host: >> i think the fcc's intent is a good one. making sure that lower people of income do not fall off the great is important. -- do not fall off the grid is important. we need to think how we carry out these programs into the 21st century. host: what is the benton foundation? >> it is an operating foundation that focuses on health communication success. >> thank you all. >> thank you. >> former house intelligence committee pete hoekstra recently wrote a book about obama administration foreign-policy and the events leading to the 2012

it's going to take a careful approach by the fcc to transition those folks. i think we all understand the benefits of making sure that everyone has access to broadband that's it -- i think it's a difficult world for the fcc to play. they want to encourage the modernization of the program are they differently don't want anybody to be left behind because they are not quite ready for that step. >> host: in a sense is this a backdoor reform of the universal service fund? >> guest: is one step among many that the fcc has taken over the years to transition service from a telephone-based program to a broadband-based program. there is additional support that the fcc provides for rural areas that they call the high-cost fund to help cover carriers that provide service in places where there are not a lot of people in the fcc transition back into broadband as well. part of the problem with taking the old telephone system and simply moving it to broadband as we replicate some of the errors and difficult as we had and what makes more sense is the fcc to rethink this from g

today's hearing marks the first time this century the full fcc has appeared before the this committee twice during a single congress. another example is our unanimous approval last year of senator heller's fcc consolidated reporting act which would make the commissions various marketplace examinations less burdensome on the agency as well as more informative to congress. we authorizing the fcc is our responsibility as legislators and representatives of diverse constituencies who are increasingly affected by a re a regulatory agency with nearly a half a billion-dollar budget. it's time for this committee to get back to regularly authorizing the commission as part of its normal course of business and to that end in the next few days i will introduce the fcc reauthorization act of 2016. it is my intent to mark up the bill in the coming weeks. we have before us today a very familiar face, a commissioner a i v appearing before the committee for the fist time this congress. her renomination is currently pending before the full senate. commissioner, i suspect your confirmation and was please

reauthorizing the fcc is our duty. it's time for this committee to get back to regularly authorizing the commissions ha part of its normal course of business. and to that end in the next few days i will introduce the fcc reauthorization act of 2016. it's my intent to mark up the bill in the coming weeks. we have before us a very familiar face, jessica rosenworcel, i support your confirmation. was pleased to process your confirmation before the committee this last year. last year's oversight committee. the record-setting also authorized the innovative and incentive auction scheduled to begin next month. the fcc is charged with a balanced commission. reallocate the spectrum voluntary relingish wished by tv stations and two, protect both the tv stations that continue to operate following the auction and their viewers. congress provided nearly $2 billion to reimburse stations for us to relocate during the post auction repack and the fcc has established a time line to complete the repacking process. concerns have been raised

and the fcc's transitioned that slowly to broadband as well. but i think part of the problem of taking the old telephone system and simply moving it to broadband is we replicate some of the errors and some of the difficulties we had in the old system. i think what makes more sense is for the fcc to rethink this from ground zero rather than this revolutionary change. to think from the ground up. if i was starting atsore and designing a service today, how would i do it? >> host: and how would you do it? >> guest: with regard to highline in particular, i think what makes -- lifeline in particular, i think what makes sense is a voucher system, something direct and portable which is language president obama used in his recent connect all initiative. i think it makes a lot of sense for the fcc to figure out, first of all, what are the drivers of low broadband adoption. unlike telephone service, right, it's not just the monthly fee that is a problem. you can have free broadband, but if you don't have a computer, for example, that's problematic, right?

why did the fcc do that? >> frequently the natural inclination as of late has been to solve problems that don't exist. secondly there is a recognition among some people that this marketplace hasn't developed as expected. i completely agree. the reason is that this marketplace is the creation of a 20-year regulatory framework that's highly intrusive. i would submit that technical mandates and agency micro management is not the way to get us to the next stage of the digital video revolution. instead we should embrace a consumer friendly approach, an apps based approach and let the marketplace develop free from some of these legacy regulations that have essentially held us back. a set-top box is not the wave of the future. my kids will be familiar with being able to access the content they want on the device they want using an app or other device that they want. that is the future, not 1990s. >> let me follow up, commissioner. over the past several congresses, i have introduced a bill that would conduct a cost be

