spectrum and other issues before the federal communications commission with fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. >> commissioner mcdowell yesterday at the senate commerce committee hearing oversight of the fcc you had all five commissioners there. has the dynamic changed now that you have finally a full complement of commissioners? >> right. there were sworn in monday morning first thing the third day on the job on wednesday, yesterday. they testified with us before the senate commerce committee and certainly that changed the dynamic where right away we have a very qualified people both of whom have worked at the fcc and on capitol hill before they moved these issues. they're very smart and easy to work with and i very much looking forward to continuing to do work over the years. >> does that restrict now -- what are the restrictions on the five commissioners actually meeting, can you talk with ajik on the commission privately or go over to german genachowski's office? >> there's the sunshine in government act in the wake of watergate some people felt as though some agencies were meeting making

now, first off we're going to hear from robert mcdowell. rob, as most of you know, maybe everyone in this room may know, that robert mcdowell is a commissioner at the fcc. he was first appointed to his fcc seat by president bush, george w. bush in 2006. and reappointed to the commission in 2009 becoming the first republican to be appointed to an independent agency by president barack obama. now, prior to becoming an fcc commissioner, commissioner mcdowell served as senior vice president for the competitive telecommune kangss association. we had responsibilities involving efficacy values regarding white house and agencies. as i said, i'm not going to tell you where all these guys went to school and always of that, but you know, as commissioner mcdowell knows i will mark an exception for him, because we are now new graduates. i'm going to do that and not even mention that dick beaird, who i will introduce next has a ph.d. when-of-which he holds from colorado, but that's it. now, richard c. beaird is senior deputy, united states coordinator fo

spectrum and other issues before the federal communications commission with fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. >> host: commissioner mcdowell yesterday at the senate commerce committee hearing oversight of the fcc, you had all five commissioners at there. has the dynamic changed now that you finally come to the full conference of commissioners. >> guest: they were sworn in monday morning first thing. we are taping this on a thursday, so the third day on the job, yesterday. they testified with us before the senate commerce committee. certainly that changes the dynamic. right away we have very to qualified people in, both of them have worked out the fcc and on capitol hill before. they know these issues. they are very smart, easy to work with. and i look for a much forward to work with him over the years. >> host: does that restrict now, what are the restrictions on the five commissioners actually meeting? can you talk with the other republican on the commission privately or go over to chairman genachowski's office and talk to them privately? >> guest: enacted in the wake of watergate, some peo

i am particularly pleased to appear with my friend commissioner robert mcdowell and i'm very happy that the subcommittee will hear later from my friend ambassador david gross from sally wentworth who played a significant role in internet governance matters during her service at the state department and of course from vince surf without whom we might not have the internet at all. over the years, relatively small number of governments have made proposals to change today's successful approach to internet governance. typically, these proposals involve the united nations and one of its many manifestations including the general assembly, the commission on science and technology for development, and the international telecommunication union. the u.s. government and others have successfully opposed these proposals but it is important to recognize that this will be a continuing debate. from the privatization of the internet in the mid 1990's the united states has been committed to a multi-stakeholder approach to its governance, that has been true from one administration to another. it is not too

witnesses include robert mcdowell and deputy assistant secretary of state phillip verveer. they will review potential consequences of recent proposals backed by china, russia, brazil and india. u.n. member states will vote on the plan at the conference on international telecommunications in dubai. this hearing should get under way in a moment and it's live here on c-span 3. >>>. >>> good morning. i want to welcome our witnesses and appreciate their testimony today. this is the subcommittee on communications and technology and our hearing on international proposals to regulate the internet. nationings from across the globe will meet at a united nations forum in dubai the end of this year and if we're not vigil lent just might break the internet by subjecting it to an international regulatory regime designed for old fashioned telephone service. the internet is the single largest engine of global change since the printsing press, from its humble rootings as a network to connect computers for department of defense projects it grew to include research institutions, commercial se

live today here on c-span3 at 11:45 this morning, federal communications director commissioner robert mcdowell will discuss an international proposal to give the united nations more control over the internet including cybersecurity and domain names. he opposes the plan saying that economic and political progress everywhere would grind to a halt. this afternoon at 4:00 eastern, a house subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing to examine the department of veterans fairs purchasing practices of prosthetics. according to the inspector general, the supply costs have increased by 80% over the past four years. in large part due to excess supply. again, that's live today at 49 p.m. eastern. all this week in primetime here on c-span3, we're featuring american history tv with a look tonight at america's civil rights policy. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we'll hear from historians, civil rights leaders and former presidential administration officials as they discuss the changes in policy from fdr to today. american history in primetime all this week on c-span3. last friday, vice president joe biden

