that would mean henry waxman would still be the chairman of the telecommunications committee. he would make efforts to find compromise on broadband regulation. in an honorable way, he took on the issue during the past year against taw boston got consensus among stakeholders. the republicans, for reasons that howard can talk about, decided that they did not want to move for at that time. but i think he did a yeoman's work in reaching compromise. he will be likely to push up for work. on the senate side, senator rockefeller has been very clear that he considers spectrum to be a priority. he has a proposal to allocate the and the block, which is a spectrum band that has long been sought by the specter community to build a network. i think it would have support from the community and the will look to push that. >> no matter what happens next week, there seems to be some consensus among stakeholders that there will be a lot of changes on the communications subcommittee in particular. there are members who seem to be vulnerable. others seem to be retiring. then there are those who h

wednesday, house commerce committee chairman henry waxman said he is dropping eight "net neutrality >> bill after felon to attract republican support. the measure was intended to ensure cable and phone companies grant web users equal access to all websites. in a statement, waxman urged the federal communication commission to impose its own net neutrality rules. but the fcc pau regulatory authority is in question following an appeals court ruling earlier this year that said the fcc cannot prevent internet service providers from blocking and controlling internet traffic. the obama administration has unveiled a new round of sanctions targeting eight iranian officials accused of human-rights abuses in the crackdown on protests following iran's disputed elections and june 2009. secretaries did hillary cnton announced the sanctions in washington. >> the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability and divestment act of 2010 permits us to impose financial sanctions and deny u.s. visas to specific iranian officials where there is credible evidence against them. in doing so today, we declare ou

the cap and trade bill that henry waxman and congressman markey proposed would raise taxes over $700 billion -- $794 billion on businesses over a 10- year period. the money goes into the federal government. it does not go to companies that are going to be clean energy producers, clean manufacturers. a lot the allocation goes to the oil industry. the democrats needed to get the oil state democratic votes in order to get this out of congress. it is sad that good environmental legislation has gotten such a bad name because of the waxman-markey bill. the tax on businesses that produce carbon, not clear where the money is going to go, and i is one that has worked try to develop alternative energy technologies in this state, because i truly believe that new hampshire could be a place where alternative energy frieds and provides real jobs, and no working example of that is to have this -- and to have this government monstrosity attack these businesses, put the money into the till to be spent on other programs, it is really very sad and it will take awhile for an hour -- to work our way out

the cap and trade bill that henry waxman and congressman markey proposed would raise taxes over $700 billion -- $794 billion on businesses over a 10- year period. the money goes into the federal government. it does not go to companies that are going to be clean energy producers, clean manufacturers. a lot the allocation goes to the oil industry. the democrats needed to get the oil state democratic votes in order to get this out of congress. it is sad that good environmental legislation has gotten such a bad name because of the waxman-markey bill. the tax on businesses that produce carbon, not clear where the money is going to go, and i is one that has worked try to develop alternative energy technologies in this state, because i truly believe that new hampshire could be a place where alternative energy frieds and provides real jobs, and no working example of that is to have this -- and to have this government monstrosity attack these businesses, put the money into the till to be spent on other programs, it is really very sad and it will take awhile for an hour -- to work our way out

we have henry waxman who has, on so many pieces -- who has worked on some pieces of important legislation this year. we're thankful for him. we have julias, the chairman of the fcc. and finally, we have this guy -- [laughter] some of you may know him. i happened to be listening to him this morning when i woke up. he is what i work out too. [laughter] he is what i sweet talk michelle to. [laughter] mr. stevie wonder is in the house. [cheers and applause] i was doing a little rendition of some of his music to him and he was kind enough not to laugh. [laughter] earlier this year, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act right here in the white house. many of you were here. it was a moment for every american to reflect not just on one of the most comprehensive civil rights bills in our history, but what that bill meant to so many people. it was a victory won by countless americans who refused to accept the world as it is and against great odds waged quite struggles and there is crusades until, finally, change was one. the story of the disability rights movemen