four years ago we called on the fcc to begin the process of opening up this band and the fcc did that in 2013. since then, since then, senators marco rubio and corey took her have introduced wi-fi innovation at, a substantial measure which would help move the process forward. right now there are up to 195 of five gigahertz spectrum that could be opened up for use. putting a spectrum to work could herald a new world of wi-fi. the fcc needs to get this done. progress progress has not been fast enough. through regionalization approach have identified paths forward. i hope we get this proceeding across the finish line and soon for the benefit of american consumers. fourth and finally, i want to commend chairman and ranking member nelson for the introduction of the mobile now acting for the bipartisanship they showed in that measure. in particular i want to commend them for calling on the fcc to move forward on opening the millimeterwave band for mobile use. companies are now investing heavily in mobile technologies that reliance spectrum above 24 gigahertz as part of their work on 5g tech

why did the fcc do that? frequently the natural inclination as of late has been to solve problems that don't exist. secondly there is a recognition among some people that this marketplace hasn't developed as expected. i completely agree. the reason is that this marketplace is the creation of a 20-year regulatory framework that's highly intrusive. i would submit that technical mandates and agency micro management is not the way to get us to the next stage of the digital video revolution. instead we should embrace a consumer friendly approach, an apps brace approach and let the marketplace develop free from some of these legacy regulations that have essentially held us back. a set top box is not the wave of the future. my kids will be familiar with being able to access the contenant they want on the device they want using an app or other device that they want. that is the future, not 1990s. >> let me follow up commissioner. over the past several congresss, i have introduced a bill that would conduct a cost bene

and the fcc's transitioned that slowly to broadband as well. stem and simply moving it to broadband is we replicate some of the errors and some of the difficulties that we had in the old system. i think what makes more sense is for the fcc to rethink this from ground zero rather than have this evolutionary change of universal service to think from the ground up. if i was starting at zero and designing a system today to provide broadband support, how would i do it? >> host: and how would you do it? >> guest: so with regard to lifeline in particular, i think what makes sense is some sort of a voucher system, right? something that is direct and portable which is a language that president obama used in his recent connect-all initiative. and i think it makes a lot of sense for the fcc to figure out, first of all, what are the drivers of low broadband adoption. unlike telephone service, right? it's not just the monthly fee that is a problem. you can have free broadband, but if you don't have a computer, for example, that's problematic, right? so i thi

the fcc again in the white paper. the fcc should begin a proceeding to determine which regulations ought to apply to ovds that choose to operate as mvpds themselves. you have begun this rulemaking as well, have you not? >> thank you. i have proposed and then have not -- >> yes or no? >> have not moved on. >> okay. well, there again, i would like to submit a couple more of the quotes from the white paper. we're submitting the white paper for the record. chairman, i'll be honest and tell you. at this point, and after watching this process i'm not sure exactly whose opinion you are actually -- >> will the againstle lady -- >> no, my time has expired and this is very troubling to me, sir. this is very troubling and i think that we need to take more time to acknowledge the fact that you may be taking opinions that are truly biassed and that's very frightening to me moving forward. i move back. >> did the againstle lady specifically want to say what she wanted to add to the record there your last comment? >> what i'll say,

third, the fcc continues to shun transparency. this last week, the chairman's office denied a request for me and commissioner o'reilly, to release the rate of return plan -- rate of return reform plan before we vote. even though the commissioner helped write it and even though advocates have told us that it is, quote, "essential to see the written words on the page to understand the effectual nest of -- the effectual nest -- effeectualness of reforms." the fcc has had success having headlines, but it's follow there has been abysmal. since 2011, the fcc has proposed over $374 million in fines, but it has collected only $7.8 million. that is a meager 2% recovery rate. only with additional transparency can the public and the subcommittee hold the fcc accountable for this failure. none of this half to be this way. i testified a year ago and there is widespread agreement that the process was broken. the chairman acknowledged that issues had been raised and he announced a task force. i took this project seriously and i suggested reforms.

