pete buttigieg massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, former vice president , vermont senator minnesotaders, andtor amy klobuchar, businessman tom steyer. welcome to all. we will be back to begin the debate. >> american workers are being stifled. it has to end. >> we are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all people. >> that is what it takes to be part of america's middle-class. everybody deserves a living wage in this country. >> the proposals i am putting forward would make me the most progressive president in my lifetime. tired of ourare politics, they have a home with me. >> we have a broken government in washington. >> we need a new voice and a new set of solutions. ♪ announcer: this is the pbs democraticlitico presidential debate. live from los angeles, judy woodruff. judy: welcome ba

federal trade commission saying there needs to be some influencer on advertising, specifically on vaping that has been targeting teenagers. this is really the first rule instagram has ever made to regulate that communityporter: and how much of this is pushback from the regulations , given concerns about vaping, for example, and facebook and instagram saying we need to do something? reporter: instagram to their credit is not just talking about vaping, they are saying they --l not allow ads on webbing weapons or tobacco products. this is a bit of a widening of the rule. that said, there has not been a lot of enforcement on these rules for influencers. a few years ago, they said all ifluencers had to disclose they were getting paid from brands. often, we still see influencers disclosing paid by brands, and not disclosing what's required by the ftc. taylor: and this isn't new. spoke, and ago we instagram said if you pay for your content, you are not allowed to talk about politics and a host of other issues. is this along the same lines of expanding the category which instagram is paying for your video, the topic is off the table? reporter: it gets complicated because you have the regular advertising syste

commission was very good. so the bulk of the training was an exploration of the historic cal federal financing policy issues that have led to racial segregation of communities across america and how today we are making planning decisions based on the framework that was designed to be racially exclusionary. and that is exacerbating those patterns. and that in order to undo them we need to take proactive action on a bunch of different things. and so i'm just going to go down some of the things that we decided to do. and i would really like it if other commissioners who were in this training could talk about what they are experiences were and if they want to add to the list that i have. because we may have missed some. so at the end of the day what we decided we wanted to see in terms of the guidance we provided to the staff, was a policy statement in the general plan or something else, that would have objective standards and criteria related to this work that would help guide our decisions. we often talk about individual projects or even area plans without a lot of the historical context about racial equity or access to planning information or resources from