Not only not a Station Wagon but it wagon train in 1845. He served both houses of the state house in oregon and in 1998 was elected to the u. S. House on and im cutting through history very. He married to the very patient and virtuous smiling for the past 35 almost 36 years and they live in hood river with her son anthony. He was chair of the nrcc from 201216 where he racked up more of a larger republican majority in 80 years or Something Like that ever. Hes been chair of the House Energy Commerce which has unlimited jurisdiction i understand. [inaudible conversations] but as a former sec commissioner there are a few numbers and letters which are very important. W7 hq i and thats his amateur Radio License which we all had to know at the fcc. Why dont we jump right into things and theres been a few things in the new cycle in the past 12 hours or 24 hours or so and one of which has to do with apparently unnecessary counsel someone there has may be recommended that for necessary reasons t
We will be these remarks are earlier today and go live now to the internet policy conference this afternoon. We will hear from congressman Bob Goodlatte. We are on a tight schedule, but to introduce our keynote speaker for the first part of lunch come i want to introduce Jeremy Berman who i introduced earlier today. Jeremy created all of this to create an organization that could carry policy where no one really cared about it. To treat everybody as a stakeholder, even if they didnt know it yet and weve had a long time and now is not the case. This is kind of important and thanks to jerry and the other members of the board of directors. I also want to recognize congressman rick white, one of her major programs and a member from the state of washington during that time. Rick, thank you for coming. Our next speaker succeeded, congressman wei. Jeremy berman founded our organization. Hes been a driving force for having deep conversation before anyone thought it was important. Jerry will int
Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] i w
Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] i w
He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President for policy of the competitive and reprise institute. He also served as deputy chief at the office of lands and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] mr. Gattuso i will speak from here. A more casual approach. We are here to talk about spectrum policy. If you want to talk about Net Neutrality you are in the wrong place. This is probably the only gathering of people today on key fcc issues that are not talking about Net Neutrality. We will see that as a good thing. It is hard to believe just a few decades ago spectrum in the , United States, and around the world was one of the most constrained resources on earth. Every detail of the use of radio frequency was dictated by the fcc or directed by the u. S. Government. You ha