[inaudible conversations] thank you very much, chairman pai. The floor is yours. Thank you, tina. All right, all right, all right. Someone once said. Today was an exciting day for technological innovation at the fcc as we take significant steps to unleash the next generation wireless connectivity, Broadband Networks and broadcasting. To advance nextgeneration 5g Wireless Services would voted to make another 1700 megahertz highfrequency spectrum available for terrestrial, flexible wireless use. We also streamlined the rules for Wireless Infrastructure deployment which will help pave the way for for 5g networks and services. To advance nextgeneration broadband we voted to expedite the transition from legacy Copper Networks to modern fiber networks. Billions of dollars spent to maintain the fading Copper Networks of yesterday will be freed up to build a highspeed networks up tomorrow. That will help build, bridge the digital divide. To advance next generation broadcasting we authorize a a w television stand on the voluntary Market Driven basis and this will open the to substantially improved free over the air Television Broadcast service and fiercer competition in the video marketplace. And, of course, much more than that. One last thing i cant help but note, the college paschal season has started and kansas which is number four beats number seven kentucky and will improve my mood now that the chiefs have started to tail off. Without i will open up to any questions you might have. Ive got a question about media ownership fixings like a big part of the pitch at least on cross ownership is the idea that this can allow some synergy, maybe stations could buy up newspapers that are struggling p but it seems like the market is the money in the opposite direction, a lot of investors and split us between publishing and broadcasting assets. Whats going to change . Well, i think were simply making decisions as the said at the outset to ensure that our media ownership regulations matched the marketplace in which we find ourselves and that marketplace is to medical different than it was in 1975 when the cross ownership restriction was put in place. Notably as you youll find in e order, there is record evidence that the grandfathered combinations, dating back to 1975, those combinations produce individually more local news then do noncross owned stations and newspapers. And so our hope Going Forward that especially amid two small markets these procompetitive combinations can create more local news that will be of interest to readers Going Forward. And viewers as well. So my question is, once the merger is approved by the fcc, how would competitors voice complaints, antitrust complaints if they feel the need to do so . If theres an antitrust complaint those would be typically fielded by either the department of justice or the federal trade commission which shares jurisdiction. To them which two entities previously had approved the merger, i would anticipate that agency would take the lead. Hey, Margaret Mcgill with political. Theres been some reports about a decision final order coming on a Net Neutrality, the restoring internet free to order. Wonder to see if you like to comment on those reports come if you still intend to finish this proceeding by the end of the year and also more specifically after getting the record if you think theres still a need for three bright line rules . Im not going to begin announcements today on the front. So sorry. Theres been a lot of criticism recently about the fcc and your taylor decisions to benefit sinclair. There was a couple requests from the ig to investigate. Have you turn over all the information you think members of Congress Want my skin you dress generally this idea that you have been specifically tailoring decision to benefit sinclair . Elected officials can say literally anything, and some do. And this particular case my record is very clear. Going back to my time as commissioner starting in 2012 and ever since ive had a very disciplined you on the ownership and of the media policies and that view is very simple. Start with the proposition i outlined in the opening of my media ownership statement, which was the proposition the media ownership relation 2017 should match the marketplace of 2017. Every one of our decisions is simply based on that, what is the law, the facts, apply the law to the facts and make the appropriate judgment thats in the public interest. I completely reject any suggestions along the line that you suggested. Theres some concern all customers have to buy a new Television Set in five years. Do you agree with that . If so, should Congress Taking action to help people by those dissents or converter boxes . That concert is misplaced as i i pointed out in my statement and speedy after five years they would have to buy new sentiment . Within five years obviously thats a a Longtime Love to sea standard to go. All were talking about right now is whether to improve the technical standards are so far away from the point that to suggest perhaps hypothetically in five years. My dad to get a new device in the sun even for the technical standard it as a city physicist and that no one would ever apply to any other segment of communications industry, certainly not Technology Companies that dont have to abide by this mother may i approach you in washington. Hi, mr. Chairman. So two things. First one, wanted to clarify the copper to fiber items. So the idea behind eliminating this notification requirement is that services that run over these formerly Copper Networks that are transitioning would still work just fine, is that right . Correct. Basically, and obviously the wireline competition can go into more detail on this, their two different categories i guess you might say that are in play. Category one is if theres a change to your service. Category two is if the carrier is discontinuing that service. If its in the first category then were