-- the way the fcc does business. i want to get your further thoughts on that and also get you to reflect on your first few months on the federal communications commission. >> guest: well, thank you for the question, and thanks again for having me. it's a privilege to be on the show. at carnegie mellon, one of the things i tried to identify was ways the sec could -- fcc could establish a communications technology to really be a leader in job creation and economic growth. it historically has been one of the most dynamic parts of the economy, but in recent years if you look at statistics from the labor department, job growth and economic growth has slowed. i identified three basic areas where i thought the fcc could do more with respect to the ict sector. number one, it was more internal. the fcc should act at the same pace as the industry that it regulates. one of the things i've heard from a number of companies is that the fcc has sometimes not acted with much alacrity with respect to issues that are pending before the

the sec -- fcc has not acted with much alacrity in delaying action on other issues. i wanted to think of different ways that the commission could speed up this process. second one of the key things that the commission can do is enable a more dynamic industry. there have been a number of different proposals on the table. i tried to think of different ways that the fcc can remove barriers from infrastructure. for every billion dollars that the private sector spence -- 15,000 new jobs can be created. from a regulatory perspective, my goal would be to remove the barriers to enable the private vendors -- >> what is one of the barriers that can be removed? >> the primary one is a more consensual nature. that is the -- telephone regulations were developed in an era where communications were traveling over copper wires. those regulations were monopolized. it was a very different landscape that you had today. there is a lot of different competition where you have cable and wireless companies competing with the telephone companies that provide the same surface -- service. we sh

the fcc had adopted implementing rules not long after that statute was enacted. the rules have changed somewhat over time in the last 20 years. in some cases, including the most recent changes that have been adopted after valentine's day, those were designed to harmonize the fcc rules as closely as possible to the ftc rules and i will get to some specifics in a minute. one thing to highlight for you -- at the beginning, you heard will mentioned that certain entities are not subject to the federal trade commission call roles because the jurisdiction of the federal trade commission ther the telemarketing back ta, fcc rules are not limited in that way. some entities are not exempt from the fcc standards that i am about to mention. the general standard and prohibition that emanates from the telephone consumer protection act which is codified in the communications act is that there can be no auto-dial or pri recorded voice calls to an emergency number or numbers that are designed for emergency purposes like a doctor's office, law enforcement, that sort of thing. you ca

we offered it up as a voluntary commitment to the fcc as something to help the fcc in its public interest determination, but we would have done this with or without the nbc universal transaction. and we've obviously gone far beyond the nature of the commitment in terms of the, in terms of eligibility of the program and the speed to have project, of the product, the way we're running sign-ups, the way we're promoting it. so we are, we are certainly in internet potentials 2.0 it barely resembles the original program we put in front of the commission as a voluntary commitment. >> host: before we go further, we want introduce amy mclean. >> i know that some of the early data you had for that program, have you got any more details as to why that is? >> guest: well, first of all, take rates are a little higher as we've gotten through the years, so over 100,000 families, 11,500 computers being sold, so that, you know, the first 40,000 we only had a couple thousand computers being sold. so the take rate has picked up. based on our research, we thought computers were going to be an essential eleme

we offered it up as a voluntary commitment to the fcc as something to help the fcc in its public interest determination, but we would have done this with or without the nbc universal transaction. and we've, obviously, gone far beyond the nature of the commitment in terms of the, in terms of eligibility of the program and the speed of the project, of the product, the way we're running sign-ups, the way we're promoting it. so we are, we are certainly in internet essentials 2.0, it barely resembles the origin program that we put in front of the commission as a voluntary commitment. >> host: before we go any further, we want to introduce amy maclean,editor-in-ief of blefax daily. >> hi. i stand toollow up a ttle bit on internet essentials. i know some of the eay data you had from that program was that the comuter take rates were really low for the discounted offerings. have you got any more details as to why that is, or -- >> guest: first of all, take ras are little higher as we've tten through the year, over 100,000 families, 11,500 computers being sold. so that, you know, the first 0,000 we

the fcc directed us to provide them with the plan, because their plan is going to be worse. we provided them with a plan, it was largely ignored, and you're right, they did, the stakeholders were involved in the process but i think we largely ignored. [laughter] >> it's hard to know where to begin until once they get started until you know where to into. i think you ought to begin with the statute, and there are remarkably few references to the statute to in the order that came out last year. he mentioned that i talked a lot people. yeah, talked a lot of people. there are a lot of comments in there. and they talked a lot of people not in rural america as well, which is fine. that's exactly what the commission should do. it's very difficult to see the statute in that order. and then secondly, on intercarrier compensation, this is regulation at its worst. why do we need to go in the direction of price recession? that's the exact opposite direction the commission has been headed in for decades. so i'm mystified by how the commission came up with its result, but it's difficult f

