theyin, year anout, fought the worst drought in history. they choke to death in the barren lands. their homes were nightmares of swirling that for nights and days. until machinery, food, and even hope were gone. the 1936 u.s.d, resettlement administration history of thea great plains region on sunday at 3.p.m. eastern on c-span next, theup communicators would republican presented of joe barton. after that, the security council meeting. an event recognizing the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. >> c-span, grated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you by a public service by your television provider. >> revisited of joe barton -- representative joe barton joins us this week on "the communicators" to talk about some of the telecommunications issues facing congress and the fcc. congressman, if we could start with a couple the issues in the last week or so. i want to get your thoughts on the comcast and time warner cable merger and whether or not congress will end up playing a role in that. >> we haven't had a chance to study it that much. i think we wil