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commission as two new commissioners prepare to join the agency that regulates communication by radio, television, phones, satellite and cable and that oversees aspects of the internet. >> host: well, for the first time in nearly a year, the federal communications commission will have a full complement of commissioners, ajit pi and jessica voten worse l were -- rosing worse l were finally confirmed this week. the chairman of the senate commerce committee, senator jay rockefeller, had this to say. >> these are huge nominations, and they have vast effect on the future of our country. fo...

communicators" to talk about some of the issues that the fcc is currently facing. michael copps welcome back to "the communicators." >> guest: delighted to be here. >> host: eliza krigman is technology reporter with politico. commissioner copps if we could start with a bill that is currently working its way through the house and that is the fcc reform. what do you think about that? is it necessary chris. >> guest: . >> guest: well there's always room for an agency to reform. i like to think that i contributed some to reform when i was acting as the chairman. we opened up the agency m...

telecommunications firms and the state of the media. >> host: well, it's been about four months since michael copps is no longer a member of the federal communications commission, but he joins us here on "the communicators" to talk about some of the issues that the fcc is currently facing. michael copps, welcome back to "the communicators." >> guest: delighted to be here. thanks for having me on. >> host: and eliza ceilingman is technology reporter with politico. commissioner copps, if we could start with a bill that's currently working its way through the house, and that's fcc refor...

feminism start to appear? >> abigail adams was writing letters to john adams, to remember the ladies. ♪ >> elizabeth stanton and others held the first women's rights convention in seneca falls, new york. >> when i held rigid when they held a convention in 1848 and at subsequent conventions in the decades after that, there were not just talk about the right to vote for it was not until after the civil war that the .ocus of women's rights became >> many joined the movement many more scoffed at the ludicrous idea. it was a contest that went against everything society had taught a gene...

>> anybody in the administration? i'm trying to figure out what the pattern is here. >> i did not talk to the white house. february 17th you received the draft. so what we have up here is the may 3rd preliminary. >> interim report. >> interim report. i want to make sure i use the correct terminology. nine months passes by. you continue your report. you finalize your investigation. you put that in a nice package, you give that over to ms. johnson on february 17th. that is the draft. >> correct. >> your immediate action was what? >> we reviewed the report. he gives us the draft repor...