expanding this access is front and center at the fcc. are sure to begin work on the world's first spectrum and same option. we will have work to do to we packed our nation's broadcasters they were updating are universal service policies and we are exploring spectrum frontiers for 5g wireless service. but i want to focus on two things we can do right now that will make a difference for the least connected and those connected among us. we can make more space for wi-fi and we can help bridge the homework gap. first up, wi-fi. the 2.4 dig averts band or wi-fi makes its primary home is getting mighty crowded. the demand for five gigahertz wi-fi is also growing. so before you overwhelm wi-fi as we know what we need more efforts to secure more unlicensed spectrum. there's no shortage of reasons why this is a good idea. wi-fi democratizes internet access. it helps wireless carriers manage their networks for the offloading of traffic. it encourages permission list innovation just like what i saw all last week on the streets of austin. it is respo

in the united states as the fcc promulgated the rules? nearly 68% of funds invested in the united states went to internet specific and software companies in 2015. congratulations. you created this engine of capital flow into the companies that it was clear they got this right. there was a lot of other places they can put. it goes to that sector and we have what young people in colleges and graduate schedules wanted to do. they wanted to innovate and you make it a lot easier for them to do so. what i like to do then if i could is ask you a couple of questions. is it unusual for an independent agency to communicate with the white house? >> no, sir. >> is it typical for them to communicate? >> with the white house and the congress and everybody. >> have other ptd presidents weighed in since the founding in 1934? >> yes, sir. >> do you have a list of those who come to your mind that you think acted during that time? >> i happened to remember time when president reagan called the chairman to the oval office. i happened to be around it at that

the fcc, and this is again in the white paper, the fcc should begin a proceeding to determine which regulations ought to apply to obd's that choose to operate as in the pd's themselves? you have begun this rulemaking, as well, have you not? chariman wheeler: thank you. i have proposed -- >> yes or no. chariman wheeler: have not moved on. >> again, i would like to submit a couple more of the quotes from the white paper, we are submitting the white paper for the record. i'll be honest, and tell you, at this point, and after watching this process, i'm not sure exactly whose opinion you are actually -- no, my time has expired. this is very troubling to me, sir. this is very troubling, and i think that we need to take more time to his knowledge the fact that you may be taking opinions that are truly bias. and that is very frightening to me moving forward and i yield back to mr. chairman. >> did she want to specifically say what she wanted to add to the record their, the last comments? >> basically, mr. chairman, and i thank you, i have a couple of quotes, and basically, i will ask for those yes or n

the fcc's budget for 2017 seeks to increase examination coverage. ent funding allows us to only review 10% of the registered advisors. cutting-edge technology, protect invisitors -- investors and streng streng strengthen our ability to litigate against wrongdoers. the funding we are seeking is imperative to protecting investors and meeting the challenges of today's market and the fcc's expanded responsibilities. as the chairman alluded to the fcc's funding is deficit neutral so any amount appropiated is offset and will not impact the deficit or funding for other agencies. our department doesn't count against the fiscal 2016 or 2017 yearcaps in the bipartisan act of 2017. i hope we have shown ourselves to be good stewards of the funds appropriated. i thank you again for the support you have shown the agency. i will be happy to answer your questions. >> thank you very much. we will start the questions now. we will try to observe the five-minute rule wi. there will be members coming and going as there are other hearings going on. $176 billion budget req

that stated that the fcc already has the ability to take fcc enforcement against a those individuals your own bulletin said that. so, i think it's a bit disingenuous to say you need congressional action when your own enforcement bureau regulations as you already have the authority. >> we would love to come back to you and be able to specifically identify the legislative authority that we are talking about. >> but, your own enforcement people say you already have the authority. >> the question is what is the extent to that-- >> in my last 12 seconds i want to ask a very direct question because it's been suggested that senior managers of the enforcement bureau do not want to shut down pirate radio operations because they serve a certain communities certainly within new york city that might not have otherwise access to that. is there any truth in that? >> that would be wrong. >> there is no truth in that and it would be wrong. >> it's news to me. >> i appreciate that fairly direct answer. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have unanimous

