evaluating the direction that the commission has been going, as well as an tsa proceedings -- as well as ntia proceedings. i expect republicans to take a hard look at where things stand with the commission. the commission recently asked for additional comments on services and wireless. on the legislative side, you could see a legislative reaction to what the commission may do on broadband reclassification. i also expect a lot of activity on the spectrum front. there has been a lot of talk about there being a spectrum crunch and about the need for additional spectrum for commercial mobile services as well as a need for congress to act to provide the fcc a set of options. i expect the republicans to be initiating that discussion at the beginning. >> if the democrats control one of the chambers or both -- there has been talk about revamping the toilet mac -- the telecommunications laws -- where you see them going? >> i hope they do control. that would mean henry waxman would still be the chairman of the telecommunications committee. he would make efforts to find compromise on broadband regulatio

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commerce secretary bill daily and a variety of other positions at the department including a stint in ntia. she also has 17 years of experience on the staff of the united states senate. but it is most appropriate that we start today's discussion from hearing from actual consumers who will tell us their stories of the cell phone bill shock. they will each tell you a bit of their story so i'm just going to let them introduce themselves but invite them to join me. we have with us kerfye pierre a theme employee and lives in maryland, robert st. germain a retired marketing professional from dover, massachusetts and dr. alison-- alexander cullison from fairfax virginia so please join us and mr. chairman if you would as well please. thank you. thanks very much. would you like to start us off and tell us a little bit of how you experienced--. >> i was in haiti after the earthquake happened, or during the earthquake and when i finally got ahold of my my family back home here, to let them know i was okay and the rest of the family was okay i was told that rules extending to victims in haiti, i had m