peter: maureen ohlhausen, any thoughts? com. ohlhausen: i agree. the internet of things holds great promise and we need to strike a balance correctly. consumers are demanding these services and demanding these conveniences and i think that a lot of the information that will be provided by the devices can be very useful for society in general and the improvement of services to consumers. we need to make sure consumers know about sensitive information and things like real-time location, health information that terrell mentioned and they know how this information is collected and how it is being safeguarded. and how it is being kept. peter: maureen ohlhausen has been on the commission since 2012, graduate of the university of virginia law school. of virginia law school. 11 years on the ftc staff. terrell mcsweeney spent several years with senator and vice president joe biden, prior to becoming a commissioner in 2014, a graduate of georgetown law. brent kendall is with "the wall street journal." >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 30 years

terrell mcsweeney is a democrat and maureen ohlhausen is a republican, the only republican currently on the commission. commissioner mcsweeney, where is that intersection between the ftc and the fcc when it comes to telecommunication?

maureen ohlhausen as republican, the only republican currently on the commission. commissioner mcsweeny, what is the intersection between the fcc and ftc when it comes to telecommunications issues? >> the ftc is the primary consumer protection authority in the federal government. we have very broad jurisdiction but we were close with the fcc especially as it relates to telecommunications issues, the administration of the do not call list and things like that. for a number of years we've shared some areas of consumer protection jurisdiction primary. and ftc act prevents us from having too much jurisdiction in this space adventure will get to that in our conversation because it examines common carriers from our authority. >> commissioner ohlhausen, one of the issues that's been semi-settled is the net neutrality issue, something that the ftc had been involved in. how has your work changed, how pressure goal changed since the fcc decided on net neutrality? >> i can tell you're a too obvious if you say the net neutrality just been semi-settled because and there's still

peter: maureen ohlhausen has been on the commission since 2012, graduate of the university of virginia law school. of virginia law school. 11 years on the ftc staff. terrell mcsweeney spent several years with senator and vice president joe biden, prior to becoming a commissioner in 2014, a graduate of georgetown law. brent kendall is with "the wall street journal." >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 30 years ago and brought as a public service buyer local cable or satellite provider. >> on newsmakers, our guest is representative ben ray lujan. he talks about the 2016 election and efforts by his party to increase the number of members in congress. watch the interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. on a very serious moment in our history. the cabin is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. navytate department and officials are meeting with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very same time japanese airships were bombing our citize

from the federal trade commission we have commissioner maureen ohlhausen.ommissioner ohlhausen was sworn in in 2012 and a strong kid of innovation, government transparent date and consumer protection. prior to joining the commission. commissioner ohlhausen is a partner in my law firm. and served in various positions for 11 years in various capacities. moderating today's discussion we have alex cooley are, hopefully i got that right it was a partner in the antitrust division at the law firm -- before joining the film, alex is a legal adviser to commissioner ohlhausen at the ftc. today is a reunion of sorts and prior to that a trial attorney in the antitrust division of the department of justice. we definitely have an all-star cast today so without further ado, give our panelists a warm welcome. [applause] >> welcome again everyone in thank you to the federalist society for organizing and hosting this luncheon panel on such an important topic. it is a pleasure to be here at moderate and keep the two of you separated and apart. we are living in an era of rapid

issue, and, of course, thanks to my good friend and counterpart at the federal trade commission, maureen ohlhausen. it's always a privilege to see any capacity especially one like this. i guess i would start by backing up two decades. at the dawn of the commercial internet as we now know it, congress and the president faced a question from how should we govern this dynamic new space? a decision which ruled reach that in it would be as they put it in section 230 of the commissions act unfettered from federal and state regulation. they would let the free market determine the trajectory of this industry. that was largely the way across administrations and across the ethicacy's of different stripes have different -- was governor there were attempts to revisit that decision by adopting some species of net neutrality rules or standards. each time those decisions in 2008 and 2010 were struck down by the d.c. circuit in washington. and 2014 the agency took a third bite at the apple, and after, or 2015 actually, this followed the presidents of november 10, 2014, instruction that he wanted the fcc to adopt

maureen ohlhausen as republican, the only republican currently on the commission. commissioner mcsweeny, what is the intersection between the fcc and ftc when it comes to telecommunications issues? >> the ftc is the primary consumer protection authority in the federal government. we have very broad jurisdiction but we were close with the fcc especially as it relates to telecommunications issues, the administration of the do not call list and things like that. for a number of years we've shared some areas of consumer protection jurisdiction primary. and ftc act prevents us from having too much jurisdiction in this space adventure will get to that in our conversation because it examines common carriers from our authority. >> commissioner ohlhausen, one of the issues that's been

i agree with maureen ohlhausen the differing legal regimes have deleterious effect on the market place. same with the privacy. i think differing regimes would have quite an affective when pointed out earlier, it is predicated on the modernization of information which is considered quite private. >> looks like we are unfortunately out of time. we could consider discussing this all afternoon. let's give a round of our -- around applause to our guests ahit pai. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> quick reminder that if you missed any of this discussion on open internet rules and jurisdiction and control of the internet it should be available on our web site any moment now, you can watch at c-span.org, check the c-span video library. coming up at 7:00 eastern live on c-span2, a republican and democratic pollsters talk about the 2016 presidential election. chuck todd, host of meet the press, moderates from george washington university at 7:00 eastern. >> e-cigarette chair feature of b

from the federal trade comission, we have commissioner maureen ohlhausen. commissioner ohlhausen was sworn in at the ftc in 2012 and has been a strong advocate for policies that promote competition, innovation, government transparency, and consumer protection. prior to joining the commission, commissioner ohlhausen was a partner at my law firm, and before that served at the ftc in various positions for 11 years in various capacities. and moderating today's discussion we have alex okuliar, did i get that right? i practiced that. who say partner in the anti-trust division at the law firm of harrington. before joining the firm he was legal adviser to commissioner ohlhausen at the ftc so today is a reunion of sorts. and prior to that was a trial attorney in the anti-trust division of the department of justice. so we definitely have an all-star cast today and a lot to discuss. without further adieu, please give our panelists a warm welcome. >> thank you, kelly, for that introduction. welcome again, everyone enthank you to the federalist society for arguing and h