there's no question about that in light of the recent enforcement record at the fcc. so there is, i think, a middle way here x i'm hopeful that the commissioners when they really think about this and look broadly at the internet advertising market which, again, isps are tiny players in, they'll decide that doing manager that's closer to the ftc -- something that's closer to the ftc framework makes more sense. >> host: john simpson, you get the final word today. >> guest: i agree it's a complex issue. i'm not sure it would play out exactly the same way. we'll get a better sense of that in a few weeks, i think, when the rulemaking is open and we tart to see the comments come in -- we start to see the comments come in. >> host: john simpson is with consumer watchdog where he is the privacy project director. jim halpert is a lawyer with dla piper, covers cybersecurity matters, and howard buskirk is executive senior editor of "communications daily." >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a mix service by your local -- as a public

expanding access is front and center at the fcc. ning work on the world's first spectrum incentive auctions. we will have work to do to repack broadcasters. we are updating our universal service policies and exploring spectrum frontiers for 5g wireless service. i want to focus on things we can do now that will make a difference for the least connected and most connected among us. we can make more space for wi-fi, and we can help bridge the homework gap. first, wi-fi. band whereahertz wi-fi makes its primary home is getting crowded. demand for five gigahertz wi-fi is also growing. before we overwhelm wi-fi as we know it, we need more efforts to secure more unlicensed spectrum. there is no shortage of reasons why this is a good idea. why fight democratize is internet access -- wi-fi democratizes internet access and encourages innovation like what i saw last week on the streets of austin. more thanonsible for $140 billion in economic activity every year. the legislative process has overlooked the value of unlicensed spectrum because it

bureau that stated that the fcc already has the ability to take fcc enforcement against those individuals. your own bolton said that. i think it's a bit disingenuous to say you need congressional action on your own enforcement bureau regulations as you've already got the authority. >> we would love to come back to you and be able to specifically identify the legislative authority that we are talking about. .. >> it is news to me. >> i appreciate that fairly direct answer. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank the gentleman for yielding back. the chair now recognizes the ranking member, miss eshoo. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have a unanimous consent request to place in the record a compilation of documents. the documents include press reports documenting that broad bond investment has not decreased as a result of title two reclassification. documents also include analysis of sec filings and earnings reports of major telecom companies similarly showing that broadband investment has not decreased and also a letter relative to broadband privacy rule making which all which we've sh

four years ago, spectrum act called on the fcc to begin the process of opening up this band and the fccid that in 2013. since then, marco rubio and corey booker have introduced an act, a substantial measure to help move the process forward. right now, there are up to 195 megahertz of 5 gigahertz spectrum that the fcc could open up for consumer use, a new world of gigabyte wi-fi. process hasn't been fast enough. qualcomm and cisco have identified paths forward, and i hope that we get this proceeding across the finish line and soon for the benefit of american consumers. fourth and finally, i want to commend chairman thune and ranking member nelson for the introduction of the mobile now act and spirit of bipartisanship which they showed engaging in that measure. in particular, i want to commend them for calling on the fcc to move forward on opening up the millimeter wave bands for mobile use. companies are now investing heavily in mobile technologies that rely on spectrum above 24 gigahertz as part of their work on 5 g technologies. we should aid those efforts with rules that will allow 5

replicating, the rules under the new fcc authority. john simpson, do you support the fact that the fcc may do some rulemaking? john: absolutely. once they reclassified this as common carriers, like a telephone company, that meant had toeir regulations apply. and there are specific privery seg lyings that relate to the data that gets scattered over the network by the provider. they have to do it. the question is, most of the rules that exist existed in the world of telephones. now that they've extended by reclassification the situation to cover i.s.p.'s, they have to come up with rules that are appropriate to the world of the internet. not just the telephones. that's what

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he said those are two things working hand in hand to expand the fcc's reach. do you have any reaction to that? is there any relationship between the settop box proposal and the mvp d thing? >> no, he's wrong. ryan? >> hi, mr. chairman. earlier you said that the item on set top boxes doesn't require a multibillion dollar reengineering of the network but mvpds say the opposite, that even though the item doesn't require this, what's ultimately going to happen is that they'll have to pour money into the network to comply. so is there something that, you know, you know about networks that they don't know? what's -- what's going on there? >> that's why i tried to show those charts today. can we throw the charts up again? that -- if the charts will come up. yeah. so the devices work exactly the same way. if you look at those four steps of back and forth between the cable operator and the device, they are identical whether or not it is a device that you are forced to have or a device that you can choose amongst companies. that's just -- first, signal goes down says, ok

