mr. wiley? mr. wiley: yes. i would say we've not had that buffer experience but we have seen how things are different in different parts of the country and different states. to me, one way to help is because how well states collaborate with each other and share information i think having a seat at that table, being there to consider buffers versus critical habitat as a workaround it may be, we would've called them on that and we would have been there saying, there is a better way. so we are looking for more of an open door that way. senator herbst: mr. broyles, in your testimony you spoke about the importance of state implementation and the implementation of esa. over the years, despite their andhe-ground experience expertise, states have not always had as much say in the processes they would've liked. in your time at the game and fish department, can you provide an example of a time when both a species and stakeholders would have been better served had the federal government taken more state data or recommenda

mr. wiley, do you think the endangered species act needs clarity on the ability of the u.s. fish & wildlife service to work in partnership with private landowners? in order to use innovative measures such as memorandums of agreement that do not require federal register notice but are negotiated directly with landowners?. >> yes, sir, mr. chairman. yes, sir. we feel like there's a lot of work that could be done to clarify in the law the importance of private landowners and the importance of working with land owners to achieve conservation. the fish & wildlife service does make an effort, and that should be applauded but right now the hands are tied in many cases. landowners view in many cases the listing as a serious threat to how they use their land. we believe there's a lot better way forward if it the states can be more engaged and more involved and working on the ground because we have those relationships and we feel like we can really be helpful. >> well, as i understand it, there are landowners in mississippi with more than 4 million acres who are seeking to do this. in

. >> thank you, mr. wiley. we'll turn to comments from the ben. . >> as demonstrated in this report. it is vital that we ensure the systems supporting our nation 911 services are reliable and resilience. the steps at&t proposes to take to prevent future 911 outages in its network are allowable and necessary. other industry carriers have taken the necessary steps to ensure their network infrastructure are sound but they are working implement the network reliability practices developed by the communications reliability. we may have forgotten -- i want to thank you the chairman for initiating this investigation on the hills of the outage as well as lisa fowlkes for the commendable work on this report >> i just had a question. >> how will the mixed match addresses, how did that occur? is that human error? >> so there was a late mixed match in the provisioning system that at&t uses to assign ip addresses to its network an and -- when at&t made an unrelated network change, it resulted in that mixed match and being in

thank you. >> thank you, mr. wiley. we'll now turn to comments from the bench, starting with commissioner clyburn. >> isth it is vital we ebb sure that the simms supporting our nation's 9-1-1 services are both reliable and resilient. the steps at&t proposes to take to prevent future 9-1-1 outages in this network -- in its network, are laudible and necessary. it is my sincere hope, however, that other industry carriers have taken the necessary steps to ensure their 9-1-1 network infrastructures are sound, but they are working to implement the voluntary networkng reliability best practices developed by the communications security reliability and interoperatability council. we might have forgotten. i want to thank chairman pai for quickly initiating the investigation on the heels ofn the outage as well as lisa folk the team for the commendable work on this final report. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> i hads a question. you has mismatched addresses. how did that otour and is that human error or -- did they get mi

in terms of patent medicine first, while mr. wiley is advocating for the pure food and drug act, one of the biggest opponents lobbying against his legislation is the patent medicine lobby. wiley is attuned to the sense that even in the 19th century there were people putting labels on products that are inaccurate or even deleterious to your health. i was trying to convey the historical sense of what was going on. i think he would agree there is room for regulation and i would support that as well. there is a call for that without calling it socialism. with nitrogen and preserving the appearance of meat, one of the -- it touches on another aspect of who will be in charge. of the be a subset bureau of chemistry, accommodation of the executive branches. should we just leave it up to the courts? in 1906 that is what they decide. it is wrong but we will handle it by punishing after-the-fact rather than trying to get regulations in to prevent it. the question is a valid one that exist today. is a valid question, one that exists today. to wha