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>> that's critically important for consumers. you want to have more trust as the general council said in internet commerce. >> i'd agree with, that, and i'l close with this that the statement was made here that it's in the nature of the internet industry, the web industry, whatever, to compete with the trust of the consumer. and that in so doing, they get the trust of the consumers, and there's no need to consider regulation. that goes against my general theory of corporate america. talking about competition has the most cut throat competition going on that exists, people emerging an...

business leaders of the council have a long track record of commercial success, building technology companies that compete in the marketplace and make a strong case in the report the with the government as a part of the united states can continue to lead in the clean energy sector. as all of the witnesses today point out in their written testimony there's a global race to produce the next generation of energy technologies, the prices on our electricity bills or at the pump do not always reflected our current energy system is very expensive, and the costs all of us pay in national ene...

they come working together, were able to achieve as a consensus. our job is to be the facilitator and convener to make that happen. >> how much space you have an internet players to adequately sell police on privacy issues? >> we have had a lot of interest from industry as well as the consumer groups to purchase a bait and develop the codes. once a company adopts a code, this goes back to the federal trade commission enforcement issue. if they don't follow the code, the federal trade commission can bring enforcement actions. one of the reasons we would like the basic principles enshr...

of spectrum. >> host: larry strickling, if you can start this "communicators" by telling us what the ntia does, the national telecommunications and information administration, how -- what you do, how you interact with the fcc, the white house, cftc, etc. >> guest: sure. so we are a branch of the department of commerce, but by statute we are also the principle adviser to the president on communications and information policy issues. the fcc, of course, is an independent regulatory agency reporting to congress, um, but many of our issues intersect with the fcc, our work on spectrum, ou...

come and work on something that does affect your life directly. i believe we will make a difference. second, i want to talk about love. i am definitely a half glass full girl, and i do believe that love will win out. and at the heart of the lgbt movement is love. started thousands of years ago but more recently at the stonewall inn in new york city. where a bench of drag queens and gay men, sissy boys, and people of color said enough. we will love who we want to love and we will fight for it and i believe that love will win out. and i have great hope for this in the future of love. a...