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The committee will come to order. We meet today to consider two of president obamas nominees in the Intelligence Committee. Mrs. Caroline dianne krass, nominee to be the general counsel of the cia, and ambassador Daniel Bennett smith, nominee to be assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. As we would say, inr. Welcome to you both, and to the family and friends with you today. I also understand that senator bennett will be introducing ms. Krass and should arrive shortly from another hearing. When he does come in, i will give him the opportunity to make his remarks, and then we will go back to whatever we are doing. We have received answers to our prehearing questions from both nominees, and those can be found on the committees website for anyone whos interested. And we look towaforward to hear both of your opening statements. This committee has the j ....
Chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. Thats followed by our discussion with congressman greg walden, chairman of the house subcommittee on communications and technology. Guest were in a landscape thats absolutely shifting, and there are areas of the statutory scheme where it would make sense to look at and say are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace. Fundamentally, having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. Obviously, whats happening on tablets is amazing. Whats starting to happen in the living room is very exciting. Were in just an incredible time when it comes to the delivery of video programming to consumers. There are issues. We heard it at the commission, both of us did, from distributers who were concerned about the costs of programming. Consumers are concerned ....
Having a specific commitment. Scientific these negotiation, we are discussing very broadly for all sectors. And andrement what is being done. It is not close. It is just the reason we expect to work. And within each of the sectors, these issues are looking into. We will see how far it is possible to go under each of these issues and each of those sectors. I think thats important to ear in mind. I have a question. The commission this week released a draft regulation on restricting products from cloned animals, and im just can you tell us to what extent that issue will find its way into the trade agreement, into the trade negotiations, and can you elaborate on some of the food safety issues this week . All the specific proposal of the commission has a note that, no, its not an usual we are discussing during these negotiations. Of course we are always ready to listen to questions, comments about our initiative. On food safety, i think that there were good discussions between the two teams ....