Communicators this week is a key member of congress when it comes to telecommunications policy. Mike doyle is a democrat from pennsylvania, chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. Congressman doyle, the subcommittee is key to telecom policy, isnt it . Representative doyle it sure is. It is the Key Committee in congress that deals with telecommunication policy. A lot of interesting issues come before the committee, and more to come. Peter we are about to cover those in the next halfhour, but i want to start with news this week, the fcc declaring huawei zte corporations to be National Security threats. Representative doyle that is one of the reasons you saw the bill we passed in the energy committee. Now we are just waiting for appropriators to put money in it. It is going to take 1 million to 2 million to assist Smaller Companies that want that equipment, to make them whole so they can remove the equipment and put other equipment in. We have been
Type issues before the committee and more than two,. Host we will explore some of those in this next half hour i want to start with some news that came out this week, which is the fcc declaring huawei and zte corporations can be National Security threats. What is your view of that . Guest this there some validity to that. Its one of the reasons you saw the bill passed in the energy and Commerce Committee with greg walden and Bob Goodlatte and myself and mr. Pallone, which is now were just waiting for the appropriators to put some money in it because we estimate it will take about one, 2 million to assist the Somalia Companies that want that equipment to make them whole so they can remove the equipment and put other equipment in. We have been generally supportive of that and we are hopeful the appropriators will put the sufficient funds in the bill so that can happen. Host here to up help us explore some of the issues youre subcommittee facing is chris mills rodrigo, with the hill and h
Pennsylvania and is chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. Congressman doyle, that subcommittee is really key to telecom policy, isnt it . Guest it sure is but it is the Key Committee in congress that deals with telling mitigation policies and a lot of interesting type of issues with more to come. Host we will explore some of those in this next half hour but i want to start with some news that came out this week which is the sec declaring while way and is et corporations to security threats which what is your view of that . I think there is some validity to that and that is one of the reasons why you saw the bill we passed in the energy and Commerce Committee with greg and myself which is, now were just waiting for the appropriators to put some money in it because we estimated it will take one, 2 million to assist the Smaller Companies that fought that equipment to make that whole so we can remove the equipment and put the other equipment in. We
Russia game will it ever really die this hoax has a life of its own also the Foreign Policy blog mobilizes around old joe. Ross talking this and more im joined by my guest Marcus Papadopoulos in london is the editor of politics 1st magazine and in budapest we have George Samuel he is author of bombs for peace natos humanitarian war on yugoslavia our gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok lets 1st go to budapest george i dont know what iteration of russia gate were in right now but again we have a hoax that is evidence free anonymous source the media ran with it of course the political opposition the United States democrats they ran with it. And its lots but i suppose lows. People that heard a conspiracy the version of that Conspiracy Theory believes is true this is turning into a pattern i must say george yes yes im right be that it is a pattern we have the same cost of characters we have. Anonymous intelligence offic
And central time zones, 202 7488001 for mountain and pacific time zones. Appearses as a new poll on the pages of usa today this morning. A story about americans pulled and asked if they wear a face mask. Have worn a mask in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to a survey from the democracy fund. Were conducted in this poll. There is a small disparity among age groups. People are slightly less mask, 70 have worn a percent of those 18 from 29. Americans 65 and older say they have worn a mask. To the cdc, here is what they say about face coverings. Individuals with cannavirus symptoms transmit the virus before showing symptoms. This means the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity. Evidence,f this new the cdc recommends wearing cloth faith cover cloth face coverings. Especially in areas of significant communitybased transmission. Those of the cdc recommendations. A couple days ago, it was dr. Deborah birx. She was asked about the importance of we