. >> legislation in can congress to make sure the fcc never overturns state law again. i'm going to ask her whether money she has accepted from big telecom influenced her decision. >> across the united states cities are paying for and building the infrastructure for ultrahigh speed internet service on their own. telecom giants like comcast and at&t have responded by lobbying for state laws to stop doing it. but this year the fcc overturned those restrictions in two states, tennessee and north carolina. i talked with u.s. representative marsha blackburn who has presented legislation in congress for the fcc ever doing that again. it's a right of sovereignty. >> we think it's a state's rights issue, we don't think fcc has the right the come in and override state and local rights. it is important for state to retain that ability to make these decisions within their borders. so it is house bill 1106 representative or senator tillis out of north carolina and i have done this legislation. but the wilson, north carolina, the chattanooga tennessee situation it would prohibit that

representative marsha blackburn who has presented legislation in congress for the fcc ever doing that again. it's a right of sovereignty. >> we think it's a state's rights issue, we don't think fcc has the right the come in and override state and local rights. it is important for state to retain that ability to make these decisions within their borders. so it is house bill 1106 representative or senator tillis out of north carolina and i have done this legislation. but the wilson, north carolina, the chattanooga tennessee situation it would prohibit that type of intervention by the fcc. the second point is that whether you're looking at chattanooga or utopia, which is the utah situation, you have seen a lot of public debt accrue to the citizens. >> right. >> whether they go in and try odid these. chattanooga, they each have about a half billion dollars of debt now tied to these systems. >> right now, except that chattanooga had calculated a return on investment, and i understand that this doesn't apply to everything and that return started showing up much earlier than they had planned

indeed, failure of the fcc's policies is what brings us here today. but as we seek to trade one scheme for another, we should pause and ask ourselves a simple question. will the result be any different this time around? will the sequel be any better than the original? my answer is no. a stalemate not a newly competitive market. cornerstone of the notice is the heavy reliance on open standards bodies operating through consensus. according to the commission's proposals, mvpds will be. requireded to supply certain information in formats that conform to specifications set by open standards bodies. these open standards bodies in turn would consist of members representing all stakeholders and would develop standards by consensus. would this consensus ever really happen? today the defining characteristic of this proceeding has been vigorous disagreement with video distributors and content creators on one side and the consumer electronics industry on the other. we saw this in dstac, in the run-up to today's vote and i'm sure in the comments submitted in respon

as the fcc promulgated those net neutrality rules. ll, nearly 68% of all venture capital funds invested in the united states went towards internet specific and software companies in 2015. so congratulations, fcc. you know, you created this engine of innovation and capital flow into these new companies, the smart companies, the innovative companies. and it's clear that the fcc got this right. and there's a lot of other places you can put venture capital money, but with 68% of it goes towards that sector, then we've got what young people in colleges and graduate schools all across america want to do. they want to continue to innovate. and what you've done is make it a lot easier for them to do so. so what i like to do then, mr. chairman, if i could just ask you a couple of questions. the first is, is it unusual for an independent agency to communicate with the white house? >> no, sir. >> is it typical for an independent agency to communicate with the white house? >> communicate with the white house, congress and everybody. >> have other

