Thats what somebody was not willing to do. They say we could really develop palm springs, but we dont have access to the land. In her case, she wanted to change that and she was going straight for 99 years. She wanted 99 years leasing. At first, the government said we are not doing 99 years. She kept plugging away and got the first one he five years first 25 years with a renewal for another 25 years for a maximum of 50. The first is called public law 255 peered that was put through first and then she went right back to work testifying before congress. You can imagine her going to washington, arguing that they needed there is one interesting concept she presents to congress where she says we need might even money. Vitamin money. Not vitamin b. We cant do that unless we relate rewrite the leasing loss. That was quite an achievement for our tribe. Builde able to eventually a downtown. Everything turned around. Being able to lease or land and get developers to come in and do all that. It w
I pick up on colins comment about the person behind the window. When i travel abroad and have the opportunity like my pretty predecessors did to have meetandgreet with our personnel, i tell them theyre all ambassadors, every single one of them, particularly the people behind that window because they may be the only american somebody walking into that consulate ever meets and the impression of our country will come from that young Foreign Service officer. I think this center will remind us, all of us here, as it should and as each of these former secretaries do with their presence here today, that were an exceptional nation, not because we say we are but because we do exceptional things. And today we celebrate a tradition of american diplomacy that has done those exceptional things, that has brought us to this important moment and today we will all commit to keep that tradition strong. Thank you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the secretaries will now proceed to the construction site
Silver bullet i created a competition in the marketplace and made the Consent Decrees unnecessary. But that is not the world were living in right now. So especially given that weve seen increasing consolidation among the publishers some of which was justified because we have the Consent Decrees as a backstop and we have this federal court case where a judge found that the publishers have the opportunity to compete and to coordinate with each other that sunset in the Consent Decrees at this time would be unnecessary but we should of course always the reevaluating as we go forward. Thank you all. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I think i would like to start with mr. Dowdle in this round. Mr. Dowdle i think as has been mentioned today a distinction characteristic of any free market system is that two parties negotiating have the ability to walk away from the negotiation if they cant achieve a mutually agreeable outcome. And yet its been suggested that Music Services and broadcasters in particula
Are buying in order to figure out what each cost and also i would note that on the songwriter side, Songwriters Guild featured Music Coalition that have brought up issues of transparency because arbitration might lead to issues where the artists themselves dont necessarily know what the rate is or how it was decided. I think my time is up mr. Chairman. Thank you. Senator franken. Thank you mr. Chairman for this hearing. Mr. Harris and you talked about this 150,000dollar fine that could be imposed for infringing. Have you ever paid such a fine . No sir. How many times has that fine in your experience your knowledge been imposed . Well in the context of pandora. Just in the whole ego system of this . Oh hundreds if not thousands of Copyright Infringement cases going on right now. Farah williams is involved with a lawsuit over marvin gayes estate of her blurred lines were statutory damages and willful infringement are being sought by the plaintiffs. I go back to the question, how many tim
This congress has taken in Foreign Affairs and matters of Foreign Policy. We have lines for those who think congress is too involved, 202 7488000. Align for those who think congress is not involved enough, 202 7488001. And align for those who think the level of involvement a line for those who think the level of involvement is just right 202 7488002. You can also catch us on social media. Good monday morning to you. Iran, iraq syria, arming the ukraine. Overhanging congress right now is the debate over the Transpacific Partnership. That important trade deal. We want to know from our viewers if you think this congress is getting too involved in matters of Foreign Policy. We will talk about that with you, our viewers for the first 45 minutes of todays show on washington journal. A preview on this weeks action in the senate. We turn to Niels Lesniewski joining us again this monday morning. Good morning to you. Niels good morning to you. John i want to talk about the iran deal that is goin