,tton chairman of the house subcommittee on communications. >> host: chairman greg walden, if you could start our "communicators" this week by telling us, what is your legislative agenda for the 112th congress? >> guest: we have a number of issues we're going to take up in this session of congress on the communications and telecommunications subcommittee. first of all, we started with a review of what the federal communications commission has done on net neutrality. obviously, our side believes they didn't have the authority, and we've been through the hearings, and i'm sure we can get into that later in the program. second is looking at fcc process and reform. chairman genachowski has put in some reforms, and i'm not picking on this commission. i think over time there are issues that come to the fore, there are processes that have, people have had some criticism about how rule makings move forward at the commission. and surprising commissioners and big changes late at night, kind of what congress was doing for a while in this former chairman of the gop transmission. we tried to change

. >> host: joining us in our conversation with chairman greg walden of the subcommittee on communications and technology is mike zapler technology reporter with the politico. when you talk to independent experts about this net neutrality issue almost universally hew hew here that the likelihood of congress actually succeeding in overturning these rules is practically nil. the president would never sign it. why is the committee spending so much time on this when there are these other major issues like rock band, blooming spectrum crunch? that has the feel of kind of an ideological pursuit instead of dealing with the serious issues. >> guest: mike, i know that is one of the arguments the democrats made on the committee. there near that argument is we would have had this markup done last week but the fact they said wait a minute we need to have a hearing on this so i canceled the markup and postponed it. we said okay instead, we were going to do spectrum and okay we will go spend more time on this because the democrats asked us to. so we create another panel and they got half the witnesses,

and richard walden also joins us. he's the head of sports finance at j.p. morgan private bank. welcome to be on the scoreboard, nice to see you. >> thanks, great see you. >> tom: rick, let's begin with you. how do these two labor situations differ? >> well, they differ because of the substance, first of all the nfl has had a partnership for 20 years sharing basically the net and the issue is on how much you deduct the gross revenue. baseball hasn't had that con second. second more important the personalities. baseball has done deals before with these personalities and football even though they have been at this partnership for longer, these are two relatively untested rookies and roger goodell. >> tom: do the personalities involved, rick walden, what about the finances here, are the financials easier for major league baseball to get a deal done? >> well, the financial structure is very different between football and baseball. you've got a salary cap in football, no cap in baseball but it em sos like base ball has been able to share revenue working it out among the players and o

. >> greg walden, if you could start us off this week by telling us, what is your legislative agenda for the 112th congress? >>. the numbers we are -- we have a number of issues we are going to take up regarding communications. first of all its net neutrality. obviously, we have been through the hearings and i am sure we can get into that in detail later in the program. second is the process of reform. some reforms have been good income and i am not picking on this commission. i think -- have been put in, and i am not picking on this commission. i think people have some criticisms about how we are moving forward. there have been big changes late at night, kind of what congress was doing for a while. we tried to change that in our roles. no two commissioners can talk to each other about a policy issue. there are members of both sides that laid out something we ought to look at so that we could actually talk to each other. then, of course, there are issues related to the universal service fund. we are working on some proposals regarding universal service reform, compensation, and very

you can hear more from congressman walden on this matter later today on "the communicators." in his weekly radio and internet address, president obama recognizes women's history month by talking about the need for quality -- equality and opportunity for women. he urges passage of legislation that will stop pay disparities between men and women in the workplace. he is followed by the republican address with senate energy and natural resources ranking member. she discusses rising energy costs and the need for energy alternatives to reduce demand. >> march is women's history month. it is a time to celebrate the progress women have made. we also sold. the women throughout history who made the progress possible. one of inspiring american who comes to mind is eleanor roosevelt. in 1961, the former first lady was unhappy about the lack of women in government. she marched up to president kennedy and handed him a three- page list of women qualified for top posts in his administration. this led the president to select mrs. roosevelt as the head of a new commission to look at the status

