mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak behalf of the nomination before the vote. two minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the role of the f.d.a. commissioner is central to the health and safety of every family and community nationwide, from a dad making his daughter's peanut butter sandwich in the morning to a patient headed into an operating room. so i know this is a nomination that we all take very seriously. after careful review, i believe dr. califf's experience and expertise will allow him to lead the f.d.a. in a way that puts patients and families first and upholds the highest standards of patient and consumer safety. dr. califf has led one of our country's largest clinical research organizations, and he has a record of advancing medical breakthroughs on especially difficult to treat illnesses. he has a long-standing commitment to transparency in relationships with industry and working t

the good news for mrs. murray is orlando hyundai stepped in and decided they're going to reimburse her for the damage that the some companies did and also sever ties with metro towing. >> good to know. thank you. >> and you don't have to be licensed by the state to toe a car, believe it or not. we placed a link to some of the top some companies for you on >>> a local teen posing as a doctor. >> plus a fluffy fine. >>> the following this morning was kind of crazy. the visibility is down to 2-1/2 miles. i'll be back to talk about why most of you won't see fog that heavy and what kind of day we'll have tomorrow. >>> central floridaians phone >> an update on breaking news near winter park where two people were shot. police just told us both victims are men. they believe this is an ice of late incident. at this point they're not releasing the names of those killed. we'll stay on top of this and bring you any updates we get morning news at five. >>> central floridaians say they have been getting phone calls at all hours

mr. murray continued it for two months substantial time for the occupied by the appeal so just asking foresolution of this now thank you very much. >> ma'am. >> yes. >> kind of wade through everything so bottom line they cut out the wall are you happy to go forward. >> i don't want to waive the grounds of the appeal but as to the wall issue that takes care of of i'm concerned the excavation issues and all the things that occurred here today and we'll hear from the permit holder now. >> good evening commissioner president honda and members of the board of appeals my name is jim murray and my wife and i are the permit holder on the avenue the fairness and we ask you to uphold our permitted issued in 2015 we purchased our home in 2006 and blessed with three children the lady mentioned the two month continuance i lost my mother in the fall and trying to handle personal family affairs we began this process about two years ago and for a modest remodel we approached that with our neighborhoods in mind including the lady our conversations with the neighbors were positive and inwill i the design w

mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last week i asked students and families to share with me their experiences with student loans and college affordability, and i want to start by sharing one of those stories. it's from a young woman whose name is rebecca from my home state of washington. and when she was 18, rebecca signed up for student loans she could go to college, and her parents took out what are called plus loans to help their daughter afford it. rebecca worked hard in college, graduated with her degree, but now she is facing a mountain of student debt. and that is preventing her and her partner from buying a house and starting a family. not only that, are you bekka found out -- rebecca found out her parents have been taking money out of their retirement savings to pay off their plus loan. and they've even resorted to taking a lien out on their home to pay down the debt. rebecca told me that when she enrolled in college she was sure that getting a good education would pay off. but now with all the over

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mrs. murray: i i ask that i be allowed six minutes and the senator from tennessee allowed ten following these remarks. the presiding officer: is there objection to the senator from west virginia's request? without objection. mr. manchin: around the age of 15 or 1-6rbgs zach started self-medicating smoking pot and drinking. zach did his first stint in rehab at age 16. went to florida for a rehab facility because they were able to arrange everything including his flight before he even got a call back from any facility in our state. he was in treatment 60 days and returned home. he was clean for several months, then started using again. zach graduated to using pain pills. from there he started shooting up in pain pills. a child who had a horrific fear of needless was now injecting opiates. zach was robbing people and living house to house on the streets. then when he figured out heroin was more accessible and cheaper, this became his new drug of choice. zach was arrested and given the choice to go t