former head of the fcc is here. china fires back at a congressional report that says two of its big companies are a security threat. the top democrat on the house committee will be here. welcome to "the willis report." ♪ hello, i'm gerri willis. the looming fiscal cliff 12 weeks away. it's on everybody's mind from wall street to main street from the u.s. chamber of commerce to the retail federation. they were discussing the issue and how to get the economy back on track. wall street's top ceos and jpmorgan's dimon saying it's time for a deal. they are tired of kicking the can down the road. avoiding the fiscal cliff requires political sacrifice on both sides. they are not alone wanting a certain degree of state for the markets, and in turn, for investors. joining me is president for america's for tax reform. welcome back to the show. a pleasure to be with you here. >> great to be with you. gerri: they want more in taxes, cutting in spending. with friends like these, who needs enemies, grover? how do you react? >> rea

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go our website wusa9.com for the link to the fcc. >>> the president spent the day in new jersey surveying sandy's aftermath. he took afears hand -- a firsthand tour of the damage with governor christie. he said the federal government will be helping with clean-up efforts. >>> there was speculation that the storm would delay this week's employment report. the last one before the election. but today, the department of labor says it will be out on time. amtrak is slowly restoring service along the northeast corridor tonight. but is still not operating through new york's penn station since the surrounding tunnels are flooded out. our bruce johnson started riding out the storm in rehoboth beach, delaware and is in north carolina and he filed this report -- new jersey and he filed this report. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson in as bury park, new jersey. it's been making a comebook and was doing pretty good according to the people who live here. until sandy arrived with 80, 90- mile-per-hour winds on monday. take a look at the pride and joy of the park, the boardwalk and look at what the stor

what the fcc could have done. >> i will take the first stab. and talkedo the fcc about some of the issues. we're still locked in a legacy world. i'm a big proponent of change. our system is broken and we need change. there is no doubt about that. the system needs changes. the fcc -- look at it from the small telephone companies vs. the large telephone companies. i'm focused on the smaller rate of return. the reality is that the order keeps them in a voice best centric world -- keeps them in a voice-centric world. the support they receive have to be comparable to what they have received previously. teh he fcc directed us to provie them with a plan. the plan was largely ignored. the stakeholders were largely ignored but involved in the process. >> harold? [laughter] >> i am letting harold take this one. >> it is hard to know where to begin. i think we should begin with the statute. there are few references to the statute. you mentioned they talk to a lot of people. there are lots of comments in there. they talk to people not in rural america, as

the fcc's rules are not limited and not way. ome of the exemptions you heard will refer to those entities are not exempt from the fcc's standard that i'm about to mention. so the general standard and prohibition that in the name from the telephone consumer protection act, which is codified in section 227 of the communications act is that there can be no auto dialed or prerecorded voice calls to an emergency number or numbers that are really designed, basically foreleg emergency purposes like a doctor's office, law enforcement, that sort of name. you can't make these calls to emergency numbers. you can't meet these calls to cancer patients at hospitals or nursing homes in that type of facility and you cannot make these kinds of calls to mobile phone numbers or other numbers for which it can sumer might be charged for having the need for call. and the only exception to those prescriptions i just identified are if you are making the call for an emergency purpose or you have the prior express consent of the calls party. there's also

the fcc is co-sponsoring this event and will be helping the groups and everything. for the last night we recently requested a presentation to help to understand why some of our schools have lost their after school programs. so last night, we had a presentation by mala lou smith the director of ex-cell after school programs and we learned about the funding source and why some of the funding no longer exists. we also gave her recommendations for programs and how youth can be engaged in this election of activities and effective credit recovery options. >> thank you, very much. >> okay. let's move on to the next item which is item e, parent advisory council, pac report. representative? and it is ruth, again. >> we are going to milk this last week. >> this is my last report to the board as the parent of the advisory council. kind of really flowing from what the student advisory council was just talking about, one of the pac's priorities is addressing the issue of high school graduation requirements and especially just looking at where the students who are in 11th grade r

now he is associate chief at the fcc's enforcement bureau. rent format for the panel. what i'm going to do is ask a series of questions and ask each of the panelists to respond to them and i will even preview for you exactly where we are going to go and spend most of our time. we want to lay out the nuts and bolts, what is the state of the law and what are the legal parameters in which robocalls legitimate and illegitimate operate under. then we will dhaka little bit about complaints and what we see on that front. what we see on that front and then we will spend the bulk of our time talking about the enforcement challenges and what it is we can do about them. let me start off and ask will to kick this off and ask what are the legal parameters that we operate with? says with the robocalls rules. we enforce and then when mr. bash speaks he will talk about the tcpa and there is a lot of overlap. three basic protections in the telemarketing sales rule that are related but a little bit different. the first one is the national do not call that dates

