Tennessee. The subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. And i want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled oversight 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 rethorsoned since 1990 appear its current appropriation is over 430 million its charged with the administration of the Communications Act and other statutes vital to the functioning of the communications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of hul humility. The fcc plays a vital rode in the increasingly technologically dent society. The subcommittee released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing net neutral the commissioning ins 2015 was a powe
Tennessee. The subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. And i want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled oversight 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 rethorsoned since 1990 appear its current appropriation is over 430 million its charged with the administration of the Communications Act and other statutes vital to the functioning of the communications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of hul humility. The fcc plays a vital rode in the increasingly technologically dent society. The subcommittee released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing net neutral the commissioning ins 2015 was a powe
I want to welcome you to the subcommittee. 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. Beencc has not reauthorized since 1990 and its current appropriation is 430 million. It is charged with the administration of Communications Act. Reexamine the Core Functions and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory class left by chairman wheeler. The fcc plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependent society. The subcommittee has released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing Net Neutrality. The commissions decision to classify the internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with the irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with in 1930s era law. This gave new meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions are due august 18. We hope you are keeping that wed whacker handy.
Meeting and the first order of business is the first order of business is gen. Public comment. Members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of that commission with respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes at each time such item is called. So this is gen. Public comment for items that are not otherwise on our agenda. Item number two if you just want to do seeing none and then close it so that then we know its close. Seeing none. Thank you. The next item is approval of Meeting Minutes. These are the Meeting Minutes for march 21. Any comments, changes, corrections from the commissioners . If there are no changes or corrections i entertain a motion to approve. Are you still reading . Yeah. Motion to approve the minutes of march 21, 2017. All right, is there a second . I second. [roll call vote] alright the meetings are approved. Moving onto item nu
Itani. Present. Loo. Ow. Here. Roy. Here. Interim president , sims snchlt present. Please note that executive director is present and we are asked that all phones and Electronic Devices are turned off. Thank you, next is approval of the agenda for todays meeting, i understand that there are a couple of changes if i am correct, we are deferring the consent calendar, is that . Right. Correct. We should vote for the agenda to be approved first. With amendments . Yes. All right, so i need a motion to approve with amendments. So moved. Second. Open to discussion. Is that appropriate . You dont have to do that. Dont have to . Do we have to make the amendments. Yes. You have to make the amendments. So we are going on to propose that we eliminate or defer the consent calendar and we are also going to defer the Commission Officers nomination for object sus reasons, because of absences today. So all in favor of the amended agenda. Aye. Second. Second. Opposed . Approved . Yes. And all right. Pas