. >> robert mcdowell on spectrum auctions, competition for wireless space and two new commissioners tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. tonight live remarks from president obama as he delivers the commencement address to students of joplin high school in missouri. it's been one year since a tornado killed 161 people and destroyed six schools, including joplin high. see the president's speech at 9:15 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> u.s. nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory jaczko announced his resignation from the agency. he had drawn criticism from his fellow commissioners over what they characterized as abusive management practices. la last year the chairman along with four other members appeared on capitol hill where they were given an tount to address the accusations am here's a 45-minute portion from that house oversight committee hearing from december. >> appear before you today, however, to address topics related to the current functions of the commission itself and the engagement between the commission and agency staff. i have served as a commissioner w

. >> live today here on c-span3 at 11:45 this morning, federal communications commissioner robert mcdowell will discuss an international proposal to give the united nations more control over the internet. including cybersecurity and domain names. commissioner mcdowell opposes the plan saying that economic and political progress every would grind to a halt. this afternoon at 49:00 eastern, a house subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing to examine the department of veterans fairs purchasing practices of prosthetics. according to the department's inspector general, the va's prosthetic supply costs have increased by 80% over the past four years, in large part due to excess supply. again, that's live today at 4:00 p.m. eastern. and switching over to politics, mitt romney made news last night wenning the texas republican presidential primary. the delegates he picked up helped him surpass the 1144 delegates needed to secure his party's nomination. former massachusetts governor will not gain the official nomination until august's republican national convention in tampa, florida. and in wisco

course, as you all have already done this morning the extraordinary work done by fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. he has been tireless and passionate and very focused on this issue in ways that have greatly served all of us and i personally and professionally am so pleased by his leadership to date. having had the great honor of working on these issues for many years at the u.s. state department and elsewhere, i think there are a few core principles that make this particularly important. one that was stressed earlier today about the importance of bipartisanship. and i would like to commend both sides of the aisle in this committee particularly and its members for the great work that you've done with regard to the new resolution 127. i think that's really quite extraordinary. when i had the honor of leading the u.s. delegation co-leading u.s. delegation 2, world summit society, u.n. heads of state summit, a similar joint resolution was enacted and i found that to be extraordinarily useful and important for us as we went forward, because the world recognizes the importance and the role congress pl

. >> robert mcdowell on sfek trum auctions, the universal service fund, competition for wireless space and two new commissioners. tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. >> tonight live remarks from president obama as he delivers the commencement address to students of job lynn high school in missouri. it's been one year since a tornado killed 161 people and destroyed six schools, including j joplin high. see the president's speechl at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. retired supreme court justice john paul stephens spoke today. during his 15 minutes of remarks he discussed his dissent opinion in the burk v. gore case and talked about the redistricting cases. he stepped down from the court in 2010. he was nominated by president ford in 1975 and was the third longest serving supreme court justice in u.s. history. >> justice stevens is in my mind the very perfect justice of the united states supreme court, but let me tell you why. because his life experience is so broad, his compassion so deep, and his intellect so very far-reaching. let me tell you how i first met jus

we'll hear from fcc commissioner robert mcdowell, who has expressed opposition to the plan and the idea has also received criticisms from both sides of the aisle in congress. the household holds a hearing o this subject tomorrow. the event is about to get under way in about half an hour, 12:15. until then, we'll bring you a discussion from this morning's washington journal with s.e. cupp. we'll join this live as soon as it starts. >>> we continue our six-day series, spotlight on columnists this morning with s.e. cupp. we kicked things off on saturday with mona cherin. sunday, we had colby king of the washington post. monday, matt lewis with the day caller. and today at the daily news. s.e. cupp from new york, good morning. thanks for being here. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> here is what you got in the new york daily new this is morning. time to take the lead in syria. diplomacy has only led to more slaughter. what do you think the u.s. should do? >> well, the military analysts i've spoken to and heard from have enumerated a number of different possibilities from arming the

robert mcdowell. [applause] >> i am glad he didn't say x. tang was gentleman. good afternoon. is everybody? well, good. many thanks two in cta and it's always difficult to follow in the eloquence of michael powell. what a great speaker and what a great leader for his organization. many thanks to the national urban league as well and lots to talk about regarding your study and i look forward to studying it very hard and learning as much as i can from it and also time warner cable. thank you for all your support in this effort and other efforts as well. as many of you know, last fall the fcc completed a monumental task by reforming the high cost portion of our universal service program, and earlier this year in january we worked on the reform of our lifeline linkup program. we repurpose the high cost program to support broadband while adhering to the budget for the very first time. not only was with our effort historic, but it was bipartisan and unanimous as well and that is something you don't hear much about in washington d.c. so i think the chairman and my distinguished colle

