Largest Cable Companies in the country, presents unique issues. From my perspective, while the Companies Service areas dont overlap, this cant not be our only focus of our discussion today. The combined company would control about 30 of the Pay Television market and 40 of the wire line broadband market with some estimates putting it at 50 . Its size and scope would give it the power to affect prices, service, and content offerings throughout the industry. And the future of online video competition. There are a number of critical questions that we need to ask. First, whats in this merger for consumers . Comcast has already said theyre not promising that their consumers will pay less or that their bills wont increase less quickly. What benefits do consumers stand to gain that they would not have gained without the merger . And do they outweigh the potential harms that could result if the merger is approved . This merger is also revoont for consumers who are outside of comcast and Time Wa
I do not see American Travel as some kind of a reward for Good Behavior have the cuban government. We are unlikely to see that. It is finally a gettough policy with the cuban government. If i may say, the fy 2014 languages clear about the purpose and authorizations of these programs as well as which agency should be in the lead for their implementation. We intend to follow the law and that case and transition some of those issues to the National Endowment for democracy. The larger policy debate here, but i want to come back to assuring you that we believe our implementation and passed with this program has been consistent, that these are not covert, these have been publicly notified a number of times. Thank you, senator. Administrator, do you conduct Internet Access programs in other countries in the world . We do. At the direction of specific language in the congressional do you have an idea how many of those are . Part of what we do everywhere around the world, and Internet Access is
A Global Warming, and as you indicated, now changing over to a Global Climate change, it is not the lower 48 Climate Change. We could dot something unilaterally in the United States while the rest of the world is going to be dependent on fossil fuels for a long, long time . Th are burning a coa a cold plant a week. They are barely keeping up with their demand. Here here in the United States re pro prohibiting thewe a construction of the newhi coal plants it doesnt make sense to penalize when if indeed this is going on it calls for a global reaction. You are seeing what is happening in europe right now. They were the first group of countries to sign on to the kyoto protocols. They were the first half to be able to meet the targets. In the United States we didnt sign on to the protocols but guess what the measures are the lowest theyve been in 20 years. We beat the system. So what can we do while having a manufacturing renaissance brought back to the United States while gaining the leade
The congress and the American People are making sure that we maintain our lead role in innovation. Todays budget, and this isnt a constrained environment, but we also have to continue to think of new ways to provide health care and research. Captain james lovell and chicago is the first of its kind for the partnership between the active military this was a rough marriage to bring together a manner of just blocks the great lakes hospital and the va hospital are destined to be closed. Its open and they merge together. The battles that we have fought between different cultures and active military versus the different unions, the different Computer Systems, i want to know if we have learned anything from that. During the course of this hearing. The Integrative Health record is long overdue and long overbudget. It is time for some questions to be asked about whether progress is being made. Finally the Budget Proposal is consolidating tricare as well as additional fees and copays especially
Of networks provided. It was reported that comcast all ofto so al gore got the oil in carbonbased money. Beck off thenn air of comcast. The blazerecently, has been trying to purchase another network that was owe 20 million to comcast. The feeling by some within comcast was so strong about airing glenn beck off the that some, reportedly, were willing to forgo 20 million that they offered to pay of this Networks Debt owed to comcast just to keep him off the air. Now, i have no idea who the network is. They wont say. They have some deal about that. I was given a blurb from an email that indicates, and this is an email from somebody at whatever network it is. I want the ability to argue for comcast, trying to get the deal accepted. That they will not have to put glenn beck on the air prior to the 24 teen election cycle. 2014 election cycle. There are some people who will see it for that. December 1 would get the deal after the november elections. There was too big a risk, in my view, of ge