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Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. And as we continue our series on the communicators talking with some of the Telecommunications Associations headquartered here in washington, week were joined by Shirley Bloomfield who is the head of the ntca, the Rural Broadband association. Shes here to talk about some of the legislative and policy issues that her association faces. Ms. Medical bloomfield, what ise ntca, first of all . Guest a National Trade association, and we represent 90 small local providers that are in pre...

To discuss the reason why some individuals have seen their plans canceled by providers as the law has gone into effect. Its become a hot topic on capitol hill among some talking heads but said the right stay away from the politics and discuss the mechanics at play here. Why are some people receiving cancellation notices . Guest these are people who buy their own coverage because they dont get it through their jobs. These are folks folks who arent Small Business owners. They are selfemployed. An increasing number of contract workers by their own. Many farmers by their own so there is an estimat...

Further ensuring that individuals privacy isnt properly protected without sacrificing operational effectiveness. To that end, we support the usa freedom act as an effective means of addressing the concerns that have been raised about the impact of our activities while preserving the authorities we need for National Security. We are urge this committee to give the house bill serious consideration as expeditiously as possible, consistent with this committees elaborations. We are ready to work with the senate to clarify language in the bill as necessary. In closing, we appreciate the committees l...

Republican and they arent democrat. They are not political. They are good Public Servants of america, americans who come to work every day looking to do what is best for the country to keep america safe. That is the key to what the cia and the intelligence agencies are all about until in the fall of 2009, we learned how difficult it would be and the struggle to try to find Osama Bin Laden and his leadership. And we were going to meet at a place along the afghanistan pakistan border and we were going to meet with him and he was a doctor who said he could lead us. On december 30, that asset arri...

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Please, have a seat. At the dawn of our public, a small secret Surveillance Committee born out of the sons of liberty was established in boston. The groups members included paul revere. They would patrol the streets at night, reporting any signs that the british were preparing raids against americas early patriots. In the civil war, union balloons reconnaissance tracked the size of confederate armies by tracking the number of campfires. In world war ii, codebreakers gave us insight into the japanese war plans. They intercepted communications, ...