. >> robert mcdowell on the universal service fund, competition for wireless space, and more, tonight at 8:00 a.m. eastern -- it cut p.m. eastern on cspan 2. tonight, live remarks from president obama. it has been 1 years since a tornado killed 161 people. see the president as a speech at 9:15 p.m. eastern. earlier today, president obama held a news conference at the end of a two-day nato summit. he discussed several topics including the u.s. economy and the future of military operations in afghanistan. this is 35 minutes. >> thank you to my great friend, rahm emanuel, the mayor of the city of chicago. you are my neighbors and friends, the people of chicago, for their extraordinary hospitality. and for everything they have done to make this summit a success. i could not be prouder to welcome people from around the world to my hometown. this was a big undertaking. 60 world leaders, not to mention folks who were exercising their freedom of speech and assembly, the very freedoms that our alliance are dedicated to defending. this is a city of big shoulders, rahm emanuel and his team prove

. >> host: robert mcdowell is a senior republican on federal communications commission, one of five commissioners to our guest reporters today has been jonathan make, assistant managing editor of communications daily. gentlemen, thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> coming up next, a food policy conference that examines recent legislation to fight obesity and improve nutrition standards in schools. >> from 1971-1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded his phone conversations and meetings. this weekend on c-span radio, hear more of the nixon tapes saturday at 6 p.m. eastern with conversation between the president and director richard helms. and also fbi director j. edgar hoover. >> some people think that now this is active, i have to make a statement about the freedom of the press and that we're trying to censor them and and so forth. my inclination is not to say so. >> you write. >> i kind of think i should stay up to what is your public relationship like? [inaudible] mr. president, you should remain utterly silent about it. >> you would've? >> i would. >> streaming at c-span radio.o radio.or

. >> robert mcdowell the republican and the federal communications commission, one of the five commissioners. our guest reporter on the two indicators has been a jonathan make, assistant managing editor of communications daily. thank you. >> thank you. >> the head of the commodity futures trading commission said jpmorgan chase recent trading losses were a reminder why the directives rules need to include international trade. a discussion on jobs, trade and competition with asia we will hear from mark anderson ceo of the strategic news service. from seattle washington, this is an hour. >> we know you could have been anywhere else tonight but you chose to be here and i think that says an extraordinary amount about you the huge was to be here with us purify and ceo of gen next. i ron nationwide and came here and i'm particularly excited about this program. for those of you haven't given much context on gen next to begin with but we essentially try to find very successful people who are particularly forward thinking. they want to do better and be better and we try to give them the tools and info

now, first off we're going to hear from robert mcdowell.ost of you know, maybe everyone in this room may know that robert mcdowell is a commissioner at the fcc. he was first appointed to his fcc seat by president bush, george w. bush, in 2006. and and reappointed to the commission in 2009, becoming the first republican to be appointed to an independent agency by president barack obama. now, prior to becoming an fcc commissioner, commissioner mcdowell served as senior vice president for the competitive telecommunications association. where he had responsibilities involving a advocacy efforts before congress, the white house and executive agencies. now, i'm not going to, in light of what i said, i'm not going to tell you where all these guys went to school and all of that, but, you know, as commissioner mcdowell knows, i'll make an exception for him each time i have him because we are both duke graduates. [laughter] so i'm going to do that, and i'm not even going to mention the fact that dick beaird, who i'm going to introduce next, has a ph.

. >> host: i think robert mcdowell might feel a little less alone sometimes, he'll have a friend. [laughter] i would imagine they're going to be a unified voting bloc. i think the interesting thing would be, you know, you'll have the chairman and probably commissioner clyburn on one side, those two on the other. i think commissioner rosenworcel's kind of the swing vote, and that makes it interesting. >> host: amy schatz, "wall street journal," cecilia kang, thank you both for the coming over, and they should be in office by the time this "communicators" airs. >> coming up next, a discussion about the u.s. role in managing global conflicts in postwar nations. then we're live with remarks by armed services committee ranking member john mccain on american defense and trade interests in asia. and later the senate returns at 2 p.m. eastern for debate on the export/import bank bill that aims to help u.s. exporters sell their products and services overseas. >> later today former u.s. ambassador to nato, nicholas burn, releases his report on relations for insuring the long-term violent of

. >> for robert mcdowell on spectrum auctions. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicator's." >> florida senator more robbia spoke at a fund-raiser for the south carolina republican party saturday night. he called president obama the most divisive figure in american modern history. he said the obama present state has been destructive. his instructor are about -- it is words are about half an hour. >> i think there is a special obligation on republicans in south carolina to fully understand and embrace how important this election truly is in 2012. every election is important, but i hope in the next few minutes i can make an argument to you that the elections this year are so extraordinary and consequential that it justifies a sense of unity unlike anything we have ever done before. it is normal in politics to have rivalries. it is normal in the parties, and more diverse party than the democratic party, where there are differences in ideas and views. it's important for us to have these debates. that is why we have primarie