Good morning. Welcome to the nixon president ial library and museum. My name is joe lopez, Vice President of Marketing Communications for the Richard Nixon foundation. Were pleased to have you here today in yorba linda and a greeting to those of you watching on cspan and youtube today. Todays legacy forum is copresented by the Richard Foundation and the nixon president ial library, National Archives and administration. Weve done more than 30 of these nixon legacy forums over the past ten years, and you can find all of them on our website. Nixon foundation dot org. Id like to start by introducing Geoff Shepard. Jeff served as, associate director of the Domestic Council in the Nixon Administration and now a member of the board of directors of, the Richard Nixon foundation. Jeff, kick us off. Thank you, joe. Geoff shepard beginning in 2010, we began seeing what we call nixon forums and theyre cosponsored in the past the Nixon Foundation and National Archives as. They are usually recorded,
Opening remarks and take questions afterwards. So glad to see 70 people here interested see so many people here interested. Let me begin by welcoming any thet time guests to commission. I have a few brief remarks i would like to offer. Today the fcc decided to restore the light touch that govern the itsrnet for most of existence. This is designed to provide infrastructure and innovation. Consumers will be free to go where they want and do what they want online. By removing heavyhanded regulations that stand in the infrastructure, im confident more consumers will enjoy better, faster and cheaper Internet Access. Acquisition was important and caps off an important year at the fcc. We have been working hard to update our rules to match the modern Communications Marketplace and to promote public safety. E stockd to briefly tak of the steps we have taken. Fundve put in mobility phase two that will connect Rural Communities and bridge the digital divide. We gave carriers more rules to block
Commission. I have a few brief remarks i would like to offer. Today the fcc decided to restore the light touch that govern the itsrnet for most of existence. This is designed to provide infrastructure and innovation. Consumers will be free to go where they want and do what they want online. By removing heavyhanded regulations that stand in the infrastructure, im confident more consumers will enjoy better, faster and cheaper Internet Access. Acquisition was important and caps off an important year at the fcc. We have been working hard to update our rules to match the modern Communications Marketplace and to promote public safety. E stockd to briefly tak of the steps we have taken. Fundve put in mobility phase two that will connect Rural Communities and bridge the digital divide. We gave carriers more rules to block robocalls. We authorize a new television standard for next Generation Broadcast Television that will open the door to a free over the air broadcast service. We started approv
Att and the Virginia Office of Public Safety. This is an hour and 40 minutes. It is precisely 10 00 a. M. Good morning and the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. The subcommittee comes to order. The exciting efforts to deploy the nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network. Im glad to convene this hearing and i look forward to the attendance and a moment to from my different friend and Ranking Member mr. Schatz. In 2012 congress created the First Responder Network Authority to lead the development of a nationwide interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network in the United States. With the Communications Failures that plague Recovery Efforts during 9 11 and other National Emergencies including Hurricane Katrina there was and still is a clear need for a Reliable Communications network to support the central work of our Public Safety officials such a network would improve coordination on First Responders across multiple jurisdictions and enhance the ability of First Responders
Nomination judge neil gorsuch. Well hear from the former law partner and some former law clerks live at noon eastern here on cspan3. Federal chair joined clyburn and Michael Oreilly at a Senate Oversight hearing. Net neutrality and wireless Broadband Access. This was first appearance on capitol hill since becoming head of the fcc. This is just under 3 hours. Good morning. Welcome to todays hearing on oversight on the federal communications commission. I should point out since this committee has jurisdiction over sports that last night, the South Dakota State University jack rabbits punched their ticket to the ncaa 2a tournament by winning the summit tournament. I know im getting gavelled down here by someone, but okay, good. That was applause. Thats what youre soeupposed t do. Listen, the last time we met, i think 6 years ago and a lot has changed since then. Weve got a new fcc chairman and new majority in charge of the agency and many, the first fcc oversight hearing but last hearing,