he is not from mississippi but he close the city of tupelo in 1963 to start american cable syste systemsich is now grown into comcast. so, i did forth want this opportunity to pass without giving the members that little history lesson and give our welcome on behalf of the committee to mr. ralph roberts. but, to our witness, mr mr. roberts, what do i tell my fol folks, regardless of where they get their tv, give me some specific benefits they are going to get. you are going to get this, this and this that you haven't had and it is going to be better if this is approved? >> first of all, thank you on behalf of the roberts family. somehow he gets the nice part and i get the tough questions. but i have been living with that for a long time. laugh laugh >> by the way, it occurs to me you may want to hayesen to add that you -- hasten to add that you really do love philadelphia. >> but i have been to tupelo and we are very proud of the mississippi heritage in the company. >> we are proud of it. >> right off the bat, i will tell you i hope we are going to make better programs and invest in local

al grew up in mississippi across the street in tupelo from elvis presley and moved nortsdz, started a business -- north an started a business and was very successful and always marilyn and al gave back to their community. i congratulate andrew and timothy and matthew mckinny and matthew michael terno for earning this important honor. i congratulate eagle scouts all across america. and the hundreds who earn this honor this year who learn to act with honor and loyalty. it's a parade of common and community purpose based in the scout oath and ever present in the 12 points of the scout law. while each of you as eagle scouts will forever be an eagle scout, your accomplishments are not easily defined by the number of badges earned but rather the character and the dignity you show in earning them. and for andrew and timothy, that dignity has been shaped by your remarkable grandmother, marilyn roverson. thank you, mr. roverson for your dedication to your family, for your service to our great state, and for the legacy you have created for so many. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. m

he is not from mississippi, but he chose the city of tupelo in 1963 to start american cable systems,which has now grown into comcast. i did not want this opportunity to pass without giving members that little history lesson, and give are welcome on behalf of the committee to mr. ralph roberts. but to our witness, mr. roberts, what do i tell my folks, regardless of where they get their tv? give me some specific benefits that are going to get. you will get this and this, and this will be better if this gets approved. >> thank you on behalf of the roberts family. he is the nice part, and i get the tough questions. [laughter] i have been living with that for a long time. >> you might want to hasten to add that you really do love philadelphia. >> i have been to tupelo, and we are very proud of the mississippi heritage in the company. right off the bat, i hope we are going to make better programs and i hope we will invest in localism. we are a local company, whether the tv station or the cable station. there has been a trend to cut back on local public affairs and news programming. take so

he is not from mississippi but he chose the city of tupelo, mississippi in 1963 to start american cable now grown into comcast. so, i did not want this opportunity to pass without giving members that little history lesson and give our welcome on behalf of the committee to mr. ralph roberts. but, to our witness, mr. roberts, what do i tell my folks regardless of where they get their tv? give me some specific benefits they are going to get. you are going to get this, they said this and it is going to be better if this gets approved. >> first of all thank you on behalf of the roberts family. somehow he gets the nice part and i get the tough questions. [laughter] but i have been living with that for a longtime. >> by the way, it occurs to me you want to hasten the fact that you do love philadelphia. >> we are very proud of the mississippi heritage in the company. let me you know, right off the bat i tell you i hope we are going to make better program; we are going to invest in in localism because we are a local company and whether that is the tv station or the cable station there has been a

host: tactic, democrat line, tupelo, mississippi -- patsy. caller: thank you for taking my call. this tax has not helped us at all. and although i am a democrat, i have never seen anything like this before in my life. i have one comment to make. as a democrat that i am entitled to -- everything that i have been watching and following over the past -- since this president was elected, i have elected him. i will never, ever both democratic again. they can forget us from now on. we are headed down to a road for destruction. host: are you seeing that in your taxes? have you figured out if you benefit? caller: i have figured it out. we are not going to benefit. as a matter of fact, we are an independent owner, trucking company. we are being forced to sell out. this president is not going to help us or anybody else. he is in it for the long haul for himself. and did little cricket buddies up there -- nancy pelosi, harry reid, they are all crooks. there is nothing we can do. our hands are tied. i feel like our hands are tied. host: sorry to cut you off. rodney from austin, texas, on the