mr. bill murray. >> reporter: bill murray is a fan favorite.ut he is playing hurt today with a hand injury. >> well, it's an inherited thing. contract are you. the vikings gave it to the irish. and northern and european people get it. it basically closes up your hand so your fingers pull over and close over. >> you have to be the longest tenured celebrity in this event. why do you keep getting invited back? >> because i'm such a cool guy. >> besides that. >> i don't know why. i don't question it. >> reporter: larry the cabley known for wearing camouflage told me it pays off on the golf course. >> the cool thing about full camo is when i shank one, when nobody's looking, i sneak in the woods, i kick it out. nobody knows what's going on. >> reporter: he also has issues playing in front of all of the cameras. >> the camera puts 10 strokes on you. you know? so there you go. what are you going to do? this is a five-cram shoot. >> reporter: the level of golf did not matter, and bill murray never gets tired of this event. >> there's going to be some b

mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, next week, actually the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments in whole woman's health versus hellerstad. this is a case that could not mean more to a woman's ability to exercise her constitutionally protected health care rights. as this case moves forward, i will take a few minutes here today to explain how much is at stake and why it is so critical that texas extreme antiabortion law be treated as exactly what it is. unconstitutional. madam president, texas and across the country extreme right-wing conservatives continue to try to turn back the clock on american women. just yesterday the fifth circuit allowed a louisiana law to go into effect that would leave women with only one health center where they can exercise their reproductive rights. this debate is frustrating and it's disappointing. and frankly, it is appalling that in the 21st century, 43 years since the historic ruling in roe vs. wade, we even have to have a discussion about whether a woman has th

mrs. murray: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: madam president, first of all, i want to take a moment to honor the life and service of supreme court justice antonin scalia. justice scalia was a dedicated public servant who gave so many years to our courts and our country. he and i didn't agree on every issue, but his intellect and passion and commitment were unquestionable. i know he will be missed and the thoughts and players of washington state families go out to his family. madam president, people across the country are now looking at what is happening here in congress, and they are frustrated. they look at the many challenges that we face as a nation, and they want democrats and republicans to work together to tackle them, to make sure our government is functioning and that it is working for all of our families, not just the wealthiest few. madam president, i share that frustration. we have been

mr. chairman. and ranking member murray. i want to join in the comments made about the work that was done on the every student succeeds act. the work that was done was cooperative and collaborative, constructive and i think we ended up with an excellent bill. you indicated the list of people that support it. would not have been possible without that cooperative effort. i want to thank you and the ranking member for that work. also that couldn't have been done without a cooperative committee. so i want to thank all of the committee members. and also thank you for the opportunity to introduce dr. john king, an inspirational and tested leader who is before you today as president obama's nominee to serve as united states secretary of education. our nation continues to make strides in closing achievement gaps, improving graduation rates, but there is much more work to needs to be done to fulfill or moral and civil rights obligation to ensure that every student has the opportunity to fulfill his or her academic and life-long poten

mr. chairman. and ranking member murray. i want to join in the comments made about the work that was done on the every student succeeds act. the work that was done was cooperative and collaborative, constructive and i think we ended up with an excellent bill. you indicated the list of people that support it. would not have been possible without that cooperative effort. i want to thank you and the ranking member for that work. also that couldn't have been done without a cooperative committee. so i want to thank all of the committee members. and also thank you for the opportunity to introduce dr. john king, an inspirational and tested leader who is before you today as president obama's nominee to serve as united states secretary of education. our nation continues to make strides in closing achievement gaps, improving graduation rates, increasing minority attainment and higher education, but there's much more work that needs to be done in order to fulfill our moral and civil rights obligation to ensure that every student has th

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. i'm pleased to welcome dr. janet woodcock as the witness or today's hearing. thanks for being here. we know you're very busy running that important center at the fda. dr. woodcock's been director for the center of drug evaluation research at fda which performs the critical task of ensuring safe and effective drugs are available to improve the health of americans. she's been at the fda about as long as we've known generic drug approval, about 30 -- about 30 years. and she's led many of the fda drug initiatives, including the critical path initiative. she's been a senate director since congress passed the generic drug user fee amendments in 2012. so, she's the leading expert on this program. dr. woodcock, we thank you for coming and look forward to your testimony. if you can summarize it in about five minutes, you have several senators here who would like to have a conversation with you abo about your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, i'm very pleased to be here to t

murray. the next senator collins. >> thank you mr. chairman. doctor, thank you for your many years of public service and all that you are doing to expedite generic drug applications in order to make prescription drugs more affordable for consumers. i know that you're familiar with the investigation, the the aging committee is doing into the sudden very aggressive price spikes that some companies have implemented on drugs that have been on the market for literally decades. one drug is 63 years old and yet there has been a 5000% increase in its price by a company that invests not one dime into the research and development that led to this drug. i'm concerned that our current regulatory structure doesn't take into account situations where it there is essentially a market failure because the population of patients may be small, there is no generic application, whether it is pending or not. it just has not happened. now i know the fda currently provides express lane review for certain generic drug applications including first generic and those that