[applause] walden house and also a big thanks to our event sponsor, who i will be introducing in a second. not only did a financially sponsor the event, they bring many doctors and volunteers here today, which make the event happened. today, warren browner is the ceo of the largest hospital here in san francisco. he is part of better health. he has lived in san francisco since 1975, so he is still pretty young, right? he has two children who were born and raised here. he is trained in internal medicine. you can find him in his gym clothes moths that is around 1:00, buying produce at the farmers' markets in early rally, which is exactly where i am at the same time, just not-jim close, so welcome, dr. browner. [applause] >> thanks so much for that introduction, which was a little bit too revealing, perhaps. anyway, welcome, everybody. i am delighted that we have the chance to sponsor this event. again, we have been here almost from the inception, and i think we're going to have about 100 of our folks here. in fact, do the wave if you are from cpmc. great. thanks, everybody, for coming. this

telecommunications policy with the chairman of the house subcommittee on communications, representative greg walden pond "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available on television, radio, online, and on social media networking sites and find our content any time through the cspan video library and we take cspan on the road with our content of vehicles. we bring our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the cspan networks, now available in more than 100 million homes, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> president obama is live at 10:40 this morning michelle bachmann traveled to this new venture this weekend to speak to a fund raising bunch but it -- hosted by the republicans in nashua, new hampshire. >> thank you for welcoming me. [applause] we have talked a lot already this morning about your great state model, "live free or die." causes me to think about the model of the state of virginia, "death to tyrants." [applause] view east coast people get access. we have b

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walden. >> thank you for being here. my home state of oregon has tried to innovate. i was part of the legislature when we implemented the health care plan, and i've been an employee for 20 years and spent five years on a community nonprofit hospital board. i've on every seat at the table trying to figure out how to make health care more affordable and able. one the things i occur from the hospital days was the shift that occurs when the government doesn't reimburse enough. that especially is true, i believe, on medicaid. that is probably the least reimbursement. you have cost shifting going on from medicaid and medicare, which drives up the insurance cost, paid for by those who are trying to provide it, small employers of america. governor patrick, you expressed sympathy for. the commonwealth has said that massachusetts has the highest average family premiums in the country. is that still the case? >> i don't believe it is. but i will say that we have -- we have trended about a point or so higher than the escalation even nationally over a decade or so. >> but as you'

. >> congressman greg walden. thank you. >> sunday on "washington journal," laura meckler discusses a bill to fund the federal government through september. and the cato institute on cutting foreign aid during the economic downturn. and michael doonan talks about the struggles of his state's health program. "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the ninth circuit court of appeals heard an oral argument on wednesday on a challenge to an organization's designation as a terrorist group. they will decide if the al haramain islamic foundation was denied due process when the government withheld information and evidence to justify its designation. a lower court that the labeling of the group as a terrorist organization. but found that officials violated the group's writes by failing to provide -- rights by failing to provide notice about the designation. this is one hour, 15 minutes. >> we will take a brief recess and hear the remainder of the calendar. nice to see both of you again. you may proceed

"if i had more time walden pond would be shoter"? >> rose: (laughs) yes. >> i think sometimes i'll make a painting and i'll just leave the painting in the studio for six months and it will change. i don't do anything to it but it's different. and you have to be responsible for that thing. and somehow you look at it and look at it and it's about paying attention to detail and then at one moment i thought, okay, maybe i'm asking too much of my audience. and i'll... one thing that i took out, if you're curious, a scene that i loved, they wrap the body of of hind and put her in a yellow station wagon. and i loved the flowers, i loved that it was yellow, it wasn't black. and the point of view of god pushes through the window d it becomes blurry and then you hear miral say "my name is miral that mean, i was born in 1973 but my story begins in 1947 with hind husseini." now, you don't know what you're seeing at first, who hind is or whatever. if it starts just at the beginning with the blur and then you hear miral's voice and you see hind ri

. >> director of walden west, say: often low income schools are the first to cut camp. >> not only isonly science some kids get. often they have never been to the forest. >> the bake sales begin. hoping this trail will lead them to this trail at outdoor school. >>> one of great highlights of elementary school. well the anti-bullying campaign launched by two marin county girls took them to the house. president obama and mrs. obama call for national action. sarah and emily, are the authors of a 2008 book, letters to a bullied girl. written after they moved by a bullying victim in novato, the white house heard today from educators, parents and victims. experts say one in three american school children report being bullied during the school year. because of the internet kids can be bullied around the clock some times in their own homes leading some to feel there is no escape. >> an update to the blackhawks hockey team controversy we first brought you here last night. boy is this one getting a lot of atebtion on attention online. steve lang tells us blackhawks will be allowed to play in th

net neutrality rule, h.j.res. 37, greg walden is using the congressional review using the congressional review act to look into that.

