bush who set the agenda through two thousand and eight in two thousand and three bush appointee michael powell tried to consolidate the media even further and wrote rules that matched the times if they got away with what they wanted to do you can end up in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlet in one community. their profits would go through the roof i mean if it's stripped one newsroom without any competition you tell me that that sounds like the it didn't look good three of the five members of the f.c.c. a republican they were all pretty much on the record saying even before we consider any evidence we want to get rid of these rules or they go on their marching orders but the public and rose up against us we understand we got about three million people to weigh in to the f.c.c. that's almost you know one in every hundred americans i think that many people knew there was an f.c.c. the law how to get their information to us but they did they were really concerned about this not pauwels f.c.c. approve

then after the bush administration took office, and michael powell became chair of the f.c.c., therecame a new fine for a censored version, a cleaned-up version, a bleeped version of the real slim shady. then after people like you spoke out and said this is insane, they decided they weren't going to fine the radio station after all. what's going on there? well, i don't want to guess what they're thinking. i can only say that they didn't have any good legal right to stand on their ideals, and so they had to drop 'em, from what i can tell. that, i can assume, and i think that they were a little bit aggressive, and they--and they decided against their choice, and i think that it was going to be obvious that it was cultural, and since it's going to be cultural, and we're going to attack black kids for their language and culture, then we have to be careful how we do it, and so that was not a good vehicle to attack our freedom of speech because it was going to play out badly for them in the media and other places. they will pick better shots, but they will continue to take shots at us and

the proposed rules of the road are first articulated by republican chairman michael powell and kevin martin, and endorsed in a unanimous policy statement of 2005. they have been supported in congress on a bipartisan basis and the proposed framework is consistent with president obama is commitment to "keep the internet as it should pay -- open and free." the adoption would culminate recent efforts to find common ground. at the fcc, and congress, and outside government, including approach is advanced by both democrats and republicans and by stakeholders of differing perspectives. in particular, it would build on the strong and balanced framework developed by chairman henry waxman which guarded support from telecommutes in company's small and great as well as others. the animating force behind all these efforts is the shared appreciation for the internet's wondrous contribution to our economy and our way of life. millions of us depend on the internet every day, at home, at work, in school, everywhere. the high-speed networks we call broadbent our friend -- are transforming healthcare, e

the proposed rules of the road are routed in ideas first articulated by republican chairman michael powell and kevin martin, and endorsed in fcc policy statement in 2005. similar proposals have been supported in congress on a bipartisan basis. the proposed framework is consistent to keep the quote, keep the internet as it should be. open and free. their adoption would culminate recent efforts to find common ground at the fcc, in congress, and outside government, including approaches advanced by both democrats and republicans and by stakeholders of differing perspectives. in particular, this proposal would build upon the strong and balanced framework developed by chairman henry waxman, when garner support from technology and telecommunications companies big and small, as well as from consumers and public interest groups. the animating force behind all of these efforts is a shared appreciation for the internet's wonderous contributions to the economy and our way of life. millions of us depend on the internet every day, at home, at work, in school, everywhere in between. the high speed networ

rules of the road we adopt today are rooted in ideas first articulated by republican chairman michael powell and kevin morton and endorsed and the unanimous fcc policy statement in 2005. they are grounded in the record we developed over the past 14 months, including more than 100,000 public comments, numerous public workshops and hundreds of meetings with stakeholders ranging across the spectrum. the list of participants also include supported input from ftc and doj, to opposite effect we heard earlier -- the chairman of ftc participated in person. i am proud of the process that we and the staff -- it has been one of the most transparent in sec history. and i am proud of the result, which already garnered broad support from the technology industry, including technet, information technology in the -- in this big council, hundreds of technology companies those groups represent, as well as many other technology and internet companies. including some of the nation's ventures capitals. also support from key consumer, labor, a civil-rights group, a list that includes consumer federation of america

the rules of the road we adopt today are rooted in the ideas articulated by republican chairman michael powell and kevin martin, and endorsed in a unanimous ftc -- fcc policy statement. they are grounded in the record we have developed over the past 14 months, included more than 100,000 public comments, numerous public workshops, and hundreds of meetings with stakeholders ranging across the spectrum. the list of participants also includes supportive input from the ftc and doj to the opposite effect of what we heard earlier. the chairman of the ftc participated in person in our proceedings. i am proud of the process that we and the staff have run at the commission. as a been one the most transparent in the fcc is 3 -- it has been one of the most transparent in the fcc's history. i'm proud of the results would have garnered broad support from the technology industry, the indignation -- internet innovation alliance, and hundreds of technology companies represented by those groups, as well as many other technology companies, support from investors of all sizes, including some of the nation's preem

affirm what military leaders from defense secretary gates to general collin powell, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, michael mullen, have been saying for some time. repeal of don't ask, don't tell will make our military stronger. with our nation at war it's especially important that our policies promote the recruitment and retention of the best soldiers regardless of their race, regardless of their religion, regardless of sexual orientation, regardless of gender. president obama and secretary gates have conducted a year-long review which many in this party, a year-long review of the impact of the fully and openly integrating lesbian and gay americans into the military. it's no surprise that the report concluded that open service poses no threat to our military readiness or effectiveness. it's estimated that don't ask, don't tell policy has cost the american people somewhere between $300 million and $500 million to implement. it has resulted in 14,000 soldiers who were trained, who were discharged not for performance but were discharged because of their sexual orientation. these 14,000 americans include, we