telecom, jonathan spalter. first of all, mr. spalter, welcome to the washington world again.t is u.s. telecom? >> guest: well, first of all, and thank you for your welcome. it's great to be back near washington, and i'm very excited about working with our members and reconnecting with old friends and making new friends in washington d.c. it's a pleasure. u.s. telecom a wonderful community of broadband innovators who are the men and women who have been doing the hard work of digging the trenches, laying the fiber to light up this next generation of internet innovation that we all are gloriously experiencing. our companies are busy serving tens of millions of customer in each of the 50 states and district of columbia, tribal lands in colorado, in new mexico and are also very busy making sure that access is provided to broadband services not only in our smallest, most remote rural communities that are the hardest to reach, but also some of our largest urban centers as well as the suburbs and ex-urbs in between. our members are men and women like oyster tucker who is the ceo of n

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telecom president and ceo jonathan spalter talks about the internet and telecom landscape as congress takes steps to roll back privacy rules adopted by the fcc last october. he's interviewed by reuters tech and telecom reporter david shepherdson. >> the house voted 250-205 to reverse those broadband privacy rules that the fcc under chairman wheeler had adopted in october. never went into effect. what are the protections you see consumers have in the wake of that vote? >> already our consumers, both yesterday and today, have strong privacy protections that ensure that the integrity of their sensitive data. our companies are aligned in ensuring that sensitive data, our social security numbers an other deeply sensitive aspects of our personal lives, need not and should not be actually transacted or shared on our networks. we're all committed to that. there is also very good news that the current chairman of the fcc and current interim chairman of the ftc have joined together in a common voice to say that as we move forward to evolving the frameworks for private of the future, trying to m

peter: jonathan spalter the new president and c.e.o. of ustelecom. david shepherdson covers tech and telecom for reuters. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. announcer: now, the supreme court oral argument in los angeles county versus mendes, a case that tests when people consider the police. sue the police. this is about an hour. >> county of los angeles versus mendes. mr. rosen cap. -- mr. rosenkranz. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. reasonablyce officer thinks to himself, this is where i am going to die, he has to be free to make the split-second decision to defend himself in those around him. any legal rule that says that is unreasonable is untenable.

telecom president and ceo jonathan spalter as congress takes steps back on privacy rules. he's interviewed by reuters tech and telecom reporter david shepardson. >> the house voted 250 to 205 to reverse the broadband privacy rules that the fcc under chairman wheeler had adopted in october and never went into effect and one of the protections that consumers have in the wake of that vote. >> our consumers yesterday and today have strong privacy protects that ensure that the integrity of their sensitive data. our companies are aligned with sensitive it data are ensuring others and aspects of the personal life lives need not be transacted or shared on our networks. we're all committed to that. there's also good news that the current chairman of the fcc and the current interim chairman of the ftc have joined together in a common voice to say that as we move forward to evolving the frameworks for privacy of the future and trying to make them more consistent and harmonize, they will be acting together and in partnership to ensure that our consumers receive the kinds of privacy pr

telecom president and ceo jonathan spalter. then later, a rally from this past weekend in protest of the nomination of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. and live at ten we'll take you to capitol hill where the senate judiciary committee is meeting to vote on the gorsuch nomination before it's considered by the full senate. ♪ ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television

telecom president and ceo jonathan spalter as congress takes steps back on privacy rules. he's interviewed by reuters tech and telecom reporter david shepardson. >> the house voted 250 to 205 to reverse the broadband privacy rules that the fcc under chairman wheeler had adopted in october and never went into effect and one of the protections that consumers have in the wake of that vote. >> our consumers yesterday and today have strong privacy protects that ensure that the integrity of their sensitive data. our companies are aligned with sensitive it data are ensuring others and aspects of the personal life lives need not be transacted or shared on our networks. we're all committed to that. there's also good news that the current chairman of the fcc and