The achairman ajit pai greeting witnesses as the meeting is set to get under way shortly. Well have live allday coverage here on cspan3. Welcome. December 2017 meeting of the federal Communications Commission. Madam secretary, turn the floor over to you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you, and good morning commissioners. The purpose of the federal Communications Commission open meeting is for the commission to consider the matters that have been duly posted in accordance with the government and the sunshine act. As provided in the commissions rules, members of the public are invited to observe, which includes attending, listening, and taking notes, but does not include participating in the meeting, or addressing the commission. Actions that purposely interfere or attempt to interfere with the commencement or conduct of the meeting, or inhibit the audiences ability to observe or listen to the meeting, including attempts by audience members to address the commission while the m
Proposals and great work from the staff of those of republican and the democrat side and i look forward to seeing progress. The bills to be extended are targeted and promoting innovation, cutting the red tape and advancing Public Safety. To highlight each though i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts first. Any funds for broadband in an infrastructure package should go to underserved areas. Second, as noted, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. It should be competitively and technologically if we adhere to these principles im confident we can avoid the pitfalls. Most Important Congress should be mindful of the significant amounts of private capital to support broadband deployment. Since the passage of the bipartisan 96 act, the private sector has invested roughly 1. 6 trillion in the networks. To classify the competitive broadband
Got a lot to talk about. With 25 bills introduced in time to be a part of todays hearing. I very much appreciate all of the thoughtful proposals and the great work from the staff, both the republican and the democrat side, and i look for to seeing progress as a move to the next few weeks. These legislative initiatives follow the leadership of President Trumps recent efforts on broadband infrastructure. The bills to be examined in this hearing are targeted at promoting the innovation, cutting red tape, and advancing Public Safety. Its impossible in my a lot of time to highlight each bill butt i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts. First, as noted by vice chairman lance, any funds for broadband inan infrastructure package shod go toac unserved areas. Second, as noted by congressman lotta, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. Any fe
When we dont stand up and take notice that this happens. We as ordinary citizens say crack on this, lets try to get people to investigate this so governments and corporations like facebook and twitter arent just cooperating with government you may end up in a situation where our worst fears about government control of the internet can come true. I thought that was a great question because it gets at the theme of what do we expect from the internet. There used to be the phrase liberation technology, right . It is the main vector of free speech. That is where context can be shared. It is where people can meet and discuss. Thens for a long time open. But i would say it reflects our moods about the internet movements in the world. As things are liberalizing globally, the internet was flourishing. Clampdowns a global and more authoritarianism, more and more authoritarians are using the internet for oppression. It is part of a broader global trend. It is both things. It is simultaneously the
Blocking this transition. Show your trust in the private sector and the work of american and global businesses, technical experts and Civil Society who have delivered a thoughtful consensus plan. Please support this longpromised privatization. Thank you. And i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Strickling. Mr. Marby. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here. I am honored to discuss this important issues and i welcome this opportunity to answer your questions. It marks the next step in the evolution of how the internet addressing system is coordinated. The transition was first envisioned in 1998 when icann was form and supported by democratic and republican administrations since. Ill leave you with one point today. No one controls the internet. You can think about it as a machine with many moving parts. With icann being just one part of that machine. And icann can be replaced in that machine. It has nothing to do with content or freedom