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Could help the internet of things really flourish. Do you think that would be the main thing then that the fcc can do is to maybe step back to offer more encouragement in many of those areas . Yes, i dont think we should be overly aggressive at this point. I believe we should allow experimentation with the internet of things. And i think thats how well see its possibilities grow. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator fisher. Senator daines. Thank you, mr. Chairma...

We need them most. Second, universal access. No matter who you are or where you live in this country, for a fair shot at 21st century prosperity, you need accesccess firstrate modern communications. That means we need policies that foster deployment and adoption in urban areas, rural areas and in between. Third, competition. Competition increases innovation and lowers prices. Fourth, Consumer Protection. Communication services are multiplying, but the marketplace is also bewildering to navigate....

Backdrop of significant civil rights advancement in the United States including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 1965, ten years on the heels of brown versus board of education. So, what is the lesson we can draw . One is that the Immigration Law for the future in our current push for comprehensive Immigration Reform should also take that frame of a civil rights legislation which is the civil rights project of our time and will continue to be as long as we do not as long...

The man that we always count on to put place democracy front and center of everything. You know so well that since citizens united, the last two election cycles that have set records for money spent, including hundreds of millions of dollars from undisclosed sources, the bulk of this socalled dark money spend iingy outside groups that hide their donors go toward negative tv ads. We all know that. Would you recommend changes to the Communications Act to ensure that voters are informed about who e...

Data security, the way the virtual marketplace is used, and the way our constituents want to have a tool box to protect, as i call it, their virtual you online. So, we appreciate your time, your willingness to be with us this morning, and i yield back to the chair of the committee. Yield back. Gentleman from texas mr. Barton want to use some of that time . Thank you mr. Chairman. Ive served on this committee since 1986. Ive served with three of the four former chairman, mr. Wiley preceded me. We...

Now, thats a problem that the fcc really does need to think about in conjunction with the industry that michael represents so ably and in particular, not to touch too many other buttons, the recent increases in the prices of the content have a disproportional impact in Rural America. They are taking a lot of money out of the wallets of the people in those areas and those are same areas where broadband is expensive so as people pay more for broadcast content and cable channel content, they have l...

Chairman, thank you. Speaking of cops on the beat, well now go to michael copps, served as acting chairman of the federal Communications Commission from january to june of 2009, and served as commissioner from 2001 to 2011. Prior to joining the commission, commissioner copps worked right here on capitol hill, and the u. S. Department of commerce. Commissioner copps, chairman copps, thank you for being with us, and we look forward to your comments to round out our panel. Thank you chairman walden...

The one. And said to myself is why the president put you here. So i recognized common even with the large staffs that we have around us that we surround ourselves with, every once in a while you have to take an independent look at something and not be afraid to realize that maybe they bureaucracy has got this wrong and you happen to be right. And i did that on a number of occasions at the pentagon. Okay. As i prepared to yield to dr. Coburn im reminded of the many definitional issue. One of my f...

Committee wants to gauge what is going on and how the quality of care is being delivered, i would ask you to spend a day Walking Around inside the local hospital talking to veterans and discussing their health care experiences, not sitting in front of a preselected panel of veterans to support sweeping jenlizations and to stoke public outrage. The fact is that the v. A. Health Care Services are excellent. Patient satisfaction Services Support that assertion. The primary complaint we hear all of ...

Thank you all for coming. I want to thank our panelists for what is going to be a very important hearing. The rules will be that i will make some opening remarks, senator burr, the Ranking Member will make opening remarks, members will have three minutes, and i will keep people to three minutes because it will be a long hearing it, and that we will go to secretary shinseki, and the undersecretary. Excellent second panel and a very good third panel as well. It will be a long hearing, and we will ...