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And this week on the communicators we talk to members of congress about the legislation they are proposing. First up senator al franken. Senator senator al franken, you hailed a failure of the comcasttime warner merger as a win for consumers. Why . Guest because i firmly believe if comcast were allowed to buy time warner they would have been to go big anticompetitive, led to higher prices for consumers, less choice and if it is even possible they would surface. Host is it because of the size . Guest the size and parts of different markets. They have 30 of cable between them and 57 of internet ...

Warner merger as a win for consumers. Why . Guest well because i firmly believe that if comcast were allowed to buy Time Warner Cable, that they would have been too big a company, they would have been anticompetitive, not in the public interests. It would have led to higher prices for consumers less choice. And if its even possible with these two companies, worse service. Host is it because of the size of the company . Guest yeah. Well size and what parts of the market they have, they have about 30 of cable between them and about 57 of internet broadband, highspeed internet broadband. Thats ju...

Amendment number four. It deals with requirements for pilot disposal. And let me say first, dr. Coburn, anything you would like to say . Okay. Bob, if you are ready. There is an effort here to see if they can expose excess property. I have had questions as to why it is in the bill, but that is where the majority is and maybe even more. I want to make sure local governments are notified of proposed disposal property inside a local governments jurisdiction. So this amendment, which i understand has been accepted, will require local governments be notified of any properties in the jurisdiction wh...

This is the exigent price increase. The exigent price increase becomes the baseline and cpi begins in 2015 and going for. Not cpi plus one, but Going Forward. If there is some kind of agreement between the Postal Service and the prc on a new rate structure, fine. If not, we stay at cpi. In the bottom righthand corner of this spreadsheet, the most important number to me, and i think to dr. Coburn, is net cash balance at the end of 2023 of 7 billion. That sounds like a lot of money, but that is out of 750 billion over a tenyear period. Less than 1 . This assumes no recession for 10 years, we are...

Let me say that again. The modification makes clear that the Postal Service Must Immediately begin implementing any changes recommended in the reports. This amendment would have a group of experts look at this issue before recommending what, if any changes to current law would be prudent. It recommends the bureau of inspection services, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, and the department of justice submit reports to the house and senate regarding the security changes, if any, that need to be made across the country should the carrying of firearms consistent with state law be allow...