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mr. secretary, thank you for coming today and bringing your cast of thousands. toator isaacson: we're proud have danny pummell, laverne council and ed murray. with all that support, mr. secretary, i'm sure you'll do a great job. aisle make my opening statement, then turn to senator blumen that'll and then go straight to your testimony. as in the last case, i don't want you to feel compeled by a five-minute light, i want you to say what you have to say, understanding that the attention span of a united states senator is around nine minutes, after that we all start blinking. speaking for myself. that's a self-imposed limitation. thank you very much, mr. secretary for being here today. we're looking forward to discussing the $182 billion budgetary appropriation for the veterans administration. .9% increase over the fiscal 2016 budget, should it be adopted, medical funding would increase by 6.3%. the office of technology would be increased by $145 million. i'm very encouraged that you've embraced a program to merge the non-v.a. programs to see that choits is delivered correctly and appropriately and we look forward to hearing discussion on tha

murray. we appreciate all of you. with all that support, mr.secretary, i'm sure you're going to do a great job. i'll make my opening statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. i don't want you to feel compelled by any five-minute light. i want you to say what you've got to say. i understand the average ñr attention span of the united states senator is about nine minutes. after that we all start blinking. speaking for myself. that's self-imposed limitation. thank you very much, mr. secretary, for being here today. we're looking forward to discussing the $182 billion budgetary appropriation. it would be an 8.9% increase. should it be adopted, medical funding would increase by $3.8 billion or 6.3%. i.t. would be increased by $145 million. i'm very encouraged that you've braced the program to merge the programs. we look forward to that. your testimony also talks a little bit about accountability. in fact, i read the information. accountability as a word is used one time but it's probably most important thing this committee is rea

murray. we appreciate all of you. with all that support, mr.secretary, i'm sure you're going to do a great job. i'll make my opening statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. i don't want you to feel compelled by any five-minute light. i want you to say what you've got to say. i understand the average ñr attention span of the united states senator is about nine minutes. after that we all start blinking. speaking for myself. that's self-imposed limitation. thank you very much, mr. secretary, for being here today. we're looking forward to discussing the $182 billion budgetary appropriation. it would be an 8.9% increase. should it be adopted, medical funding would increase by $3.8 billion or 6.3%. i.t. would be increased by $145 million. i'm very encouraged that you've braced the program to merge the programs. we look forward to that. your testimony also talks a little bit about accountability. in fact, i read the information. accountability as a word is used one time but it's probably most important thing this committee is rea

mr. mitch are - - mitchell has been at this for almost 40 years. not bad for a man a man who is shunned years ago. he was invited back. >> ronald murray was also >>> an emotional reunion, deputies who helped with an animal abuse investigation adopted one of the dogsinvolved. >> el chapo is looking for a plea. >> it is chilly but by the time we finished the weekend finish the weekend it does not feel anything like it does right now. we will let you know how warm it gets. mega millions numbers. >>> monday we will join nbc with new stories that go deep behind the headlines. >> it is a gamble is a gamble every time a kid gets a hold of a hold of one of these things, they are gambling with lives. >> most recent episode tackled a problem with synthetic drugs. it is one of many prime times chose. go to our website for more information. >>> the most notorious drug the world is willing to make a deal. he said in return for his plea he would want to serve a reasonable sentence. he - - security member - - measures at his prison have present have been wrapped up. >>> a student who raped and murdered his teacher could get out of prison one day. he