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the fcc, nicole, issuing a statement to fox business network. >> that's right. e spokesman for the fcc actually declining, declined to comment to the fox business network when asked if there was any inquiry underway into the premature release of the ak earnings filing. obviously, we got numbers. we're not even sure whether or not they are accurate. this was premature, the filing, and google coming out saying earlier this morning, rr, the printer, ensured us they filed the draft earnings statement without authorization. it was interesting, too, because it said put -- paraphrasing, but put larry's quote here; right? larry paige, ceo, was that supposed to be in there? this was unexpected. rr sold off, look at that dramatic move there at 1 p.m.. everyone began to realize it was the financial printer at fault for this, sold off over 5%. it's come back some. google halted after this, google halted their own stock waiting to release the numbers, go through the numbers, and do the proper protocol, and them there's an earnings call at 4:30, originally scheduled. neither c

and they may not pay any tension to a piece of paper from the fcc when we find them. it says you are breaking the law and we are proposing a find against you and here is how much the fine is going to be so we need to be looking at the other enforcement tools that are available to us in the statute and although they do not as i said need to go directly into federal court, and an injunction we do have our own administrative adjunctive authority that would have to be enforced in court and there is a provision in the communications act for the department of justice can get involved to seek injunctions to stop the violation of the law that we enforce. just to circle back to the penalty, something i wanted to just follow on to that i think brad has mentioned earlier this morning. he was referring to penalties off $500 in the tcp a. and $1500. those are the penalties that are available for i believe a private right of action by individuals in the statute that a consumer himself or herself can bring an action to enjoy these types of practices or get damages as well. the fcc's

what they are saying also that, you know, at the very minimum, the fcc should have forced this testingsten, i don't know. if i'm duncan, and i know major order providers, listen, and i like duncan a lot, and i know the major providers are not tested with the system, i would make a stink of it; right? wouldn't you? just in case, you know. >> test it, guys, make sure it goes. >> yeah, and by the way, this is not what he said publicly. >> let me say who was working. we have the ceo coming up in a few minutes, had no problem. now, citi group, of course, problems with the building below 34th street, morgan stanley and sachs flooding. >> i don't buy this. they didn't have to be in pardos way, but outside the city. by the way, there's offices in dallas. >> in a bigger picture -- >> dallas. >> this just destroy the image that wall street is where it's at? not only the problems with the weather. >> you're right. there's an issue here with wall street and the stock exchanges that they saw this coming ten days ago. joe was pounding the table about this storm being the mother of all storms. i came

the wavy fcc does business. i want you to get your thoughts on that and reflect on your first few months. >> thank you for having made. one -- one of the things i tried to identify what ways the fcc could establish a regulatory framework in the communications technology sector. be a leader in that job creation and economic growth. it is one of the more dynamic parts of the economy. if you look at the statistics, job growth and economic growth has slowed in that department. identified three areas where the fcc could do more with respect to the it sector. to the it sector.

, but the fcc approves the level of the charge.nect your phone in the local system to the network so you can make long-distance calls. >> jennifer: so give me other examples of companies that might be taking advantage of either congress or state legislatures to write the rules in their favor to help them make a profit at your expense. >> railroads. the original federal regulation was on railroads in the 1880s, but there is a special rule in the railroad business. you have two railroads that hundred 1500 miles, except the last mile only one railroad services it. they get to charge a monopoly price for the whole 1500 miles. and at the same time the railroads are reducing their service to small manufacturers, some of whom go out of business or they are forced to go to china. the railroads want to start a train in one place and run it 1500 miles without stopping. and that's one of the reasons in the midwest manufacturing has become smaller and smaller. >> jennifer: because of the lack of availability. >> and the lack of real competitio