>>host: to feel the subsequent fcc has been good stewards of the legislation? >>. [laughter] this is where we disagree. with some of the administration's i think back five bring up that word prescriptive but we come to a the crossroads do we take that approach to our leaving open with more discretion? i think we made the right policy decision. idle disagree with everything publicly. >> when al gore recommended the chair of the fcc was a great appointment because he understood the spirit of the lot and was created and required to create a real revolution and he did. write-up through today at the very last moment it was voted out by that fcc the last line from 20 years ago to open up the set top box that people use on top of the cable-tv set right now 99 percent of america is renting them from the company. just like the rotary dial phone. the fcc will open it up and that will save consumers about $16 billion a year just if you go to best buy to buy a box that they can buy telos open of technology and how that works while preserving copywriter the cable industry and o

i don't think there's some affirmative mandate that the fcc has to act. f it were otherwise the case, we would have been in breach of that for almost two decades. >> given your skepticism of this ability to come together in this process. considering the fact that the chairman seems to view this to your adoption period to put a backstop on this proposal. what happens at the end of two years if there's no consensus. what do you anticipate the commission will do? do you expect some kind of technological mandate to come down? or what is the alternative? >> other than a few sad emojis from the fcc, i'm not sure what that's going to be. everything depends on that, so sort of the scene going on of this entire proceeding. i'm not sure what if anything the fcc would do if in a couple of years there isn't a solution on the table. >> i would respond and say in two years i imagined a different shaped commission. so they may have a different reaction to any type of agreement that's probably not going to bexarg reached. >> as you say the mpvds all on their own accord mo

but to have that device now be opened, and so that rulemaking is now taking testimony at the fcc. and i'm kind of proud that that will be the final rulemaking because that's an amendment that i added with tom bliley, republican from virginia, in 1995 to that bill. and the last piece of bipartisan legislation that will actually be completed on the '96 act. and that will, that will actually, i think, further accelerate the changes that we see in this entire area. >> host: we only have a minute left so, senator, given how fast technology is moving today, and you're on the commerce committee over in the senate now which works on these issues. >> guest: uh-huh. >> host: do you see areas where further legislation can be used? >> guest: i think we have to set aside more spectrum for wi-fi. i think there's a lot of work that we can be doing in understanding this internet of things and how it is creating new issues for us. for example be, right now a kid with an ipad can take over the control of your automobile. because it's a computer on wheels now. it's a digital vehicle moving down the s

i wondered if you could talk about whether you think the steps the fcc has taken are not to combat the waste in the proposal also has some new measures to clamp down on fraud. >> guest: the program, we are a part of the reform a few years ago. that was very focused on fraud waste and abuse and tighten the program up since the inclusion of wireless voice. i think that was probably one of the biggest drivers. part of it was consumer usage, the popularity to wireless voice there's also a usefulness to wireless voice within the low-income population. having that mobility is critical so i think there is an uptick in a program that could be due to just having a usable service. that said the fcc thought it was important to preserve the integrity of the program by instituting a number for form so they put in a duplicate database. they also put in a special task force to address any kind of issues around fraud waste and abuse in terms of enforcement and since they have put in those changes there has been a significant amount of savings that the program has seen since those changes have put in p

. >> essentially the fcc is putting the cart before the horse. these are the drivers keeping low income people from adopting broadcast services. nine dollars a month for 10 million people, you want to be sure you are deploying the money effectively and the fcc has not done that. >> march the communicators ern, onnight at 8:00 east c-span2. announcer: coming up next, bob woodward reflects on abraham lincoln's legacy and how it has

takinglemaking is now testimony at the fcc and i'm out of proud that that will be the final rulemaking because that is an amendment -- amendment that i ended -- added with a republican from virginia in 1995 and it was the last piece of bipartisan legislation that will be thateted on the 96 act and will further accelerate the changes we see in this area. >> we only have a minute left. senator, given how fast technology is moving today -- you are on the committee in the senate without which works on these issues. do you see legislation where it can be used? >> i think that we have to set aside more spectrum for wi-fi. inhink her is a lot of work understanding this internet of things. how it is creating new issues for us. with an ipadkid can take over the control of your automobile. it is a computer on wheels. a digital vehicle moving down the street. they are not tracking how people -- congress has a role to make sure that each of these industries response to what has been made possible by the digital revolution. this drone revolution is all part of it. we need new policies for travis he

she leaves the fcc through the atlanta coach and mitchell, those are your team first all fcc performers. and don has been named the first scc coach of the year. she was never a three time consecutive coach of the year. of course they led to that perfect 16-0 record. just a second time in league history that's been done after their third straight fcc championship and the favors to win the conference tournament to shift to jacksonville this week. senior night for came cox. the fan favorite not just because of will prepare to serve to be an emotional night thursday night. >> i know i'm really emotional. so, i don't know how i'm going to react when i have to walk. you know, on my last game. so, it's going to be hard. it's all i have to say. it's going to be really hard. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our sym

