joining us are two former congressional staff members, trisha pawletta was a majority counsel in the house of representatives for the republicans in the 1990s, and katherine mccullough was on the democratic side. thank you for being with us, we appreciate it. joining us, also, is juliana gruenwald. katherine, if i could start with you. you wrote in a recent blog in comlaw blog.com that you look for two things; a high degree of activity on telecommunications policy in the upcoming congress and a high degree of cooperation. why did you write that? >> guest: um, i think that there's going to be a high degree of cooperation on certain issues. for instance, tv spectrum allocation, when it comes to the idea of deciding on authority for incentive auctions and who's going to get what slice of the pie. i think there's a lot of incentive to work together on those issues because it's going to mean extra money for the treasury which, of course, means that money can be used to lower the deficit or be put to other policemans. >> host: do you, trisha, see cooperation in the upcoming congress on tel

i think you've just met debbie and next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. welcome. we're glad that you're here. 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law are here as well . my poor brother greg, who runs a restaurant in georgia, was unable to be here. but i wanted to acknowledge him. i also want to acknowledge some of my close friends that are here from the other side of the capital. mitch mcconnell is here and two of my best buds, richard from north carolina, zachary chandra liss along with my buddy lauthan. thank you, gentlemen, for being here. i appreciate it. i'm honored and humbled to represent a great, hard-working community in congress, the people of ohio's 8th congressional district continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which i am deeply grateful. we gather here today at a time of great challenges. nearly one in 10 of our neighbors is out of work. health care costs are still rising for american families. our spending has caught up with us and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy

lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in georgia was unable to be here, but i wanted to a knowledge him. i also wanted to let knowledge some of my close friends that are here from the other side of the capital. mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader is here. two of my best but, richard burt from north carolina, and my friend from georgia, along with my bdy lathem, thank you for being here, gentlemen. i appreciate it. [applause] i am honored and humbled to represent a great, hard-working community in congress. the peoples of ohio's eighth congressional district continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for wch as deeply grateful. we gather here today at a time of great challenges. nearly one of 10 of our neighbors are out of work, health care costs are still rising for american families. our spending has caught up with us, and our dead s

lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters.thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in georgia was unable to be here, but i wanted to a knowledge him. i also wanted to let knowledge some of my close friends that are here from the other side of the capital. mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader is here. two of my best but, richard burt from north carolina, and my friend from georgia, along with my buddy lathem, thank you for being here, gentlemen. i appreciate it. [applause] i am honored and humbled to represent a great, hard-working community in congress. the peoples of ohio's eighth congressional district continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which as we deeply grateful. we gather here today at a time of great challenges. nearly one of 10 of our neighbors are out of work, health care costs are still rising for american families. our spending has caught up with us, and our

lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in georgia was unable to be here, but i wanted to a knowledge him. i also wanted to let knowledge some of my close friends that are here from the other side of the capital. mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader is here. two of my best but, richard burt from north carolina, and my friend from georgia, along with my buddy lathem, thank you for being here, gentlemen. i appreciate it. [applause] i am honored and humbled to represent a great, hard-working community in congress. the peoples of ohio's eighth congressional district continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which as we deeply grateful. we gather here today at a time of great challenges. nearly one of 10 of our neighbors are out of work, health care costs are still rising for american families. our spending has caught up with us, and our

lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. thank you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in georgia was unable to be here, but i wanted to a knowledge him. i also wanted to let knowledge some of my close friends that are here from the other side of the capital. mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader is here. two of my best but, richard burt from north carolina, and my friend from georgia, along with my buddy lathem, thank you for being here, gentlemen. i appreciate it. [applause] i am honored and humbled to represent a great, hard-working community in congress. the peoples of ohio's eighth congressional district continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which as we deeply grateful. we gather here today at a time of great challenges. nearly one of 10 of our neighbors are out of work, health care costs are still rising for american families. our spending has caught up with us, and our

. >> do you, trisha paoletta come see cooperation in the upcoming conference on telecommunications policy, and to use the then acting on a lot of different issues? >> i think the minority party always [inaudible] certainly there is a lot of common ground on the spectrum policy and the need to rationalize the rules on spectrum auctions. i think there will be some of that. the priority coming out of the box in the house republican side is to do some very close scrutiny of the net neutrality decision that just came out from the fcc and both chairman upton and chairman walden tough called for the review for that and for hearings with the full commission, and also potential joint resolutions of disapproval, which will be a little more challenging coming out of the senate. but to look at the very closely, and i think because the was a very party-line vote out of the sec, very recently there's a bit of a partisan feeling opening in this congress so to get to cooperation down the road but first a close review of the net neutrality decision. >> kathryn mccullough, your views on german walden as th

lindsey and trisha -- next to debbie are lindsay and trisha, our two daughters. you, and i am glad that you are here. [applause] 10 of my 11 brothers and sisters and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law are here as well. my brother who runs a restaurant in georgia was unable to be here, but i wanted to a knowledge him. i also wanted to let knowledge some of my close friends that are here from the other side of the capital. mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader is here. two of my best but, richard burt from north carolina, and my friend from georgia, along with my buddy lathem, thank you for being here, gentlemen. i appreciate it. [applause] i am honored and humbled to represent a great, hard-working community in congress. the peoples of ohio's eighth congressional district continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which as we deeply grateful. we gather here today at a time of great challenges. nearly one of 10 of our neighbors are out of work, health care costs are still rising for american families. our spending has caught up with us, and our dead

. >> host: catherine mccullough and trisha paole,tta have been our guests on "the communicators," juliana gruenwald, thank you as well. >> "the communicators" also airs each monday evening. if you missed any of this discussion on how telecommunications policy may be affected by the new congress, watch "the communicators" again tonight at 8 p.m. eastern, 5 pacific. here on c-span2. >> next on c-span2, live coverage of a discussion on the future of sudan following yesterday's independence referendum. >> arizona governor jan brewer gives her state of the state address today. she's expected to comment on the weekendotunde u.s. representatie gabrielle giffords. coverage begins live at 3:15 p.m. eastern over on our companion network, c-span. >> thank you very much, mr. president, mr. vice president. you have honored me and my family by giving me an opportunity to serve you and to serve our nation. >> with more than 80 appearances by william daley and more than 100 by gene sperling, use the c-span video library to learn for the about the newest editions to the obama administration, just two of t