item four, the telecommunications commission. the actual commission was established in 1996 and dissolved in july of 2010 by ordinance. the item before you is a companion piece that lives in the administrative code. this is an outdated reference to the telecommunications commission service and it should be deleted. item 5 is the neighborhood representative for a group of the presidio. this group achieved its purpose and objectives and submitted their final report to the board in october, 2008 and wrapped up their final meeting in may, 2009. this is now obsolete and is not contain a sunset clause. item 6 is the criminal-justice council. the mayor's criminal justice council has their final meeting in 2008. add that time, they were advised by the mayor's office that the work group achieved their purpose. it is not contain a sunset clause and can only be dissolved by the board of supervisors. item number7 is the drug abuse advisory board. this group has not met for at least the last four months ended has been over a year. this is cons

the lone republican commission on the federal communications commission at this point. also joining us for this half-hour discussion is amy schatz who covers telecommunications issues for "the wall street journal." commissioner, let's start there, what's it like to be the lone republican on the fcc? >> guest: over 90% of what the fcc does is not only bipartisan but unanimous. so it's probably one of the least partisan pieces of washington, d.c., you can find. so the party label doesn't always mean a whole lot. i've been there i guess the second longest with commissioner copps having been almost 10 years. i've been there over five years. that you choose some institutional memory to work with, but i think commissioner baker left, i don't member when. >> host: is their movement for another republican commissioner? >> guest: i don't know. all i know is what i read in the newspapers. as well on the democrat side. those would be paired up so that it's easy for them to travel through the confirmation process. but i don't have any firsthand knowledge but one would hope that's going to happen and it would happen sometime in the fall. >> host: let's talk about some of the issues

the federal communications commission by president bush. in 2006 reappointed to the commission by president barack obama in 2009. he brings over 16 years of private sector experience in the telecommunications industry to the commission. welcome. chairman john a willing hoff was named chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission, ferc caught the agency that oversees wholesale electric transaction intercity electric transmission and gas transportation in the united states by the president obama dewitt march 19th, 2009 the number of the commission since 2006 the u.s. senate confirms entry full five-year term in december 2009. he's an energy specialist with more than 34 years of experience in the field. welcome. >> commissioner felt is currently serving the second term on the commission of ferc having been nominated by president obama and sworn in for a term expiring june 35th. he nominated by president bush in 2006 and sworn into office july 24th of 26. from july 2007 he worked in congress serving as an energy policy adviser to senator slade gorton where he worked on electricity policy. and then we have the chairman john literalists from the federal trade commission served as the chai

the federal communications commission. also joining us of this half hour is amy schatz who covers telecommunication issues for "the wall street journal." commissioner, let's start there. what's it like to be the lone republican on the fcc at this point? has it made a difference? >> well, first of all, over 90% of what the fcc does is not only bipartisan but unanimous, so it's probably one of the least partisan pieces of washington, d.c., that you can find. so the party label doesn't mean a whole lot. i've been there, i guess, the second longest out of all the commissioners with commissioner cox having been there almost 10 years. i've been there a little over 5. so that gives you some institutional memory to work with, but i think since commissioner baker left, i'm trying to think if i've cast a dissenting vote, maybe i have, but i don't remember what it was at this point. >> has there been movement for another republican commissioner? >> i don't know. all i know is what i've read in the newspapers, and i understand that maybe there has been as well as on the democrat's side. >> to replace mr. cox? >> correct. those would be p

the federal communications commission, the hon. edith ramirez of the federal trade commission and lawrence strickland of the telecommunications and information administration. we welcome you back to the hearing room. you will be recognized for five minute and i'm sure you are familiar with the timers on the table. when the light turns yellow you have one minute left. as i have been at vonage make sure your microphone is on and close to your mouth. i am pleased to recognize commissioner ramirez for five minutes. >> thank you. ranking members butterfield and eshoo and members of the subcommittee i am edith ramirez of the federal trade commission. i appreciate the chance to present the testimony and internet privacy. personal information about consumers may be collected, sold and used in every interaction a consumer has. both online and offline. for instance a college freshman sits in her dorm room using the internet to research depression for paper she is writing for psychology class. when her research is done she applies online for student loans to help her pay her tuition. later she grabs her smart phone which she uses to find the closest dr

in the family fees charged to the telecommunications industry pay for the budget of the federal communications commission. when we get our cars inspected come we pay a fee. when oil and gas company what certifications that they consider josefa musculus surface of the oceans affairs another government handout and we must change that. when we're in the middle of the christ is over the budget deficit and the debt ceiling, it should for the american people to learn the republican majority is giving this kind of a handout to the oil and gas industry. they have rejected this common sense in section three. there is not going to be less money available for the agent b. to hire more inspectors, more paycheck varies and mark drilling royalty revenue collect theirs. that is why mr. holton i are going to introduce legislation today that will allow the interior department to increase inspection fees than the oil and gas industries that the taxpayers and footing the bill for yet another republican giveaway to big oil. we likely won't hear much about eesti today from the majority over the need for more years. i suspect

the federal communication commission by president bush. in 2006, was reappointed to the commission by president barack obama in 2009. he brings over 16 years in experience in the telecommunications industry. welcome. chairman welling hoff was named chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission. the agency that oversees wholesale gas transportation in the united states by the president on march 19, 2009. a member of the commission since 2006. the u.s. senate confirmed him to a full five-year term in 2009. he is an energy specialist with more than 34 years' experience in the field. welcome. . moehler is currently serving his second term on the commission of ferc. he was first nominated by president bush in 2006, sworn into office on july 2006. from 1997 through 2000, he worked in congress serving as an energy policy adviser, where he worked on electricity policy. then, we have a chairman from the federal trade commission, who served as chairman of this commission since february 2009, was appointed to the ftc in fall 2004. before coming to the commission, he had a long career in public sector. the commissioners of a federal trade commission since january 2006 and served as c

citizens advisory committee, the city of merced's planning commission and several city of merced ad hoc committees. she also served on the san joaquin valley partnership telecommunications committee and the california state advisory board for transportation, planning and environmental justice. linda lopez was also an alumni of the great valley center's ideal inaugural class, hispanics organized for political equality and leadership merced. not surprising, giving her devotion to her -- given her devotion to her community, linda was named the 8--9-hispanic woman of the year by the hispanic -- 1998-1998 hispanic woman of the year by the hispanic chamber of congress. she served as a constituent services representative acting as my eyes and ears in the community. she worked on thousands of cases and helped thousands of people. she never let go of a case she believed needed work and was meritorious. linda prided herself on giving 100% to everyone who walked in the office regardless of their political party, the color of their skin, what they believed or didn't believe. she believed everybody deserved to be treated well. it was not unusual at all for linda to work late nights