incredibly the fcc says the unprecedented superstorm knocked out 25% of wireless cell towers and a quarter of cable services in ten states. governor bob mcdonald is giving sandy's virginia victims until november 9th to renew expiring driver's licenses and permits. late fees for state tax returns or payments received by november 9th will be waived. >>> jpmorgan chase bank is extending its late fee waiver for states impacted by sand bey through tomorrow, november 1st. >>> an out of this world deal is sure to spark wall street. disney is buying "star wars" from george lucas. >>> movie fans who had power but were stranded at home by sandy gave netflix a boost by about 20% nationwide in hard hit northeast. streaming spiked 100%. not much else to do. >>> well, the incredible images we're only just beginning to see from sandy's powerful winds and surging waters remind us that it's people's resilience that will once again get us through the devastation. an incredible report coming up next. you're watching "early today." >>> well, sandy's biggest impact yesterday was with the snow. unbelievable sno

. >>> incredibly the fcc says the unprecedented super storm knocked out 25% of wireless cell towers and a quarter of cable services in ten states. governor bob mcdonald is giving the victims until november 9th to renew expiring driver's licenses. >>> an out of this world deal is sure to spark action. disney is buying lucas films from star wars maker george lucas for just over $4 billion. >>> and, finally, movie fans who had power but were stranded at home by sandy gave netflix a boost by about 20% nationwide. in hard hit northeast streaming spiked 100%. >>> well, the incredible images we're only just beginning to see from sandy's powerful winds and surging waters remind us that it's people's resilience that will once again get us through the devastation. an incredible report coming up next. you're watching "early today." >>> we have a storm system locked in, a large rain shield that goes a good 100, 200 miles off the coast. from seattle to portland, all areas pretty much to the west side of the cascades, you have a chance of rain and even towards medford and all the way back to eugene a

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same with respect to the fcc. obviously you saw henning here this morning. the sec is here right now. i speak frequently with them. we share complaint information and make sure that we're coordinating and you know, not typically going after the same targets. so it's helpful. the more states and more help we get from other federal agencies certainly the better but it has been very helpful personally. >> as will said the ftc and the fcc respective staffs who work in this area have regular and periodic can't and share information. if people are concerned about duplication of efforts i'm not sure if that was part of the question but you've heard that we have different kind of enforcement authority. i think that would be something taken into account and who might be the right entity to be pursuing a particular matter. you've also heard that the rules, while there is a lot of overlap there, not necessarily coextensive. and, without sharing confidential information that i of course koopt talk about specifically i can assure you that there are state folks who are in

you can get agencies registering with the fcc saying, i wish to be qualified to make these calls under the following sets of rules. they will get credentials letting them have a telephone network if they are qualified. they can be revoked if they violate the laws or regulations. >> once you can identify that you can think of bonding and other techniques that we have. both on the public and private side. you can imagine you have your own faltering type of service that a third-party providers. -- filtering service. conform to the agreed upon codes of conduct, i as a consumer can decide which ones i want to do. it is much easier for what i signed up for these type of services. that is what i often do. with the school district, you often sign up ahead of time. you can implicitly at those despite mechanical things happening in the background even without government intervention, there might be ways to facilitate such wide listing as long as the party split along and as long as you have trust will authentication. >> this is a question we received from two different people. could you elaborat

[laughter] the fcc if i read this right captured regulators in a mess so what is to be done? >> if we head the solution i don't know what i would be doing that may be in the next book i don't really know what the solution is. they are having trouble passing dodd-frank which is the financial reform, and it seems like even with more regulators in place we are not making any inroads and regulating the financial institutions and that is an incredible proposition in of the way out is a mess. >> you bring back glass-steagall [applause] you put in place incentives so the banks don't gamble because then there is a transition tax so they invest in making loans for the economic activity. you put in place incentives so they are not compensating the excess of risk and you have to repeal citizens united and get politics out of the system. [applause] she actually reports. [laughter] you mentioned that wamu has no friends in washington, d.c.. how do we have our own representatives such as cantwell? >> this is a good question and i've competed some journalists reporting on the stories we reac

now the fcc reports they are reviewing a petition that seeks to ban internet to phone text messaging ich experts consider a form of auto dialing. they talking about when you get on the computer and you send text to a lot of people only their phones. >>guest: which is not that common but it is the future. it will be happening a lot more frequently. >>shepard: i get weird stuff like that. >>guest: you get a little but not much. it is remarkably easy to do. there are dozens of websites right now that you go to them, plug a couple of e-mail addresses or text message addresses in there and it is usually a phone number. what is going on, a couple of companies are using this for politics right new. >>shepard: we signed up for it when we go to their campaign things. you get it from both sides. >>guest: if that is something you requested that is all right, maybe. there are arguments open both sides but when it broadens to a larger thing and it is a big company sending you information or something you do not want, viagra, that is invasive. and another thought: what if it is you that is sending