murray fires off the three to cut the lead to 1. kentucky down for the slam. over time, just over a minute to go in overtime. wildcats in the lead. daniel house mrs.. davis is there for the put-back as texas a&m wins at the buzzer of kentucky 79-77. kentucky may have lost but the at the top of the conference. we have more college basketball coming your way. courtis: today men could treat themselves at a new salon and help local kids. they host the grand opening on sender car way in oakley. carts, cars and codes for a cause. fans could meet the bengals head coach marvin lewis and check out exotic cars. free craft beers and bourbon. >> there is a lot of energy we brought it to cincinnati because men deserve an experience like this. courtis: he says he plans to open two more locations here in greater cincinnati. a local art sell and find cigars. proceeds benefit the marvin lewis community fund. the reds gearing up for another season with a bunch of new faces. the player start spring training. news 5 sports will be live in arizona beginning monday at 5:00. hundreds of volunteers making their way across downtown cincinnati. the big turnout and positive

senator murray: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'll try to do my part as well. just quickly one thought on this analogy that senator paul was making regarding how family may not borrow money in order to make a charitable contribution to their church. i think for a lot of us that's not what we view these investments in foreign aid. we view them as integral to our national security policy as the investments that we are making in the submarines and jet ebb beginsdown shall -- engines and helicopters we produce in account k this is part and parcel of a broader national security strategy. second, the overview that you began with, the u.s. and the state department engaged in more places in the world than ever before, squares with the reality a lot of people believe exists, which is a world that is more chaotic. the truth of the matter is, as you pointed out, is the number of people across the world who are dying from acts of violence, who are dying as the result of war, is actually declining. has been declining for a long time. and it speaks to our ability to find way

sara murray reporting live from las vegas. >>> mr. say trump lies too. why is trump viewed as someone who tells it like it is and cruz forced to fire his communication director. welcome to our guests. >> good morning. >> i want both of you to take a look at this exit poll from south carolina. it shows gop voters believe trump ran the most unfair campaign in the state. you see trump at 41%. cruz in second at 32 %. rubio has 8%. so, se kcup, i don't get it. i do in a way, but i don't. why is cruz a liar and donald trump not? >> right. well, none of the rules apply to donald trump. he's really running a campaign gravity and the laws of laws of politics. defying conventional wisdom, defying tradition. and so none of the things that he does which would be disqualifying for anyone else really seem to have an impact on him. in fact, it's what his supporters seem to appreciate most, that he's able to buck the rigid confines of traditional campaigning that every other candidate has to abide by. ted cruz's communications director got him in a l

mr. mcconnnnll to exexain how if public concludes this person is very well qualified, that the senate should stand reasons." (sot: mark murray/ nbc news sr. political editor :44-:47) "this is a way for democrats and the white republicans." one-point-three million people who say the senate should not block the president's nominee. (sot: senator harry reid (d- nv)/ sen. minority leader :55-1:01) "it is wrong, and i don't believe the american people will stand for this. the senate needs to do it's job." republican leaders insist they won't even consider an obama appointee during an election year. there is still no word on how long it could be before president obama names someone. i'm racie potts iiwashington, now back to o u. >> senator charles grassley is defending his party's refusal to consider a u-s supreme court nominee. grassley says the nominating process should be something the people have a voice in. he says that can happen if presidential candidates talk about their criteria for the nation's highest court. voters can then express their opinion at the voting booth on election day. "these are things that we ought to dec

murray. senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, dr. king, welcome, congratulations on your nomination. i'm sorry that our schedules didn't work so that we could visit. hopefully we'll still have that opportunity to do so at some point in time. both my colleague from maine and my colleague from kansas have mentioned the rural component of education. and as you know, coming from a state that's one-fifth the size of the country with about 732,000 people, we got a lot of rural. we got a lot of spaces and we have a lot of very small schools. i had an opportunity just last week to take five of my senate colleagues to a place in southwest alaska, bethel, large regional community, primarily alaska natives, but we went further beyond bethel to the community of oscarville, 80 people, 17 kids in the school, 2 teachers. challenges in delivering education in a very rural, very remote area, where broadband is an issue. quite honestly basic water and sanitation is an issue. so, the question to you here this afternoon is, is actually pretty general in

