moderating on the panel is randolph mae. randolph is the founder of a free state foundation. earlier he worked in policy research at a major law firms. prior he served as assistant general counsel for the federal communications commission. the full bios have been distributed. as always it's an honor to have you join us today. >> thank you for organizing the program. it couldn't be more timely. thanks to the american consumer institute for the work you do. we would jump right in. i'm going to introduce a panelist by their affiliation. then i will ask them to speak initially, no more than five minutes. unless the five minutes will be fine. maybe even prefer. we want to make sure we have time for questions. with regard to commissioner carr, you don't have to be quite as careful in asking a question to these noted panelists. they are not covered by the sunshine act. we do want to have time for questions. i just want to say briefly before introduce the panelist, i was associated general counsel of the fcc from 1978 to 81. spent a long time since i've been watching the fcc. i have