they have a seat for a student representative that the fcc will help to identify. >> excuse me. , we had a presentation from niad abrahaman, from the department of children, young and families. she presented us with the youth led day of civic center which is the young advocacy day, it is a day where youth learn about city, and how it works and they get a chance to

first on "power lunch," answers from the fcc chairman, welcome back to "power lunch." ess that is the question. i know that you, as chairman of the fcc, have taken some pretty dramatic steps to try and increase the access to spectrum. tell us about it, including the auctions that are coming up. >> we're taking a number of steps including creative incentive options to free up more spectrum. this is a problem that comes from too much demand and it is a problem that actually comes from growing u.s. leadership in this space. four years ago we were talking about mobile innovation, but we were talking about it in asia and we were talking about 3g and how the u.s. fell behind europe. flashforward to today, we invented the apps economy in the u.s., we're leading the world in apps and software, leading the world in 4g, the next generation of mobile. in four years you should the obama administration policy the u.s. has gone to laggard to leader. >> you're saying if you have to have a problem, this is a good one to have. >> indeed. >> we have a seen sprint do some deals. they're b

and with us tonight is the chief of please and the director of the fcc. >> thank you, and welcome to the september 19th. san francisco police commission meeting, please call line item number one. general public comment. >> the public is now welcome to address the commission on items that do not appear in the agenda but are in the subject matter of the commission. the speaker shall address to the commission as a whole and not to individual commission. under the police commission rules of order during the public comment, commissioners are not to respond to the public or make a right of response. the police and personnel should refrain from entering into discussions during the public comment. please limit your comment to three minutes. >> public comments? >> san francisco, open government. on the overhead, i sent you the copy of the constitution of the united states which i feels compels to bring this to a commission meeting. members of the public who are listening, this is a copy of the current agenda and as you see, there it says as most city agendas do, know your rights under the suns

the fcc says the whole bond trading will likely continue into tuesday. >> hold on trading will likely continue until tuesday. >> verizon says is setting up a portable cellular sites in the mid-atlantic and northeast to help recover from any damage caused by the hurricane. the company has suspended non- emergency work in the east united states to ensure better customer service before and after the storm. >> coming up the mother of vince vaughn is here to talk about fighting obesity in america. >> and their report on life expectancy after the nation gave up their smoking habit. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 experience. crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. ú=wellness and exercise expert shea vaughn founded an initiative design

the fcc should have shut this down. company people to hide data. >> how about a winner of the wal-mart. same-day delivery? >> yes. banking with american express and local delivery is going to come to san francisco, san jose. it is only for the holiday season. this is of them calling out amazon. i think it is great for a corporation's stamped out it is convenient. we will see. >> what a loser they had a massive recall. it had a faulty window switch. >> you know, this is going to be an expensive problem short term but it is okay. long term it could be more difficult. toyota used to be known for quality however, with all of these recalls. with millions of americans having to do with this is just hurts the brand. however, many people that say that i do not want a faulty car i want it something. >> a major league baseball if they're not going to be selling paper tickets? >> i grew up loving paper tickets. and it is a great memory but for a ticket is it down by 55 percent. and people are just using their passport application

gerri: you were a proinvester advocate, cleanedded up the bond market at the time longest serving fccmissioner. how do we fix this problem? how do we reintroduce confidence in the system? >> caller: well, i think that it almost comes as a result of the system getting better. by that, i mean, the regulators have got to understand now product, new techniques, new market strategy. they don't right now. the people that are being regulate the firms that are doing the business, are way ahead of the regulators in terms of their level o understanding. the biggest mistake would be for regulators to over regulate. next to that would be the mistake of having them not pay tention to wh caused the problems with knight security? wh caused the minimarket crash two years ago? how can you ensure investors there's secure markets in the futu? what that is is sound, rational, reasonable regulation if that's possible. gerri: but when you dig into what the fellows are doingor a living, and these are dark pools that exist all over the country, all over the world. in fact, it's such a far cry fromhe kind of

