mr. wheeler dealer. i put my statement in the record and yield back the time to the chairman. >> thank you, chairman. turn to the gentleman from california mr. waxman for opening comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to welcome back chairman wheeler. federal communications commission had an historic week last week. you're tackling some of the most complex and pressing issues in the communications sector today. in 2012, congress gave the fcc a big job to create the world's first incentive auction to ensure that beach front low band spectrum is put to its highest economic value. you established the ground rules for this crucial auction last week. you had a hard job because you needed to balance four potential, potentially conflicting objectives. one maximizing the amount of spectrum made available, promote competition and create bans of unlicensed spectrum and raise money. it appears you hit this one out of the ballpark. want to commend you to your advance of unlicensed spectrum. a vision of new sup

mr. wheeler in, the new chairman. today, let me welcome mr. wheeler back good we need to review the record of action and selected in action taken under the first six months of your leadership. unfortunately on the given some recent actions, here we might be heading into some rough waters. when we last met, i offered some advice to chairman wheeler. i urge them to heed the words of reject calls contrary to congressional contempt. the second, i urge them to bear in mind that evening seemingly small changes could have significant impact on the marketplace. i called upon all of the members of the commission to discharge duties and a view of the technological landscape. in sum, my advice is that they must approach the duties of humility and restraint. unfortunately, my advice was ignored. in december, we had get to know that the d c circuit court of appeals will once again reject the attempt to regulate the internet and could only speculate whether the commission would have a third attempt. sadly, we know the answer. the item the commission has opte

mr. wheeler, thanks for your testimony. i appreciate your candor and your articulate way you answer questions. >> thank you, sir. >> i just want to commend you on your efforts to open up more spectrum for unlicensed uses. the fcc took an important step last month by opening up the 100 megahertz for unlicensed uses. i'm pleased to see in your testimony that the fcc is trying to free up additional unlicensed. could you provide an update on where things currently stand with resolving the technical issues in the its band used for vehicle-to-vehicle communications and the parts of the band used for military radar? >> yes. so as we talk, there's three slices to five gigahertz. the middle as you suggest is d.o.d. we're having ongoing conversations with them. i have been personally involved in those discussions about a wide range of spectrum issues including this. there are strongly held beliefs on both sides, sir. i continue to believe, however, that people of good faith can finance if you sit at the table long enough. in so far a

mr. wheeler we thank you for taking the time to come and be us. you've got a feisty term going f.c.c., and inhe tennessee we would say you're dust.g up a little and it's causing concern. many much our content creators amount ofmendous concern about your approach, and many much our health care are looking at apps and tele medicine concepts of that nature are also expressing concern. think that probably your actions have inserted a good bit of uncertainty into the innovation sector that is looking at how we best utilize all things internet for quality economicnd access for development for health care, for innovation. a couple of just simple questions for you. first of all on cost benefit analysis, and i thank you that last night your team sent a to us on that question, but what concerned me that in the letter you say that this is just a tool, cost benefit signal says is just one many tools that would go into doesdecision and your nprm not include an initial cost to benefit analysis. predecessor, in this came before us and assured us he was going to

mr. wheeler is facing. and the risk is that then those actors march on capitol hill, gut his budget, and don't allow him to do the other things he wants to accomplish with the commission. what he's, i think, failing to understand is that this is it. this is the legacy moment for tom wheeler. this is when he decides that he actually -- he's a regulator and he's going to take a firm hand when it comes to these enormously powerful companies. >> but is he a free agent? i mean, he was in the industry for several years before he came to the fcc. michael powell was at the fcc before he took the job that tom wheeler once had. i mean, can they be honest brokers? >> well, he was a cable lobbyist. but he can now rise to the mantle of public leadership and say, this is the important moment. this is it. >> the thing is, you can't suggest that what he's doing is unreasonable. but i worry that it's going to end up -- we're going to end up with these nodes of innovation. and that we're going to ghettoize what was supposed

