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Democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the question very simply is, is what can we do, what should we be doing to ensure that reliable voice and Broadband Services are delivered to the public regardless of economic backg...

Im worried about holes or gaps. If i can go down that way of this idea of the penetration were seeing sort of equally applied, you know, access to technology is to me a great democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the qu...

bill to get a situation where it's far more inclusive and far more informative but when you're dealing with 500 bills, i know that each individual's bill is important, but there's no way you're going to be able to get through the authorization bill with that many amendments that are filed. and that's just a fact. and we doing the best we can to accommodate the senator from texas and the senator from oklahoma and every other senator that didn't get their amendment voted on. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent upon passage of s. 1867 the...

We're back with gretchen morrison and bill cohen, author of "house of cards." bill, this report just came out today. but obviously president obama knew about it, knew what was in it. are you surprised he didn't mention anything in the state of the union? they were reporting the conclusions and the fact this was a manmade error that could have been prevented. president obama didn't mention it once. it's like he's white watching it. instead of using this as a teaching moment where we need to learn from the facts and circumstances that happened here, he could have mentioned it. >> two years after...

The government's report on the 2008 financial meltdown was released today. it tells us what we already suspected. the crisis could have been avoided. everybody from wall street bankers to failed regulators contributed to the largest financial debacle since the great depression. >> gretchen morrison is joining us and bill cohen, author of "house of cards." welcome gretchen and bill. so gretchen, bless your heart, you read this 500-page report so we don't have to. >> 633-page report. i needed the visine when i came in today. >> in 300 words or less, what did it say? >> well, it's scathing about ...