i try to think of different ways the fcc can remove barriers to intra schechter investment. for every billion that the private sector spends, up to and 20,000 jobs could be created. >> the fcc's newest republican commissioner, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicator's." the supreme court recently announced they will consider the case of fisher versus the university of texas. the century foundation released class status as a alternative to race-based criteria in admissions policies. they posted this forum. it is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you all for coming. century foundation, which is a small think tank with headquarters in new york. we have a small office here in washington as well. it was founded in 1919 by a man whose basement some of you may have visited. i want to recognize the president of the century foundation, who is here today. the report we are going to be releasing was co-authored by me and a research associate at the century foundation who wrote to the back part of the report. in a case of mixed up parties, she decided to go t

the fcc get millions of calls about robo calls. we looked at a list of the top violators last year and found companies claim to be credit card services are not only one on the consumer gripe list but numbers two, three, four, and five. almost every single robo call is a scam. >> hello? >> reporter: nearly every day -- >> i'm calling to see if you need your carpet professionally steam cleaned. >> reporter: -- the phone rings with a robo call at michael rosenthal's home. >> this is amy ellis calling from diabetic health, a very important phone call for the diabetic in your home. >> reporter: he's been on the do not call list since it was created. >> that's what pisses me off. >> reporter: he tried to turn the tables on the telemarketers. >> please press 1 to make an appointment. >> reporter: recording their recorded messages and confronting them. >> how did you get my number? hello? usually what would happen is, click. they would hang up. >> reporter: but engaging the robo callers is a mistake says ftc attorney ken abby. it can trigge

the man she married was later the head of the fcc by president obama in 2009. that is 12 years after raddatz divorced him. this is absurd, martha raddatz is known for her tough, fair reporting which is why it was no surprise to her colleagues inside and outside abc news she was chosen for this assignment. congressman ryan arrived in danville early last night. vice president biden spent last night in delaware. he'll arrive in kentucky later today. speaking of debates, last night was round three in that closely contested u.s. senate race up in massachusetts. republican senator scott brown, democratic challenger elizabeth warren facing off in springfield, mass, as two new polls are split on which candidates as the advantage there. unlike the first two debates, last night there was no mention for elizabeth warren made of american heritage but plenty of jousting on policy issues like job creation, taxes, and which candidate sticks up for the middle class. >> the one thing you can't be doing now in the middle of this 3 1/2 year recession is taking more money out of p

the red parts are markets left out of the fcc orders. ty much all of iowa, a lot of michigan and important swing states here. you talk about the 2014 timeframe to participate. is there a chance the market pushed back between now and then? guest: certainly there is a chance. the trade group for broadcast television, they lobbied heavily against it. their president is the former senator from oregon, gordon smith. they actually sued. that lawsuit is still pending. they have put on hold until the end of the election so tv stations can see how the system works. anything is possible. it is possible the lawsuit will succeed and the entire thing will stop. we have been focused on federal elections but it also covered state and local elections. you see a lot of interesting information about the groups that are buying ads on state issues like political campaigns and ballot measures. it is a good resource for people to see exactly what is going on in their city and also for journalists who are focused on states and local coverage to get a detailed s

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one of the things i have heard from a number of companies and individuals i have met with is that the fcc has sometimes not acted with much alacrity with respect to issues that are pending before the commission or in delaying action on other issues. i wanted to think about different ways the commission could speed up its processes. second, i think that one of the key things that the commission can do and should do is enable more dynamic industry by giving more spectrum into the marketplace. there are a number of proposals on the table. finally, i tried to think of different ways that the fcc can remove barriers on infrastructure investment. for every billion dollars in the the private sector spence, about 15,000 new jobs can be created. from a regulatory perspective, our goal should be to remove the barriers to enable the private sector to take those risks and make those multibillion-dollar investment decisions. >> the newest republican commissioner, ajit pai on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> in connecticut, republican linda mcmahon and democrat chris murphy face-off in their first d

they don't have to report it to the fcc, under $50 they don't have to keep the records. >> sean: go overou go to amazon.com, you go anywhere online to buy something, you want to go the obama store and want to buy a dog sweater for $35, you need to put this security code in. >> sean: okay. so if you go to the campaign store, you have to put that security in there. >> yes. trillions of dollars of transactions every year on amazon.com and everywhere. >> sean: they want that security code when it comes to buying their junk. >> exactly right. want to make sure they're not being defrauded. every one of their tech guys who has another company, another nonprofit, they all have the same security, it's the same security that apple has and amazon. >> sean: but don't use it when it comes to donations. you expect this money is coming from, where, china? >> there are solicitations going around the world to china and -- >> sean: wait a minute. the solicitation? >> yes. >> sean: you mean they are requesting money to stay below the limit? >> yes. these requests are $190. so they're below the $200 limit.