. >> host: congressman greg walden is chairman of the commerce subcommittee on communication and technology. mike zapler with ""the politico"," thank you both. >> guest: thank you. >> coming up on c-span2, a portion of recent testimony by transportation secretary ray lahood on president obama's 2012 budget request. then more on transportation as we bring you live coverage of the american public transportation association's legislative conference. later, the senate returns at 2 p.m. eastern for general speeches. that'll be followed later by debate and a vote on a u.s. district court nomination as well as a procedural vote on a bill authorizing small business administration programs. >> author, poet and playright ishmael reid is on "in depth," live sunday, april 3rd. he's written over 25 books including "airing dirty laundry laundry," "another day at the front." join our three-hour conversation taking your phone calls, e-mails and tweets for ishmael reed, and watch previous "in depth "programs at booktv.org where you can find the entire weekend schedule. >> the senate transportation committee

technology and telecommunications policy with chairman of the house subcommittee representative greg waldennow on house republican plans for job creation from today's " washington journal." host: let me begin with the stories we are seeing at that nuclear power in japan. we are reading that the ranking democrat on the resources committee has called for -- asked president obama to look at the 31 facilities in this country that had similar technology to what japan uses and put a hold on those until we can figure out we are in the same danger. guest: the congressman from michigan who is the chairman of the energy committee has asked for a hearing to bring the industry forward and to ask tough questions to say this is what happens in japan. what are the standards in the u.s.? do we have the same risk in the u.s.? this is a pause for nuclear power. i am an advocate for nuclear power. i think only 20% of our electricity derives from nuclear power today. it is much stronger in other countries, but i want to make sure -- i look forward to the hearings in the commerce committee to see what the indus

. >> host: congressman greg walden is chairman of the commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. mike zapler with the politico, thank you both. >> guest: thank you. >> guest: thank you. right now you can listen to c-span signature programming with itunes or it your mp3 player. there is a story today from c-span radio's washington today, the latest books and authors on after words. people in the news on newsmakers and interesting conversation on q&a. listen to a variety of public affairs podcast whenever you want. everything you need to know is on line at c-span.org/podcast. now a discussion on the current state of lobbying rules and regulations. this is hosted by the sunlight foundation. in it is about an hour and 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon everyone. welcome to the washington -- discussion of the challenges facing reforms in the actions needed to enact real-time lobbying disclosure in washington. this is an event put together by the advisory committee on transparency which is a project of the sunlight foundation. the advisory committee is composed of

walden of oregon. mr. olson of texas, mr. latta of ohio. mr. griffin of arkansas. mr. grimm of new york. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich, seek recognition? mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house for one hour. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman request a point of personal privilege? mr. kucinich: i request a point of personal privilege to address the house for one hour. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has been made aware of a valid basis for the gentleman's point of personal privilege. the gentleman from ohio is now recognized for one hour. mr. kucinich: mr. speaker, thank you very much. the critical issue before this nation today is not libyan democracy, it is american democracy. in the next hour i will describe the dangers facing our own democracy. the principles of democracy across the globe are embodied in the u.n. charter, conceived to end the scourge of war for all time. the hope that nations could turn their swords reflects the timeless impulse of america for enduring p

greg walden is addressing this issue under the c.r.a. of net neutrality. h.h.s. has a rule on medical loss ratio. this regulation were to require all health care plans to pay a minimum of 80% of premiums toward health services, eliminating coverage for 47% of americans and small group and individual health plans. this is an area which we have filed, nye office and john carter, has filed this, however, i am going to have a lot of assistance from the medical professionals in my -- in this house, and going forward on this medical loss ratio. it is a serious regulation which will seriously harm the advancement of health care in america. and then we have a rule, nefhap rule, for portland is he metropolitan manufacturers. this has toot toad with cement kilns that make cement. portland, it's not named after a town, it's a process whereby you make the cement that binds concrete. to create concrete. for this country. this kills good-paying jobs. the average paying job in one of these kilns starts at around $60,000 to $70 a year and goes up -- $70,000 a year and goes up. t