mr. trump, donald trump, may be taking a page out of kasich's playbook. here's cnn's sarah murrayreporter: that's right, carol. john kasiching's stunning message hedged him land a second-place finish in new hampshire and the trump campaign is saying they think a positive message could he them do well in south carolina, too. pulling down an attack ad against ted cruz in south carolina and instead putting up a positive spot where voters talk about why they're supporting donald trump. that spot aired late in new hampshire and they said they think it help it's donald trump win there. now they're trying out that strategy in a more rough are and tumble state, south carolina, but what's not clear is whether donald trump is really ready to stick to such an approach. he was campaigning here in louisiana last night and he took some tough swipes at his rivals saying ted cruz was like a child, and he went after george w. bush for joining his brother on the campaign trail. sort of mocking jeb for bringing his brother and mother's help along the way. we'll have to see if he carries over this po

rock art, brendan murray, while other of the media bureau's policy division and scott jordan, chief technologist of the commission. brandon will present the item. >> thank you on the bill. mr. chairman and commissioners, we are pleased to present the rulemaking intended to ensure availability to consumers of competitive services and equipment used to access pay-tv programming at the commission is directed to do by section 29 of the communications act. section 629 which celebrated its 20th birthday with provisions of the telecommunications act of 1996 directs the commission to adopt regulations to ensure regulations to ensure the marketer devices and apps that can access video programming from sources other than subscribers pay tv providers. that is cable and satellite provider. in short, a direct commission to untether consumers from providers set top box. to achieve directive we require multi-video programming distributors, someone using any published transparent format that conforms to specifications that by open standards. this information will allow manufacturers and other companies unaffiliated to design and build competitive devices and applications to access the vid

mr. mcconnell to explain how if public concludes this person is very well qualified, that the senate should stand in way simply for political reasons." (sot: mark murray/ nbc news sr. political editor :44-:47) "this is a way for democrats and the white house to extract maximum pain on republicans." democrats have a petition, one-point-three million people who say the senate should not block the president's nominee. (sot: senator harry reid (d-nv)/ sen. minority leader :55-1:01) "it is wrong, and i don't believe the american people will stand for this. the senate needs to do it's job."republican leaders insist they won't even consider an obama appointee during an election year.(--- reporter live tag ---)there is still no word on how long it could be before president obama names someone.i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. )) 3 (bill)>> thanks, tracie. we will have more on governor brian sandoval's possible nomination to the high court.. and more on what senator harry reid has to say... coming up 3 (samantha)>> diplomats are trying to call a temporary halt to the civil war in syria, but bombing and shelling contining ahead of saturday's dead

mr. mcconnell to explain how if public concludes this person is very well qualified, that the senate should stand in way simply for political reasons." sot: mark murray/ nbc news sr. political editor :44-:47 "this is a way for democrats and the white house to extract maximum pain on republicans." democrats have a petition, one- point-three million people who say the senate should nominee. sot: senator harry reid d-nv/ sen. minority leader :55-1:01 "it is wrong, and i don't believe the american people will stand for this. the senate needs to do it's job." republican leaders insist they won't even consider an election year. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. hopefuls are set to face-off in houston, texas tonight for the 10th time. coming off his win in nevada's caucuses tuesday night, frontrunner donald trump hopes to build on his momentum, as super tuesday approaches. senators marco rubio and ted cruz are locked in a fierce battle for second place. john kasich and dr. ben carson will also take part. tonight's debate is scheduled to kick off at the university of houston at 8:30.### another republican candidate for president is coming to the roanoke va

murray. she is over at donald trump caucus night headquarters in west des moines. sara, what is the latest from the trump campaign? how is mral push? >> wolf, i think that everyone is realizing this could be a truly incredible night. and that counts donald trump as well. they do not want the take anything for granted. donald trump held two campaign rallies today, which is a bit of an unorthodox move for a candidate on caucus night. and we're also expecting him to appear at some caucus sites. which ones we don't know. and the same goes for his children. they have been all over the state today, doing some retail stops. and they too will appear at caucus sites. wolf, this is a shrewd move. a lot of people have said will donald trump supporters turn out? going out to caucus is not the same as going to the rally where donald trump is the entertainment. but by fanning himself and his children out to these caucus sites, they're guaranteeing some celebrity appeal, at least at a couple of the precincts around the country, wolf. >> sara, how confident are they that trump will emerge the victor tonight? >> when donald trump was holdin

