First of all i should say welcome to everybody particularly our colleagues and nominees and family and friends and citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination ofChristopher Wray. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on you nomination. This is an important day for the country considering the importance of fbi and Law Enforcement in america. Importance of fbi and i welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give omitting and then senator nunn will introduce anybody he wants to and then we will turn to questions. His Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As an accommodation to the minoritys request, we will have tenminute rounds for questions during the first round rather than the normal seven. The di
Yea, whoo hoo. [applause] garry is chairman of the human rights foundation, former world chess champion and author of the new book, deep thinking. Born in azerbaijan, mr. Kasparov became the under18 chess champion of the ussr at age 12. And the world yeah. [laughter] [applause] and the world under20 champion at age 17. He gained International Fame at the age of 32 as the youngest 22 as the youngest world chess champion in history. He defended his title five times including a Legendary Series of matches against his archrival. Mr. Kasparov was one of the first prominent soviets to call for democratic and market reforms. He was an early supporter of boris question sins bush to break up the soviet union. In 1990, he and his family escaped native violence as the ussr collapsed n. 2005 in his 20th year as the worlds toprated player, mr. Kasparov retired from professional chess to join the vanguard of the russian prodemocracy movement. In 2012 he was name chairman of the new yorkbased human r
Drivers seat of our own destiny by doing this act of civil disobedience. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. Tonight on afterwards syndicated columnist naomi klein on her book know is not enough. By cofounderewed of code pink. Us how the stage was set for trump. I see this is a bipartisan process. Its about media, news coverage. The table was set for him in so many ways that all he needed to do was show up. We were already treating elections like reality tv shows. We already had a media landscape that was much more interested in interpersonal drama between candidates for an coverage of the issues. Democrats using the tools of corporate branding. Obama was a fantastic brand. It used incredibly cutting edge marketing techniques. That behind the claims that he was leading this deep change and transformation there wasnt enough change. That also helps that the typical for trump. Watch tonight on cspan twos book tv. The confirmation hearing for christopher wray. The nominee for fbi direct
Here with us is Kevin Cirilli. What are they discussing and what is planned . Kevin health care, all about health care. They have enough a republican support to move forward to advance on a motion to proceed. What exactly they are proceeding to remains unknown whether a full repeal of obamacare or a repeal and replace of obamacare is really unknown at this point. That has divided some republicans and somebody like senator Susan Collins is holding out support. , johncally speaking mccain recently diagnosed with brain cancer several days ago announcing the diagnosis flying from and was arizona to the capital to cast that and we will hear directly from him at a press Conference Following the vote. Earlier today, President Trump using his twitter account and the majority leader urging support for them to moving forward. Detaildo we expect more on the legislation itself . Collinsioned susan wanted to know what the majority leader would like voted upon . Is it going to be outlining what it w
Access in Rural Communities, the future of mobile broadband and combatting skarms held by a house customers sub ke. This is two hours, the subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled a recite and reauthorization of the federal Communications Commission. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today, and we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. The fcc has not been reauthorized since 1990, and its current appropriation is over 430 million. It is charged with the administration of the Communications Act, and under statutes vital to the functionings of our Communications Policy we must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory cloud left by the chairman. The fcc points a vital role in o