mr. chairman. chairman janikowski. if we look at today's "new york times" it talks about the hacking case, and the head of the rupert murdoch british newspaper empire was formally charged on tuesday, along with their husband or for perverting the course of justice if the phone hacking situation that's going on. and i'm looking into that, because it bolsters the case that i want to make with you. there is evidence that news corporation has been volled in a broad range of misconduct reaching the highest levels of the new york based company, and involving acts in the u.k. and the u.s. now, if we look at the list here and we see these are senior people from the company from newscorp they applied for license in 2007. despite this long list, the fcc is not announced any plans for proactive investigation into whether or not newscorp holds the broadcast license in the u.s. and i address this to each one of you. what does it take for the fcc to begin an investigation. >> obviously we have important responsibilities under the la

mr. janikowski on april 3rd of this year, senator bagitch and i sent you a letter, that the fcc not implement other reductions until the reform is adopted. as of yet there has not been an official reply to the letter. my question is, will there be a reply forthcoming in the near future? >> there will be a reply forthcoming in the near future. >> maybe this will be addressed in the letter. can you answer the question about whether you would delay additional reductions in usf pursuant to the further notice until the implications of the reforms are adopted in last fall's usf order are properly evaluated. >> i think it's important we continue to move forward while listening carefully to the issues that come up and make appropriate modifications. one the reasons i haven't responded to your letter yet, was that we made some modifications in the last two or three weeks. we want to respond to the concerns. stopping the reforms would be counter productive. inconsistent with fiscal responsibility. and unfair to unserved americans who would benefit from us moving forward. including if south dakota. >> t