mr. wheeler unequivocally said that he would do so. however, not only did mr. wheeler not come to congress for more direction, at the behest of president obama, he jammed through the most radical implementation of net neutrality rules ever, a power grab of stunning proportions. and he did so on a purely partisan vote. the number of 3-2 party line votes on commission meeting items during mr. wheeler's tenure are a clear indication of an f.c.c. chairman who embraces partisanship over compromise. just the first year of his chairmanship, mr. wheeler forced through more items on party-line votes than the previous four chairs combined -- combined. chairman wheeler speaks often on market forces. hearing that, one might think he would exercise his agency's powers with humility and a light touch in order to promote the incredible in-- innovation of which our communication sector is capable. instead, wheeler seems more interested in waging partisan battles and accumulating more power, while at the same time avoiding accountability to congress and the american people. i've

wheeler? >> thank you, mr. shimkus. as you all see here, i'd like to identify myself with your remarks about, yes. we do work -- it's interesting. >> i don't have much time. >> -- our decision are unanimous, so the wireline competition bureau was created after the act because the act required several specific actions by the commission to make decisions -- >> okay, now fast forward today. what's it do today? >> it oversees activities in the wireline rule. so, for instance, what we're dealing with on thursday which is the move from analog to ip, and what are the expectations there when service is discontinued is something that comes out of the wireline bureau. >> my point is, i think that when we had part of the question and answers, you talked about telephany and broad band. they're mernged. a lot of telephony goes over broadband. we still have stovepipe -- >> they're merging and, yes -- >> there's a nexus and definitely the nexus isn't in the way that we're designed. i would challenge you to start looking at the fcc 2.0

mr. wheeler, would you like to address the substance of your amendment? >> thank you. the purpose of this amendment is to ensure that in our primary calendar we have consistency and fairness when we divide up states between states that are required to be proportional and sfats are not required to be proportional. right now we have in our rules after march 15, you can be winner take all. before that you must be proportional. but there is a carveout for the first four states, iowa and new hampshire and nevada and south carolina. and that, so that language that they're bringing up now, the whole section, would require those first four states to also follow the same proportionality prools any other state has to follow prior to march 14. so i think this is a reasonable amendment that ensure those states that go early in the p s process are proportional and the winners take all are in the process. >> thank you. is there someone who rises in opposition to the rule? mr. moore of south carolina? >> we have already in the previous section established, to establish a study commit

mr. chairman. chairman wheeler, members of the commission, thank you again for joinings over the many times we've convened, our message has been -- my message has been consistent. the fcc has jurisdiction over one of the most important vibrant sectors of our economy. decisions are critical to innovation, jobs in our nation's leadership in global technology. what you do and how you do it has tremendous impact an all of us today, tomorrow and for lots of years to come and it watt matters here in washington, matters at home in michigan and it matters akrousz the country. we ask you to follow the lead of this committee to improve the fcc process for the betterment of all stakeholders. dating back to the 112th congress we worked in a bipartisan way to usher hr 2583, the process reform act through the house. we urge the agency to engage in a fair and open transparent process of its mission. we stress that your loyalty to these things provides the certainty that newer her churs, innovation, investment and job creation. the chairman recently presented his colleagues with a proposal to impose new requirements on t

mr. president, is going to do that, and that's my open. tell me what you think on facebook or twitter. #judgejeanine. >>> and with any now live from dlarks rod wheeler, homicide detective and fox news contributor. good evening, rod. all right, lockdown there the last couple of hours. what's going on now that they say the threat they thought was there is gone. >> reporter: that's right, judge. good evening to you. in these types of situations when you have a lot of people on the street after the horrific shooting situation we had on thursday, we sometimes receive threats in phone calls. i did have an opportunity a few minutes ago to talk to a sergeant. they told me they're ready, they've been prepared. actually at the police headquarters which is only about a half mile from where i'm standing, he said they have police officers around the headquarters all day today. let me just show you something real rew quickly that this sergeant showed me earlier, judge. where i'm standing is less than a half block away from where the shooting occurred the other day. i'm not sure if you and the viewers can see this. there's a regular brick build behind me. that's t

mr. president, is going to do that, and that's my open. tell me what you think on facebook or twitter. #judgejeanine. >>> and with any now live from dlarks rod wheeler, homicide detective and fox news contributor. good evening, rod. all right, lockdown there the last couple of hours. what's going on now that they say the threat they thought was there is gone. >> reporter: that's right, judge. good evening to you. in these types of situations when you have a lot of people on the street after the horrific shooting situation we had on thursday, we sometimes receive threats in phone calls. i did have an opportunity a few minutes ago to talk to a sergeant. they told me they're ready, they've been prepared. actually at the police headquarters which is only about a half mile from where i'm standing, he said they have police officers around the headquarters all day today. let me just show you something real rew quickly that this sergeant showed me earlier, judge. where i'm standing is less than a half block away from where the shooting occurred the other day. i'm not sure if you and the viewers can see this. there's a regular brick build behind me. that's t

mr. president, is going to do that, and that's my open. tell me what you think on facebook or twitter. #judgejeanine. >>> and with any now live from dlarks rod wheeler, homicide detective and fox news contributor. good evening, rod. all right, lockdown there the last couple of hours. what's going on now that they say the threat they thought was there is gone. >> reporter: that's right, judge. good evening to you. in these types of situations when you have a lot of people on the street after the horrific shooting situation we had on thursday, we sometimes receive threats in phone calls. i did have an opportunity a few minutes ago to talk to a sergeant. they told me they're ready, they've been prepared. actually at the police headquarters which is only about a half mile from where i'm standing, he said they have police officers around the headquarters all day today. let me just show you something real rew quickly that this sergeant showed me earlier, judge. where i'm standing is less than a half block away from where the shooting occurred the other day. i'm not sure if you and the viewers can see this. there's a regular brick build behind me. that's t

wheeler says that is not fair. rod, before we start, i just want to read you the statement from the mr. john mcnessby the president of the fraternal order of police lodge five. he says it is sad that to win an election mrs. clinton must pander to the interests of people who do not know all the facts. now he used the word pander. that is a very strong word. you support the use of that word? >> oh, absolutely. and i'll tell you, that officer that fop officer that made that statement i couldn't have said it better myself. let's face the facts. he actually said that, you know, hillary clinton does not know all the facts. you know what, hillary clinton does know all the facts when it comes to some of these cases. quickly, michael brown's mother is going to be speaking at the dnc next week. now michael brown, for the viewers edification, michael brown was the individual in ferguson who was killed by the police officer darren wilson. the justice department said that was a legitimate shooting, a justifiable shooting. why is that mother speaking at the dnc? but i can tell you who's not speaking

mr. wheeler, i'm interested in the privacy issue as well. if the commission allows paper privacy practice in moving forward with its rulemaking, how will it ensure that the cost of internet service is not inflated so that consumers are forced to accept the discount in order to use that to keep their information from being -- >> thank you, congressman. excellent question. so i think that everybody agrees that privacy isn't a luxury. so you kind of start there. and as your question indicates, this is a very complex issue, and so we specifically culled it out in our rulemaking and saidcan we have everybody's thoughts on what the best answer is? i don't have an answer yet but we're searching for it. >> thank you very much. the chair recognizes mr. bilarakus of florida. >> i want to thank the panel for their testimony today, welcome. it's imperative for you to listen to the chorus of concerns for your set-top box, nprm, and embrace the apps-based approach that won't shackle the industry to a hardware-dependent model moving forward. my constituent