welcome those joining us on our heritage.org website and those who will be joining us via c-span television networkfor those in house, we are the -- asking the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. for those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker@heritage.org. we will post today's program on the heritage homepage for future reference, as well. leading our discussion today is a senior research fellow and regulatory policy.

those joining us on our website and those who will be joining us via c-span television network. in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced. for those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments anytime by emailing speaker @heritage.com. we will post this on our website.

those joining us on our website and those who will be joining us via c-span television network. for those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced. for those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments anytime by emailing speaker @heritage.com. we will post this on our website. today with us, handling telecommunications and regulatory issues with has a heritage and priority was a vice president at the competitive -- and was with citizens for sound economy and a deputy chief at the fcc and was at one time associate director at the president paz council on competitiveness in the office of vice president dan quayle. -- pleasecome me in join me in welcoming him. the other speaker had a more casual approach. we are here to talk about spectrum policy. if you want to talk about neutrality you're in the run place. this is probably the only gathering of people today on key issues that are not talking about net neutrality. but -- it is hard to believe just a few decades ago spectrum in the united states, and fa

welcome those joining us on our heritage.org website and those who will be joining us via c-span television network. for those in house, we are the -- asking the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. for those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker@heritage.org. we will post today's program on the heritage homepage for future reference, as well. leading our discussion today is a senior research fellow and regulatory policy. he handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. prior to joining us here he was vice president for policy of the competitive and reprise institute. he also served as deputy chief at the office of lands and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president's council on competitiveness in the office of vice president dan quayle. please join me in welcoming james gattuso. james? [applause] mr. gattuso: i will speak from here. a more casual approach. we are here to talk about spectrum policy. if you want to talk about net neutrality yo