ms. sohn: yes. sen. cantwell: we all should be held accountable but my guess is i don't know that any of these people appear to be probably on any job if we looked at all of the tweets and retweets and what people said. to me, that is not the issue. second, this letter from the fraternal order of police. do you support edward snowden? ms. sohn: no, i think edward snowden is a russian asset. i do not support him and i think it's important to say that when somebody is on the board of an organization, it doesn't mean that they agree with everything. i am a proud boardmember, but they are involved in about 50 different issues and there are some things i care deeply about and i agree with. some things i don't agree with at all including their embrace of edward snowden and some things are not in my wheelhouse. sen. cantwell: i agree it gets complicated. peter teal has given money to give awards for people that they think should be holding up. it goes a lot of different ways. on this issue of information for law enforce

ms. sohn: yes. chair cantwelle until the close of business february 17 to submit questions. that concludes our hearing. [gavel banging] [indistinct conversations]

cantwell. thank you ms.n for attorney to the committee to answer more questions related to nominations of cc commissioner. last, year as a committee consider nomination, we discussed our time on the board of directors of locast it back to work as an fcc commissioner if confirmed. following that, hearing you filed a recusal agreement to the fcc ethics office to recuse yourself from matters involving retransmission, consent or television broadcast copyright. now, you are cruising yourself for four years from the rules governing retransmission, consent, on any related fcc dockets. two questions, first, why did you recuse yourself? when you testified to the committee last year that recusal was unnecessary. second, do you believe that your accusers from these matters and dockets will negatively impact the ability of the fcc to oversee these areas within its jurisdiction? >> i recuse myself, i voluntarily recuse myself, because there was such widespread concern. i think i counted eight people on the members of the

ms. sohn welcome. if you want to introduce any family members are welcome to make an opening statement. >> thank you chairwoman cantwelld morning ranking member cruz and members of the committee. today i'm joined by my wife laura, our daughter and my brother adam. i want to acknowledge might mother roma who cannot be here today. people who know her say get my determination and fortitude froy her. there are several new committee members, let me introduce myself. i grewer up with three brothersn a middle-class household on long island. my father was an accountant that might mother it was on the first physician assistant certified in new york state. my formative years were still filled with sports and music including cheering for my beloved mets and jets. broadcasting law course my software boston university change my life. i was fastened with the power of communication networks to inform public discourse and promote democratic values i was awakened to the important role government can play in ensuring all voices are heard. after law school in private practice and started what is been nearly 35 year career as a public int

ms. sohn, welcome. if you want to introduce any family members then you're welcome to make an opening statement. >> thank you, chairwoman cantwelland good morning ranking member cruz and members of the committee. today i'm joined by my wife laura, our daughter and my brother. i want to acknowledge my mother who can't be here today. people who know her said that i get my determination and fortitude from her. as are several new committee members let me introduce myself. i grew upco with three brothersn a middle-class household on long island. i still say long island. my father was an account for the drummond corporation and my mother was one of the first physician assistant certified in new york state. my years were filled with sports and music including sharing my beloved mets and the jets. broadcasting law course in my sophomore year at boston university change my life. i was fascinated with the parent communication networks to inform public discourse and promote democratic values. i was awakened to the important role of government can play in ensuring that all voices are heard. after law school and private practice i started wh

ms. cantwell: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: i ask unanimous consent that the armed services committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to senate res. 49. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate res. lusion 49, expressing the sense of the senate that the chinese communist party's es espionage mission to send a balloon across the united states is unsearchable and should be condemned. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate is discharged and the senate -- the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. ms. cantwell: i ask consent the reading of the names be 6 submitted today. the presiding officer: the crer. the clerk: -- the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. ms. cantwell: i as

ms. cantwell: i ask that it be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. cantwell: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor this afternoon to support the nomination of jamal whitehead to serve as the judge for u.s. district court for the western district of washington. mr. whitehead is extremely well qualified and has demonstrated an allegiance to the rule of law through a very impressive law career. my senate colleagues on the judiciary committee saw what an exceptional judicial candidate mr. whitehead is and they recognized how valuable his perspective would be on the federal bench. i am pleased to see that he was voted out of committee with a bipartisan vote of 11-9. while mr. whitehead has spent his entire career in the western district making him uniquely knowledgeable of the district in which he will be serving should he be confirmed, throughout his career he has defended workers from discrimination, enforced federal employment discrimination laws, dedicated to ensuring equal justice under the law, and has demonstrated a profound commitment to pu