He is also the chairman of the Rural Broadband task force and democratic working group. He came to congress in 1993 representing South Carolinas sixth Congressional District and rapidly demonstrated his leadership skills in the first year he was elected both president of his freshman class and quickly rose through the. Leadership rank he was subsequently elected chairman of the black caucus and later chairman of the House Democratic caucus. He previously served as minority , andfrom 2007 to 2011 served as assistant democratic leader from 2011 to 2019. Hisderstand that he Began Service in elected office at age 12 when he was elected as president of his naacp youth chapter. He has longstanding skills in elected office. He comes from very humble beginnings. Is from sumter, South Carolina the oldest son of an activist, minister and an independent, strong and civic minded his family taught him many important values that he draws on now, the importance of family ,nd community, faith, integri
Discussed the federal response to the pandemic and affordable Broadband Internet access. Clyburn i probably represents the sixth Congressional District of south carolina. I also serve as the House Majority whip. Chair of the House Select Committee on covid19. Houseair of the democratic rules Broadband Task force. This week, members of our task unveiled our plan to connect all americans to affordable Broadband Internet. The covid19 pandemic has laid bare the Digital Divide that exists in our great country. Families that lack accessible, affordable, highspeed internet are unable to work from home, learned remotely, and consult with medical professionals via telemedicine. These are all critical components to our ability to be and productive during this crisis. Of the book the next greatest thing. It was about electrification efforts in the 20th century. The title of the book came from comments from a farmer speaking in a rural Tennessee Church in the 1940s. , brothers and sisters, i want
Mr. Speaker, mr. Pro tem, madam president , honored legislators, mr. Chief justice, members of the judiciary, my fellow constitutional members, family, friends, my fellow idahoans, what a year. Life sure has changed for me. On some weekends i go home to the ranch, visit my family and friends. One day i was in my normal emmett uniform, levis, hat, getting fuel. The guy at the adjacent fuel pump kind of glanced at me a couple of times. As i was paying, he sauntered up and says, has anyone ever told you you look like brad little . I proudly said yes. He said, makes you mad, doesnt it . So much for glory in emmett. I could not have accomplished this much this past year, or most of my life, without the support of my wife, your first lady, theresa. Its rewarding to watch so many people learn about her. Theresa is selfless and thoughtful. She loves our family and our state. And im proud of you, theresa, im grateful to have you at my side. The celebration of an important milestone is upon us i
Good morning. Welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. Well, good morning, everyone. And welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies hearing on accountability and oversight of the federal communications commission. I am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. I know it has been serve months since we had you before us and i know that you have all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. But despite that passage of time, many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. For example, i asked about the investigation into phone carriers selling the realtime location of nearly every american. Mr. Chairman, you told me that even after more than a year had passed, we still couldnt tell whether this practice had stopped. Couldnt say whether the impacted individuals had been notified. Couldnt tell us if members of congress and Law Enforcement had their locations sold or tracked. In june of this
Thank you all of you for joining us today. Pulling together great event as always. Items cap and do it im ator ofe Broadband Access initiative. Nice to see a lot of familiar faces in the audience today. So encompasses not pulling any punches they started off with a i to data mapping. We will jum into the discussion. But before we do i would love to have my panel introduced themselves, amanda kuester. Had a mavis Amanda Martin and impulsive director of the office of Internet Activity helping support all the bipartisan of a structure. Good morning im scott woods president publicprivate partnerships software and Technology Company and i were in the d. C. Office. And Ed Bartholomew senior outreach director for the fcc Broadband Task force i also work as a deputy here and governmental affairs. Im sally doty director of being broadband expansion accessibility of mississippi all right. Look at the event organizers who we should be moot using the mic in great were going to pass right and ill b