talking about notice under section 251. If its in the second category they would talk about section 214 process. Thats the basic bifurcation were talking about. Okay. Thank you so much. My second thing was just to point out that since you mention college basketball, go tar heels. I thought youre going to say blue devils. Roy williams, dean smith. Youve had criticized apple for not including enabling, some chips, rated chips in the phones. Will you be urging verizon to do so, even that theres reports that they purposely blocked radio chips in their manufactures phones . Is that a report that just e out . Obvious i have seen im asking for someone else been wireless isnt my thing. I wasnt sure if theres a story that just came out this week. I have seen anything on on the issue this week but generally speaking i would think you know my overall philosophy which is if the fcc cant require that these phones, parties chips be activated but my hope is speedy you cant require a service provider. Was here again i would have to look at the limits of our Legal Authority as applicable to a service provider. If you dont mind sending the report over that thank you. Back when the fcc voted to reinstate the uhf discount i think that was some talk them to look at it again but he would go handinhand with looking at the national ownership. I think there may have been mention that would happen by the end of the year. Is that still in the works . Is that still plans to revisit . Here to again i can make any announcements was going to be on the next or subsequent open meetings what i will say that we are continuing to abide by that approach which is that the two go handinhand and the fcc needs to take a look at it holistically as opposed to piecemeal. But it is still in consideration . It is still in consideration, thats correct. Any other questions ask. My editor is asking these questions, so he spitted always been on the editors. [laughing] i wont identify him but he says [laughing] we eliminated the eight voiceover eight seemed to him a rather high number 50 that include uhf and vhf stations in a community as a basically there would have to be eight stations individually owned until the would be an approval combination of two stations in that community . Was the previous will that you could not own to station in the market if there were not a independently owned tv stations. That included uhf, vhf . Thats my understanding, yes. I have one quick one. The budget, ms. Clyburn called it a budget control i think you called it a budget mechanism in your proposal and ugly she said it was 823 million. I i dont know whether that was accurate, and she said it would cut the funding by more than half bigger raises question with the current level of funding is. So you will see, i released the item three weeks ago and youll see in the final product which is, soon but there is a specific number that is included we simply seek comment on what that budget cap should be. And so again i would revert back to my previous comments that the other universal Fund Programs to medigap that promotes fiscal responsibility and ensures the integrity of those programs and they are just as important in many ways. I hope going for reagan tried to reach a a consensus on this point, too. Chairman pai, commissioner clyburn said that doing this order now will waste the efforts of the Diversity Committee, and she also was upset that theres no Data Collection, that these orders are not based on the Data Collection that she thinks they should be. Can you explain why you are taking this action now without collecting that kind of Demographic Data . I i think it talks a lot about basic on Data Collection. Two different points. First, Commission Clyburn in the previous majority generally complete reject my entire idea for a Nuclear Program some years ago. Its remarkable the complaints about process suddenly surface now when he different chair is in control. Secondly, all we are doing, all we decide to do as you seen since his publicly released, the original draft his publicly released, is to decide to establish an Incubator Program and we seek comment on what the contours of the program should be. Now, theres no reason i can think of why the Advisory Committee couldnt, number one, would have to study issued and provide recommendations before we took the steps to decide to establish the incubator, or number two, why the witness would be precluded from working in tandem as the public give its input of what they think the Incubator Program should be so can the Diversity Committee. Thats one of the things we cast the Diversity Committee for data as a. Said this is an issue thats important. You know where i stand on incubator in particular and on broadcast diversity generally. Thats why we have some working group on this issue. We want to get to work so please do give us your ideas as soon as you can and as thoroughly as you can. [inaudible] i thought when i heard her i thought she was referring so did innkeeper or greater i could be wrong about that. [inaudible] Incubator Program. [inaudible] look, on the general ownership rules, i mean, i think all reasonable people of those have studied this issue for many years will acknowledge the record is clear and is wellestablished. The Third Circuit as commissioner orielly pointed out has a long held, has a firm for example, the impropriety of the newspaper product cross ownership rules for years and to all we are simply doing is ruggedized the fact that the record at this point is full and the evidence that we base our decision on is solid and the time is to take action. Its not a time for for the delay for the sake of delay. Thank you, mr. Chairman. You talk frequently about how your travels around the country inform the policymaking you do back in washington. How many conversations have had since you became chairman roughly speaking with lifeline subscribers . Gosh, im trying to think. Several i