the issue is for many years the federal trade commission, by virtue of the net neutrality order, the fcc has changed that because it is classified as an internet access provider and that creates a void where the ftc can no longer regulate that aspect, the one aspect of the situation of the business of internet access providers. so there is now a rulemaking coming up where the sec will decide what to put into place perhaps replicating these rules. >> you support the fact that the federal communications commission may do some commission may do some >> once they reprocess this end that meant that the regulatioregulatio ns had to apply. there are specific privacy regulations to the data they get put in place by the providers. so they have to do it. the question is, most of the rules and now they are extended by the use of classification and the situation to cover this is very important, especially to the world of the internet and not just the telephones and that is what this is about. >> host: jim halpert, the use support this rulemaking process and what is part of it. >> guest: it makes sen

will decide what to put in place in lieu of the rulesting the under the new fcc authorities. >> most of the rules that existed existed in the world of telephones. by that they have extended reclassification the situation to cover isps, they have to come up with walls that are appropriate to the world of the internet, not just telephones. communicators" 2.nday night on c-span >> next, experts discuss the history of campaign finance. they talk about court decisions and legislation that regulated who can finance campaigns and how much they can give and debate various proposals for improving the system. this discussion was hosted by the national archives. >> thank you for hosting us in this marvelous building. this protects the history of the united states of america. we at the association of the former members of congress, and i want to say that you, we appreciate the partnership we have within the archives. it has resulted in excellent discussions and deliberations across the political aisle. they are not part of -- we are nonpartisan and we hope in november this will bring us to a new

it was not going to be forgiven by the fcc. the second change was that trading based on inside information was not permissible for transactions on exchange. it was previously assumed those of face-to-face transactions were exempted from that rule it -- the fcc rendered invalid. corporate insiders who had information cannot transact so long as the information was material and nonpublic. william carey laid the cornerstone. wright of the curtiss decision, it did not take the fact that it was common-law precedents until a couple of years later in the 1960's when the supreme court finally cemented his interpretation in what was called the texas case. was it insider trading -- it became genuinely illegal in the wild, wild west. the market was finally being tamed. second thing i want to talk about lesbian -- history of investment science. -- we all know about thompson, curie in physics, who are the equivalents in the investment business? to answer that we have to ask ourselves, what is investment. investment the array discovering -- in

she leaves the fcc through the atlanta coach and mitchell, those are your team first all fcc performers. and don has been named the first scc coach of the year. she was never a three time consecutive coach of the year. of course they led to that perfect 16-0 record. just a second time in league history that's been done after their third the favors to win the conference tournament to shift to jacksonville this week. senior night for came cox. the fan favorite not just because of what he does stats wise but how he will prepare to serve to be an emotional night thursday night. >> i know i'm really emotional. so, i don't know how i'm going to react when i have to walk. you know, on my last game. so, it's going to be hard. it's all i have to say. >> yeah, >> well it is success. good news to report to you. at 11:26 p.m. the capsule touched down and astronaut scott kelly is back on earth. it will be tomorrow night when he will see his family. they will study him and his twin brother to figure out what the affect and muscle mass and what they plan to do in the next couple of days. you can find

in the fcc's recent legislation could be entirely reversed. for "nightly business report," i'm julia boresten in los angeles. >>> and comcast as julia mentioned is the parent company of cnbc which produces this broadcast. >>> still ahead, a top-performing small-cap fund manager who's beating the prodder market this year. he'll tell us which stocks he's buying right now. >>> the fbi and the national highway traffic safety administration are warning that vehicles are increasingly vulnerable to hacking. the agency's issued a bulletin telling manufacturers and the general public to be on the lookout for potential issues. in july of last year, fiat chrysler recalled nearly 1.5 million vehicles that could potentially be remotely hacked. >>> fraud, specifically in the health care industry, such deception is estimated to cost the country tens of billions of dollars every year. it is a disturbing trend. in some cases medical professionals even putting patients at risk to rake in more cash. andrea day has tonight's installment of "crime and punishment."