murray of piper jaffray. good to have you with us. tavis, why are you so bullish on the stock? i think investors feel like they have been burned by mr. woodman, mispricing on the hero 4, so some execution issues. why should we look through that? >> well, so they should feel like they were burned because they were. go pro really misexecuted on a lot of fronts in 2015, not having meaningful product upgrade. but the stock has come down quite a bit. the company has a very good balance sheet now. and to be clear, these near term earnings will not be good, but there is significant new products coming later this year which could reinvigorate growth. >> erin, are you optimistic about the products? we're supposed to get the drone, a hero 5 at some point. can the company turn it around, especially since it is trading so cheaply, relative to where it was before. >> sure. so in terms of the drone, i think it is a natural extension for the brand. clearly go pro has that mind share with the consumer. that being said, the launch of the drone, which should still happen in the first half of this year, i do think it is a little bit too late, just giv

mr. melt down and whether or not that will stick. as mark murrayed out whether or not it wasç too lite too late. donald trump is on a roll, some of them talking about a trump train, you have to get out of the way, there's really nothing to do, he's going to go and steam roll through all of it and we'll see what happens. they are all excited for this rally. they say that they've been told the first 10,000 people will be allowed in, standing room only, it's an exhibition area, no seats. they are coming in already by the dozens. steve. >> all right. jacob rascon in fort worth, texas. home of the tcu horned frogs. thank you for that one. back here in atlanta at morehouse college we have msnbc political analyst elise jordan, she was part of rand paul's campaign before he dropped out and here at morehouse we have doug richards, a long time reporter for wxia the atlanta nbc station down here. alias, i want to play one of these exchanges from last night. this is one that i think a lot of the rubio people are pointing to and saying this is where marco rubi

martha helder, steve brock hart, brendan murray and lyle elder of the media bureau's division and chief technology of the commission. brendan will present the item. >> mrn and commissioners, we are pleased to propose this rule making with competitive sources of development used to access paid tv programming as the commission is supposed to do with the communications act. section 629 with the telecommunications act in 1996 directs the commission to adopt regulations to assure the commercial market for devices and apps that can access video programming from sources other than the subscriber's paid tv subscriber. cable or satellite. in short it directs them to untether consumers from the paid providers. to achieve this directive, we proposed to require multichannel video distributors to offer three flows using transparent format that conforms to specification that conforms to open standards. they will allow manufacturers and other companies that are not affiliated to design and build competitive devices and applications to go to the programming under the terms of use under which the least development apps can access the programming. under this proposal, t

mr. alexander: thank you very much. i'll conclude my remarks. i see the senator from florida is here. but i would like to say this about the legislation senator murray and i introduced. the electronic medical records system in this country is in a ditch. doctors and hospitals that use it have come to dread it. the administration recognizes that it's their problem. -- that there are problems. they haven't taken my advice about what to do about it. but i give them credit. for working with our committee, senator murray and me, to try to find ways to make the electronic medical records system something that genuinely helps patients and that doctors look forward to instead of dreading. we have to do this because every other advance that we need to make, almost every advance we need to make in biomedical innovation depends upon this. certainly the president's precision medicine initiative absolutely depends upon our getting electronic medical records right. so perhaps the most important piece of legislation we approve today among those seven pieces of legislation was doing what we could do in legislation to get the electronic medical records system out of

murray. senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, dr. king, welcome, congratulations on your nomination. i'm sorry that our schedules didn't work so that we could visit. hopefully we'll still have that opportunity to do so at some point in time. both my colleague from maine and my colleague from kansas have mentioned the rural component of education. and as you know, coming from a state that's one-fifth the size of the country with about 732,000 people, we got a lot of rural. we got a lot of spaces and we have a lot of very small schools. i had an opportunity just last week to take five of my senate colleagues to a place in southwest alaska, bethel, large regional community, primarily alaska natives, but we went further beyond bethel to the community of oscarville, 80 people, 17 kids in the school, 2 teachers. challenges in delivering education in a very rural, very remote area, where broadband is an issue. quite honestly, basic water and sanitation is an issue. so, the question to you here this afternoon is, is actually pretty general i