mr. wheeler as the new chairman. today, and let me welcome mr. wheeler back, we meet to review the record of action, and selective inaction that the commission has taken under the first six months of your leadership. unfortunately, given some of the most recent actions out of the commission, i fear that we may be heading into some rough waters. when we last met i offered two pieces of advice to chairman wheeler. and his colleagues. first, i urged them to heed the words of congress where it was -- has spoken and reject calls to act in ways contrary to congressional intent. second, i urged them to bear in mind that even seemingly small changes in the federal communications commission's rules can have significant impact on the marketplace. i called upon all the members of the commission to discharge their duties with transparency, accountability, and a long view of the technological landscape. in sum, my advice was that they must approach their duties with humility and restraint. unfortunately, recent actions have hinted that my advice was ignored. i

mr. waxman. >> thank you. chairman wheeler, i commended your leadership earlier in my opening statement about the spectrum auction. i want to ask questions about a different subject. that's net neutrality. >> yes, sir. >> i commend you for tackling this issue and for seeking comment on a broad range of issues, but i have serious concerns about some proposals that have been discussed. you said there would be presumption against broadband providers like verizon, at&t and comcast entering into arrangements that give exclusive advantages to their affiliates, is that right? >> yes, sir. >> what i don't understand is why this presumption against exclusive arrangements would be limited to affiliates. suppose netflix entered into exclusive arrangement with at&t or comcast for faster speeds for its videos that block competitors like amazon prime from getting similar service, i think that would be a serious threat to competition and an open internet, yet your proposal does not create a presumption against these exclusive arrangements. w

mr. wheeler as the new chairman. today, and let me welcome mr. wheeler back, we meet to review the record of action and selective inaction that the commission has taken under the first six months of your leadership. unfortunately, given some of the most recent actions out of the commission, i fear that we may be heading into some rough waters. when we last met i offered two pieces of advice to chairman wheeler. and his colleagues. first, i urged them to heed the words of congress where it was -- has spoken and reject calls to act in ways contrary to congressional intent. second, i urged them to bear in mind that even seemingly small changes in the federal communications commission's rules can have significant impact on the marketplace. i called upon all the members of the commission to discharge their duties with transparency, accountability, and a long view of the technological landscape. in sum, my advice was that they must approach their duties with humility and restraint. unfortunately, recent actions have hinted that my advice was ignored. in

mr. wheeler. we're delighted that you would make time and spend with us on this important day with so much going on on the telecommuniques world. >> six months ago this subcommittee worked with a compliment of fcc commissioners. today and let me welcome mr. wheeler back. we need to review the record of ction and celebive inaction. . given some of the most recent actions, i fear that we may be heading into rough waters. and his colleagues. first, i urged them to head the words of congress which it has spoken contrary to congressional intent. second, even though semmingly committees. and going to have a significant impact on the project place. in some my advice was that they must approach their duty with hill mary and destrength. mied a invite was ignored in december we had yet to know that the d.c. court of apiece would speculate as to whether the congress is leaving. sadly, we now know the answer. the item the committee adopted last week. he's long for a good idea. willingness ated to consider reg

mr. wheeler handled himself cap a prexy handled himself pretty well.e knew he was going to have a hard time -- handled himself? >> he handled himself pretty well. he knew he was going to have a hard time and he heard it from all sides. republicans said it could pave for even things like utility. and democrats said they could pave the way for internet service providers to charge content customers for faster lanes of traffic. chairman wheeler was refusing to be pinned down, but said he would not support a ban. take a listen to what he had to say. access, ibuy internet am buying the full pipe. i am buying access to everything out there. and if somebody comes along and , you cannot get this unless you pay more, that is unreasonable and should be banned. >> but again, he did not back the idea of banning these prioritization, these fast lane deals altogether. and likewise, he did not satisfy the republicans about regulating internet services. republicans are very opposed to that and they lit the chairman know about it today. >> what did chairman wheeler have

mr. wheeler going to do?emand. >> i am reading the script of game of thrones season one, it is very scary. ned stark is phenomenal. >> i need to get on the bandwagon. my morning must reads. it comes out of the wall street journal. while we are talking about net -- rality, bob kerrey, vice chairman of the committee. of where is the leadership in this administration? >> you can't prevent things like that from happening, that is the problem. china has been doing it for years. russia is just following china's lead. the problem they have is you can actually see it in north korea. if you close that government down you eliminate the accommodation that is going to be generating wealth. at some point if create real economic problems. why would the obama administration effectively say we are no longer going to be the -- why would the u.s. give up that role? moredon't have much capacity to some like him informed. i think the web addresses are the least of our problems. the more difficult problem is continuing to support

