ppointed by president bush. you're watching live coverage on c-span 3. >> -- the federal communications commission. as i have said before, i believe being an fcc commissioner is one of the most daunting, awesome, fearsome, time-consuming, sleep-depriving jobs in washington, d.c. and i think it's also one of the most underappreciated and is one of the very most important. the powers of the fcc are absolutely vast. people have no idea the decisions that it makes impacts every single american one way or another, whether they know it or not, whether they care or not. it does. so it has to be done right. from the bills that we pay for phone and cable services to our ability to reach public safety in times of crisis, that's just a little part of it. from the content that gets broadcast into millions of living rooms throughout america to the broadband remarks or networks that can bring equal opportunities to our largest cities and smallest rural areas, fcc oversees it all. the decisions this agency makes are vital to o