can think of, on the seat and asked him i met with him are you lifeline subscribers. We have those conversation place like michigan, south dakota, flagstaff, on the outskirts of reno, a great number of them i would think. The support for some of the proposals we put on the table on rule tribal land that the previous fec adopted in 2015. This is the 2015 order that we simply ratified today. I think the only thing here, unfortunately, is the identity of the person whos leading the commission, not so much the validity of the idea itself. Chairman, have you had any contact with the Inspector Generals Office about sinclair . No. Thank you. Okay, have a great day. Now we will tranc transition to the bureau press conference. As usual, we will go in order of items on the agenda and see if this question is on them. The first is the robo call, any other question, if cjb is here, please. The draft item that was released three weeks ago was just a report and order, but in the press release today they remi mentioned a further noticed a proposal making that included some questions that she had about what kind of effect you are having and what Service Providers are doing. Could you elaborate, is that the total extent . The further noticed will have questions on two topics, one is how we can ensure that our rules are effective, and what information we should gather to gauge the effectiveness of the rules, the other part concerns how we can ensure that any and ronnie is blocking of calls can be easily corrected. Weve already encouraged carriers who choose to block to implement a simple process that makes it easy to make those kinds of corrections and we are also asking questions in the further notice about how that process could be made more effective. Anything further on this one . Same editor. He wants to know, how many communities have more than eight stations, and again, we are counting. [inaudible] that would be media issue so this is a consumer bureau. That will be here. Lifelines . You can cover lifelines . Not this group. We will go through the agenda. This is the robo call issue. We will get to that question little bit later. Thank you. Okay, we will move to the other questions on frontiers. That would be three bureaus. I think were waiting to see what the question will be. Im sorry. Thats fine. Go ahead and answer. We will see who will ask a question. With a colleague who would like to know, satellite operators had asked to make some changes so the item as it was done on draft, specifically to include grandfathered stations from coming toward the population limits and to nearly define the limit and remove the limits on our stations or to at least cap the licensor stations. County for the 20 know. [inaudible] and my colleagues would like to know whether those changes were made in the final version of the item and if only some, which once. Would you like me to run through them again . Maybe instead of running through all of them, i think the best way to answer is that. In some other cases you mention this to not change. I think you better just let it come out in the item. Thank you. Anything else i must . Thank you the next item will be, im sorry, so wireless, dont go away, this would be the accelerating wireless broadband, any questions on that . Okay. The next one is the wireline infrastructure for the competition bureau. Any questions on that item . Okay. The next one is the lifeline item, any questions on lifeline . Finally, or not finally, sixth is the media ownership item. Okay. The media bureau, please. There are three media bureau items. Please proceed in any of those. Could you explain exactly what the final version does to embedded markets . Its not in the handout and i got a little mixed up between what all the commissioners were saying. That was a change from the item that was released, and as you heard at the meeting, the republican offices as that the commission adopt a waiver approach. There is a presumptive waive waiver. I have a question about the threepoint oh item. They mentioned a couple changes to the item. They talked about a change mentioning privacy they this morning. Could you explain. There is a footnote added to the item regarding privacy. It doesnt create a privacy rule. It just mentions privacy . Its not substantive. Okay, a non substantive foot note. She also mentioned an exception to the simulcast rules or the requirement . You will see when the item comes out, but again there was another, there was an exception made regarding getting exceptions made to programming rates necessary to to implement the requirement. If you cant get access to the rights then you dont have to follow that, is that correct. It provides some flexibility. That is exactly how its raised. The item will be released shortly. Okay, thats all i got. Allen. On the eight voices role, does anybody know how many communities have more than eight independently owned stations . You can shake your head. Nobody knows offhand. Just to make sure im right on that, when we were counting eight, that included uhf and vhs, correct. Thats right. Anything further . Thank you very much. Commissioner riley is here. We just want to let you know come out we are cold and hungry. People read about that. I now. Any questions . Think you commissioner riley. You mentioned media ownership and that there would likely be a sequel. What you think it has changed. What have they raised about diversity. I think the item, you see most of it, but theres been this larger point regarding the availability ahead of time which ive championed and the chairman has taken off and its a wonderful occurrence and has been this question do items actually change now that we made them public. The answer is yes. A number of things have changed. You will get a chance to see it. In the general thrust, i think if you read the item you will see its quite expensive in its explanation for why the points the cour court may have previously had