this is the swearing in of commissioner mcdowell. pal>> excellent. if you would raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, robert mcdowell, do solemnly swear -- >> bayh, robert dole do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support, defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation. and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office i am about to enter. so help me god. >> well done. [applause] [unintelligible] that was, as i said, a distinct honor and privilege. the first time i have sworn anyone in in say -- it is an awesome responsibility and a great pleasure to welcome you for your next term. do either of my colleagues have opening remarks to begin the meeting? please? >> very briefly, mr. chairman, thank you very much. i could not think of a better way to launch the genachowski era. i think you have done a great job so far, sir. [laughter] there are four groups of thank yous ri

commissioner mcdowell? >> i do not have any prepared remarks.ould like to incorporate the eloquent remarks of commisioner copps and thank him for his leadership on this issue i also want to thank you all for the dedicated leaders and every person who worked on dtv. thank you for making it a situation that was not nearly as bad as feared. that was only through hard work. that result was not inevitable, by any means. it was only through hard work. organization helped in the final weeks and months. i was especially grateful because our confirmation hearing came four days after the dtv transition. i was delighted that did not become an oversight hearing on dtv, the dtv disaster that could have been. that was fantastic, thank you. we're not done, yet. we are in the midst of the tail and for the bulk of folks are satisfied but there are still a number of folks who are not yet satisfied. we still have another dtv transition coming at some point. we do not know when, for a low- power television and the translators. we have learned a lot of great lessons

commissioner mcdowell? >> i do not have any prepared remarks.ould like to incorporate the eloquent remarks of commisioner copps and thank him for his leadership on this issue i also want to thank you all for the dedicated leaders and every person who worked on dtv. thank you for making it a situation that was not nearly as bad as feared. that was only through hard work. that result was not inevitable, by any means. it was only through hard work. organization helped in the final weeks and months. i was especially grateful because our confirmation hearing came four days after the dtv transition. i was delighted that did not become an oversight hearing on dtv, the dtv disaster that could have been. that was fantastic, thank you. we're not done, yet. we are in the midst of the jo we're not done yet with this transition. we are in the midst of the long tail. the folks are satisfied. there's still a number of folks that are not satisfied.

commissioner mcdowell? >> thank-you. this is a terrific opportunity.the world's economies ride on the rails of broadband. we have a terrific opportunity to improve the human condition all around the globe. i agree with commisioner copps that this is the biggest thing to come to the fcc since the implementation of the 1996 act. thank you for your briefing last week. thank you chairman john caskey for your talk earlier this week. -- genachowski for your talk earlier this week. there are many challenges. it was three weeks ago. there are many challenges and restraints such as time and budget we have a statutory deadline, the magic date of february 17. folks need to understand that our deadline for the broadband mapping data to be in comes about one year after the plan is due. one of the most critical inputs to the decision making for the plan comes one year after the plan is due. it is important to put that in context. we will try to do our own mapping and the tet-gathering. -- data-gathering. folks need to manage their expectations accordingly. hopefully

commissioner mcdowell? >> thank-you. this is a terrific opportunity. the world's economies ride on the rails of broadband. we have a terrific opportunity to improve the human condition all around the globe. i agree with commisioner copps that this is the biggest thing to come to the fcc since the implementation of the 1996 act. thank you for your briefing last week. thank you chairman john caskey for your talk earlier this week. -- genachowski for your talk earlier this week. there are many challenges. it was three weeks ago. there are many challenges and restraints such as time and budget we have a statutory deadline, the magic date of february 17. folks need to understand that our deadline for the broadband mapping data to be in comes about one year after the plan is due. one of the most critical inputs to the decision making for the plan comes one year after the plan is due. it is important to put that in context. we will try to do our own mapping and the tet-gathering. -- data-gathering. folks need to manage their expectations accordingly. hopefull

. >> commissioner mcdowell and i spoke this week about his hands on visits to alaska where he saw broadband making a real difference in people's lives. but if we do our jobs right at the sec, we can accelerate economic growth -- at the fcc, we can accelerate growth and ensure we have a sustainable economic engine in the united states. the weekend make america a world leader in mobile. the weekend improve small businesses so they can commit -- compete every where, help to deliver better health care at lower costs, extend the benefits of broadband resolution to our hnmpolice and firefighters who depend on communications for their own safety and hours. these are mentz goals of importance. we are the beginning of the development of a plan to help the country deliver on this. i am looking forward to an energized united commission, blair, which you coordinating pursuing this effort. just because we can dream of an america built on broadband does not mean that we can make it happen. homes and businesses in many other countries have faster connections for lower prices. it will take real effort and

charles payne, dagen mcdowell. adam will shins ski. what is going on, charles? all the rich folks tax we are slapping on you will be to pay for the healthcare. one congresswoman says you will get it back if we recognize the savings. >> you used the right word, scare. this is nuts but what i'm starting to feel is that a lot of these plans, the tax of all the people, first we know the brunt will hurt small businesses. i think the subplot is really that nancy pelosi and barack obama really want to dissuade people from being you will rasual because that is what this will do. making a certain amount but more than $350,000, more than $1 million that is a little too much and you should put it back in the communal pot. because that is what she is talking about. neil: only you could smoke pot because that is pretty much where we are going. this she could not have checked. i talked with steny hoyer who seem add little surprised. he was saying that is among the options that we could look at. but clearly they are changing the rules mid game and i'm not here to debate the pr

i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto, let's get reaction from ben stine, doingen mcdowell, adam, along with ron and damen. neil will be back next week. this week, one of president obama's top economic advisors saying america needs a second surge of stimulus planning, but a news poll showing 60% saying no, thanks. did a majority of americans have it right? >> oh, absolutely. the first stimulus was a disaster. $787 billion, nobody read the bill. only about 10% of it goes out the door in the first year. it was just a democratic party payoff bill, basically taxing everybody, including republicans, to pay off democratic interest groups. this thing was a fraud. >> and then, ben, should we point out, i think you were for the first one initially, too. >> now, bear in mind, i was for the idea of stimulus, and i still am for the idea of stimulus. i'm not for the idea of just taking this huge lump of money and using it to pay off democratic special interest groups f. they could have gotten half the money out the door in the first, say, eight months, i think the thing would have worked, or at leas

if you would raise you're right hand and repeat after me, i robert mcdowell do solemnly swear that il support and defend the constitution of the united states. against all enemies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and. then i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter. so helping gone. >> well done. [applause] that was an honor and privilege, the first time swearing-in is an awesome irresponsibility and a great pleasure to welcome you to the commission for your next term. two either of my colleagues have opening remarks to begin this meeting? >> very briefly mr. chairman thank you, that was an honor and a terrific way to launch the julius genachowski era at the fcc. you have done great so far by the way. [laughter] but i do have many people to think and i have four groups of thank yous. i will try to be as brief as possible because i know we want to get on with the business of to get on with the busine