mr. wheeler.-blocking creates jobs small businesses as opposed to too big to fail with consumer limits. guest: i believe what you were getting at is the idea that antiblocking encourages the startup of new businesses, small businesses, new edge providers as frequently asserted and debates hi, they are the creators of new jobs. by allowing them to innovate without permission, because they know they can just use the internet and not have to get a -- provider toer sign off on their service and get a special deal, they can freely invest in new businesses and services. host: what is the next step in this process? guest: four months of people weighing in with their comments. i would not be surprised that at some point there would be a hearing. they will be collecting, unless they extend things but they would then start final rules in light of the input they have received. probably a a lot of negotiation. the commissioner is going to have to win the support of his fellow commissioner who has talked about

they are buying access to the full internet and that's what our rules attempt to protect spiral mr wheeler may say no mistake about it these new net neutrality rules in quotes are good for american consumers and are good for the internet they are however good for giant internet service providers like comcast and time warner and their executives who are trying to monopolize control over the internet so they can pad their bottom lines and their paychecks if the likes of comcast and time warner get their way the internet the last remaining remnants remnant of open and free communication in america will be dead faster than you can say world wide web joining me now for more on yesterday's hearings in the future of net neutrality in america is joe. burger internet engineer and small business owner and laura frieden bah press secretary with the progressive change campaign committee joe laura welcome if you care to have you both with us spanks them joe i understand that back in two thousand and seven president obama personally assured you that we would have net neutrality as in common carriers sta

mr. matheson and myself, thank you, chairman wheeler, for your testimony. we look forward to working with you. the hearing is now adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> part of a "washington journal " discussion on the middle east respiratory system, known as mers. see the whole program at c-span.org. here is part of the conversation. host: dr. michael bell is joining us. associate director from the cdc infection control unit. he is joining us from the cdc this morning. we will talk about the mers virus. what is mers? virus.it is a new it is related to the sars virus that spread several years ago. it is normally an animal virus. it can spread to humans. when it does it can cause a , severe respiratory infection. host: what does it stand for? where did the name come from? guest: it stands for middle eastern respiratory syndrome. the arabian peninsula is significantly affected by the virus. we have seen cases throughout the region. there is information that it seems to be

mr. mathieson and of myself, thank you, chairman wheeler, for your testimony this morning. we look forward to working with you in the future, and the hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> this morning, fbi and homeland security officials discuss cybersecurity threats from china, russia and iran. then senators rand paul and ron wyden debate the judicial nomination of david darren for the first circuit court of appeals. and the senate returns at 10 eastern for a vote on david barron's nomination. live senate coverage here on c-span2. >> today assistant attorney general for national security john carlin talked about emerging national security threats. you can hear his remarks at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> friday 2014 commencement speakers including lawmakers, corporate executives and obama administration officials. we start the memorial day weekend with speeches by louisiana governor bobby jindal, massachusetts governor deval patrick and representatives luke messer of indiana and john lewis of georgia. that's at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> what i'm trying

wheeler. no one was hurt by the incident. >>> time now for a look at politico -- shall we go to willie? >> i think so. >> mr. >> you look tanned, have the nice patriotic tie going on. you're still one foot up in memorial day weekend. >> a little time up at the lake in maine. >> let's talk some business. republicans considering going back 20 years in the playbook to revisit the contract with america. explain. >> yeah. there's a few republican senators who say people are forecasts that we're going to take of the senate, a better than 50-50 chance in most forecasts that republicans will take over the senate which means they'll control the whole capital starting in january. so we better say what we're going to do, willie. there's been surprisingly little talk among republicans on either the house side or the senate side of what they would do if they controlled the whole capital. senator lindsey graham of south carolina is among the republicans who say we should put out a list of what we're going to do similar to the contract with america that house republicans ran on in '94. plenty of other republicans that sena