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Provider. Host and representative joe barton, a republican of texas, is the chairman emeritus of the energy and commerce committee, he joins us on the communicators to talk about some of the Telecommunications Issues facing congress and the fcc. Congressman, if we could start with a couple of breaking issues in the last week or so. Number one, i want to get your thoughts on the comcast Time Warner Cable merger and whether or not congress will end up playing a role on that. Guest well, we really ...

Weeks left. Its been a very interesting four years, kind of a revolution in whats going on in the automobile interest. I like to please welcome david strickland. [applause] thank you so much. This is a superstar panel. I need to stay longer and learn something here. As a number of you will be aware i will be stepping down from my post as a minister in a couple of weeks. But i wanted sure a couple of perspectives are equipped. Ive been told five minutes and i will keep the five. We first began ou...

Guest i would think the congress is going to be receptive. We will look at local issues where there is market dominance and a disproportionate share. But i think we would be receptive i want to ask you about tom wheelers comments regarding Net Neutrality. He said he would leave title two on the table. Guest the fcc under obama doesnt get it. They have struck them down twice and the latest will be struck down by the court or congress. It is kind of a technical issue. But they are trying to regula...

Dedicated to preserving foundational American Values in a time of rapid technological change. I am Kevin Bankston the policy director of the open Technology Institute which is the tech policy and technical modeling of new america where we are focused on building a stronger and more open internet for a stronger and more open society. I want to thank you for all coming here today and braving the heat or for tuning in via the webcast or cspan for todays panel Event National insecurity agency, how t...

The result was overwhelming. The house stood up to the American People and for the constitution. That is something we can all celebrate. We sent a strong signal; that if the government wants to collect information on u. S. Citizens, get a warrant. Thank you for your hard wok on this important issue, and i look forward to working together with each of you to keep pushing for safer, more secure internet. All right. Thank you, congresswoman lofgren. And next up, alan grayson, representative alan gr...

Now again, we come back to the nsas dual functions and see over and over again whenever they weigh Information Assurance it gets surveilness, this side wins. So its very unclear how this weighing process is going to play out. And actually one of the reasons its unclear is that theres no transparency built into it. I think one of the key things we continually talk about throughout this is the need for Greater Transparency and how things are being applied. And they havent talked about if any numbe...

Declared the winner of the primary Runoff Election by 6700 votes after finishing second in the first primary driven to his victory by courting support from africanamerican democratic voters. The House Veterans Affairs committee is holding a series of hearings looking at medical care problems at the va and tomorrow the committee will look at how they handled whistle blower complaints. That is like at 7 30 eastern. We invite you to join the converation about the va on facebook and twitter. From ro...

There is scarcity of abundance. The internet offers abundance. Paid for, you will start to see a pattern of trying to connect the market. There are 19 that make it impossible 19 states that make it impossible to offer broadband. Those lobbyists packed campaign , but its worse than that. Am going to give you different one, which is to name a company or institution which wants to see internet available as lowcost as possible. They hate the internet. Its disruptive to the market. They want to put t...

Theyre going to try to regulate the internet through what is called section 706 of the communications act. It is not the internet as we know it today, it bears no resemblance to monopoly Telephone Services back in the 1930s and 1940s and 1950s. What the courts have said and what the Congress Supports is if i walk into a Grocery Store and i buy a gallon of milk, i pay 3. 50 a gallon. If i buy 10 gallons, i pay 35 a gallon for all 10 gallons. Tom wheelers fcc wants to say you can use as much milk ...