greg walden is carrying the ball on this. and that clock expires on the 14th day of june. in the rule for portland cement manufacturing -- what is portland cement? it's that bag of powder that you mix with water to create cement. that's what it is. it is manufactured in the united states and manufactured all over the world. there is a regulation which would require the closing of 18 cement plants in this country and these jobs from these cement plants as a result of the regulations that are being proposed would be forced to move to india and china if they wanted to continue to produce portland cement because they would not be able to meet the standards that would be established by this rule. the u.s. cement industry today provides more than 15,000 highways jobs with an average compensation of $75,000 per year along with allied industries that account for nearly $27.5 billion of the gross domestic product. a statement made by the concrete people is that there is only one element in the world that is more prevalent in construction than concrete and that's water. they have to

celia walden is a columnist for the daily telegraph.rways who is sponsoring the contest. a month away. this will be the global event of the year most likely. is london ready? >> absolutely. it will be such a festive occasion. there will be bunting everywhere, union jacks, statues around westminster being polished especially for the occasion. it's wonderful for london. >> i was there a couple of weeks ago and people said, you americans are making more of this than we are. are the brits starting to get excited? celia? >> yes. i think they are. we were quite cynical. we have a tendency to be cynical to begin with. everyone really likes william and kate. there's nothing not to like. gradually the most cynical of us are thinking this will be a good day. plus, those who don't want to be here because of the bank holidays can get 11 days off for the price of three which is perfect. >> everybody's happy. >> exactly. >> i understand some londoners are considering renting out their places. one real estate website said one in four folks in london a

southbound towards the walden tunnel, you will see slowing.y be why it popped up the last few minutes. east bay, oakland northbound past the coliseum, smooth drive. >> looking better. >>> thank you for joining us this morning. the "today" show continues up next. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. >>> we're back on this winesday with more of "today" ready to play "who knew?" to keep this week of festivities going we're testing your mardi gras trivia. kathie lee, of course, is across the street at the nbc.com digital cafe, ready to hand out 100 bucks to those who answer the question correctly. to those who don't, the lucky cd. arthur hardy of the mardi gras guide is here to help us. he's a friend of mine. he came bearing a couple of gifts. >> just for you. we got those yesterday during our eight-hour live telecast. >> can't believe arthur is still functioning. >> i'm not functions. >> let's go across the street to kath. >> lovely items. but people would rather have this! look at this beautiful mom and daughter from clinton, iowa! all righ

celia walden is a columnist from "the daily telegraph" in london. it's been a tough couple of years for sarah ferguson. she's shown bad judgment, she's been in debt. is she running out of apologies? >> she's almost like the uncle with a drinking problem you're worried about attending the wedding but you know you have to give an invite. if anyone was going to overshadow the nuptials coming in april this was the one person that many people believed would do that. >> she's saying she had no idea of jeffrey epstein's past, but from the other point she's saying it was a terrible error of judgment. so if she didn't know about the past, why was it an error in judgment? >> this is the latest in a litany of errors of judgment. she has been the victim of her own poor decision-making, but also there is some sympathy for her. do you know, for example, that the president of barundi will be attending the royal wedding but she will not be even though her two children will? >> right. >> so there is a combined effect. a terrible internal decision-making and external

given the significance of the resolution under consideration today, i want to thank chairman walden for respecting the request of the ranking member of the full committee, mr. waxman, myself, and members of the subcommittee to have a legislative hearing. i think it is essential that members of the subcommittee have an opportunity to hear from key stakeholders who are here today before voting on a resolution that would overturn the open internet rules. it is fascinating to listen to the statements that members make. this is all about an open and free internet. those words are really the hallmark of the internet. all of the reasons my republican colleagues are saying they're doing this, it is fascinating. sticklers themselves are on the other side of the issue -- the stake holders themselves are on the other side of the issue. they do not believe a light touch and of the fcc is missing. -- menacing. letters have poured into this committee from groups and organizations across the country. from religious leaders to consumer organizations, to high- technology associations -- they have all we