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Fiscal problem that is much more severe. So i think the discussions of the dynamic scoring cannot let it us slip into a place where we look the other way and theres a highrisk that some of the decisions we make will leave behind a big fiscal mess. Ive had the misfortune of inheriting fiscal messes and taken great pride in cleaning them up and i think we have to be careful and not create those problems. You spoke approvingly of the ryan murray spending bill that helps us avoid the shutdown but th...

Ladies and gentlemen there is one more lost child. Im sorry, shes over here to my right, your left. Shes 9 years old from north dakota. Shes looking for her parents. If you see anyone, theyre right over here by the gate. We continue to cover the u. S. Conference of mayors winter meeting underare way way in washington. President obama addresses the group this afternoon. Thats coming up 4 45 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan. All this month were covering state of the state speeches and...

Nd so long as it is not inconsistent with the rest of it. It gives a most any authority to the fcc. This is a broad expansion. I pose the question, what happens when an fcc not to their liking grabs the regulatory throttle. That means that amazon betsy and every other m internet based company should be prepared to meet its new regulator. Look no further than your fellow witnesses, mr. Powell and miss baker, former regulators who currently represent the regulated. We who are elected to write the ...

Buck 47 a barrel. Energy co. Still getting hit because we went up and then we went down so exxon is taking a hit, same with chevron, Conoco Phillips a little bit. Now we have 21 states in the 1 gasoline club. That is where the state average for regular is below 2 a gallon. Most people in america pretty much have access to under 2 gasoline. How about that . The Interest Rate barometer we check every day, down again, 1. 81 is the interest on a ten year treasury bond, historically very low. Preside...

Plunged about 3 along with it. Homeownership rate, plunging as well, which is still yet to climb back to levels seen in 2008. Lets bring in todays panel. Fox businesss Charlie Gasparino. Dan schaefer of schaefer asset management. Dominic tavella. Are we better off . We have better gdp numbers. You left that out. Were a growing economy. Melissa so you think were better off than we were . President obama inherited a horrible situation. I mean i covered the financial crisis every day. It was nasty....

Jobs report. Look that the, 2. 20 have not seen that yield at least in a little while. Thats what im going with. A little while. Lets start with the jobs report. Nonfarm payrolls above estimates economy adding 295,000 jobs in month of february. Unemployment rate ticking down to 5. 5 softness though wage growth and labor participation. Both weak average Hourly Earnings were up. 1 from the prior month. The stock futures were looking down now. They had initially jumped on the release, so well see w...

The man that we always count on to put place democracy front and center of everything. You know so well that since citizens united, the last two election cycles that have set records for money spent, including hundreds of millions of dollars from undisclosed sources, the bulk of this socalled dark money spend iingy outside groups that hide their donors go toward negative tv ads. We all know that. Would you recommend changes to the Communications Act to ensure that voters are informed about who e...

Data security, the way the virtual marketplace is used, and the way our constituents want to have a tool box to protect, as i call it, their virtual you online. So, we appreciate your time, your willingness to be with us this morning, and i yield back to the chair of the committee. Yield back. Gentleman from texas mr. Barton want to use some of that time . Thank you mr. Chairman. Ive served on this committee since 1986. Ive served with three of the four former chairman, mr. Wiley preceded me. We...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] take your seats, and our friends in the audience would like to take a seat, we will get going with our hearing. Ill call to order subcommittee on Communications Director technology and thank our witnesses for being here. Subcom for this worst of what will be many hearings as we look to update the king occasions act. K few sectors of our economy ors. Equal to the communications and Technology Sec atorre when it ci to innovation, investment in th...

Chairman, thank you. Speaking of cops on the beat, well now go to michael copps, served as acting chairman of the federal Communications Commission from january to june of 2009, and served as commissioner from 2001 to 2011. Prior to joining the commission, commissioner copps worked right here on capitol hill, and the u. S. Department of commerce. Commissioner copps, chairman copps, thank you for being with us, and we look forward to your comments to round out our panel. Thank you chairman walden...