controversial revisions to the ownership rules, the fcc's media bureau recently terminated a jsa in spite of this restriction, evoking a strong bipartisan rebuke. and the recent senate report on how the chairman and his general counsel capitulated to white house demands and cooked the record in the net neutrality proceeding illustrates without question the willingness of agency leadership to subvert fair and open process to political pressure from the white house. but that's not all. i am very concerned about the fcc's actions regarding set top boxes and what that means for copyrighted programming and consumer privacy. while the fcc has wrapped its proposal in pro-competition and pro-consumer bunting a broad range of stakeholders including content providers, program distributors large and small, and civil rights groups have emerged pointing out that the proposal raises serious concerns about its downside. meanwhile, the chairman has circulated a proposal to impose privacy rules on isps modeled on those for the old telephone network. instead of making the proposal public for all to se

the fcc is expected to take up the proposal at the end of march. we'll talk with amina feslula, policy director at benton foundation, and daniel lyons, visiting scholar at aei's center for internet communications and technology policy. we're joined by brendan sasso, national journal technology reporter. >> low-income consumers need access to broadband now. it is unclear to me that congress would be able to pass a support that's directly aimed at low-income users. this congress has not been particularly supportive of folks who are in poverty. the conversations that have been on the hill have been hard to decipher. >> there's a sense in which the fcc's putting the cart before the horse, because they haven't done a real study to suggest these are the drivers that are keeping low-income people from adopting broadband service and this is the amount we're going to need, where we don't know if we need $9 a month for 10 million people or $45 a month for 2 million people, right? you want to make sure you're deploying the money intelligently and effectively,

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halper, what exactly will the fcc being discussed? what is the issue? just go for many the federal fate commission was the entity responsible for enforcement of privacy on the internet and by virtue of the net neutrality order, the fcc has changed that because it is classified internet access providers as common carriers effectively in order to put forward the rule and that create a void where the fcc -- fcc can no longer regulate that one aspect or a telecommunications service provider aspect of the business of internet that backed providers. there is now a rule-making coming up where the fcc will decide what to put in place in lou dobbs or perhaps replicating the rules under the new fcc authority. >> host: john simpson of consumer watchdog, do support the fact the federal communications commission made me do some rule-making? >> guest: they've got to do it under the law. once they reclassify the isp or broadband internet providers as common carriers, like the telephone company, that meant that their regulations had to apply and their specific privacy

the fcc is expected to take up the proposal in march. we will speak with two people. we are joined by brendan sasso national journal technology reporter. >> low income reporters need access to technology now. it is unclear to me that congress would be able to askpass a support directly aimed at low income users. this congress has not been particularly supportive of folks in poverty. the conversations on the hill has been hard to decipher. >> there is a sense where the fcc is putting the cart before the horse, they have not done a study to suggest that these are the factors keeping broadband from low income people. we do not know if we need nine dollars a month for 10 million people or five dollars a month for 50 million people. the fcc has not done that level of analysis. >> watch "the communicators" monday night and 8:00 p.m. et on c-span2. washington post journalist bob woodward reflects on abraham lincoln's legacy and how it could affect other presidents including richard nixon, and barack obama. >> when he was a private lawyer in the 1850's, he was involved in a l

but, one of the things i found since being at the fcc particularly in the it area, this applies to the attracted they are, pay them enough, which is a challenge. public service, number one. number two, they have access to data they find and it's fascinating that they don't have outside because we obviously have access to some data about the public doesn't that the public doesn't have. so, and again you will see in the request i see it over and over again how much more you are seeking out in a market experts and other kinds of technical experts, but it is a challenge. you are always playing catch-up even with the other resources. but it's also the talent of the people that they know how to use the systems to design than. i mentioned the software application which has been tremendous and produced a number of trading cases actually developed in-house switch wasn't a big so that wasn't a big resource issue coming up with a brain issue. >> one of the things i noticed, mr. chairman, is that what she is talking about is so true. we have young people in this country, not that i'm knocking the