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LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN CONGRESS WHEN IT COMES TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY AS WELL AS LEGISLATOR PROPOSALS THAT THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS MAY TAKE...
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| 00:01:21 |
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FCC AND MTI A HAVE BEEN DOING, WHAT PROCEEDINGS ARE OUTSTANDING AND EVALUATING THE DIRECTION THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN GOING, AS WELL AS AN TSA PROCEEDINGS...
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| 00:02:43 |
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THE TOILET MAC -- THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAWS -- WHERE YOU SEE THEM GOING? >> I HOPE THEY DO CONTROL. THAT WOULD MEAN HENRY
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| 00:02:54 |
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WAXMAN WOULD STILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. HE WOULD MAKE EFFORTS TO FIND COMPROMISE ON BROADBAND REGULATION. IN AN HONORABLE...
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| 00:03:54 |
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ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR. THERE ARE MEMBERS WHO SEEM TO BE VULNERABLE. OTHERS SEEM TO BE RETIRING. THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE...
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| 00:04:47 |
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AND OTHERS. THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD A HISTORY OF BIPARTISANSHIP. WE WORKED ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES TOGETHER. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPETUS IN THAT THE...
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| 00:05:15 |
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CHANGING A BALL WITH A NEW CROP OF GOP CANDIDATES COMING ALONG? DO THINK THE SUBCOMMITTEE COULD BE MORE POLARIZED AS THESE HOT- BUTTON ISSUES BECOME...
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| 00:05:35 |
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OF ISSUES LIKE HEALTH CARE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPECTRUM ISSUES, BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT, EVEN PRIVACY, NONE OF THESE ISSUES REALLY BREAK DOWN IN A PARTISAN...
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| 00:06:02 |
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BECAME THE 1996 BILL, AFTER A VERY PARTISAN ELECTION, THAT COMMITTEE IS STILL WORKING ON A VERY BIPARTISAN WAY. IT BROUGHT ABOUT GREAT REGULATION. IT...
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| 00:06:46 |
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AND ITS NEUTRALITY, WHICH IS MAKING HEADLINES, IT SEEMED THAT SOME REPUBLICANS COULD HAVE SUPPORTED IT, BUT ULTIMATELY DID NOT, WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE...
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| 00:07:28 |
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A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A THREAT TO INTERNET OPENNESS IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT LEAST FCC OVERSIGHT IF NOT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT....
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| 00:08:30 |
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SAID. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FCC DOES BETWEEN THE ELECTION AND
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| 00:08:35 |
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WHEN CONGRESS COMES BACK. IF THE CHAIRMAN GOES AHEAD AND HAS AN ORDER RECLASSIFYING TITLE II, FRANKLY, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE...
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| 00:09:08 |
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NEUTRALITY FRONT IF THE GOP WERE TO TAKE A HOUSE? THAT IS FOR BOTH OF YOU. >> YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT BOTH WAYS. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FCC SAID HE IS...
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| 00:09:19 |
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TO CONGRESS AND HE WANTS CONGRESS TO ACT. THAT MAKES SENSE. THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WAS WRITTEN FOR A SINGLE PURPOSE NETWORK ANALOG ENVIRONMENT. OBVIOUSLY...
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| 00:10:14 |
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ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT IS OUTDATED AND NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNET SPACE. IS THE FCC GOING...
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| 00:11:11 |
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FCC OR REDEFINED ITS ROLE IN THE BROADBAND SPACE. >> TO REDEFINED -- >> IN A MORE LIMITED ROLE, I SUPPOSE. >> TO REDEFINE IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO
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| 00:11:22 |
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BE LEGISLATIVELY. THEY CAN
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| 00:11:25 |
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BE ENGAGED IN
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| 00:11:27 |
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OVERSIGHT AND THE BALLOT WHERE THE SEC OR WHAT DOES -- WHAT HAS THE FCC DONE AND WHAT ISN'T PLANNING ON DOING AND PUTTING TOGETHER -- AND WHAT IS IT...
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| 00:12:04 |
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PART OF IT IS PHILOSOPHICAL. -- HOW DOES THIS BREAKDOWN? >> PART OF IT IS PHILOSOPHICAL.
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| 00:12:11 |
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PART OF IT IS
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| 00:12:16 |
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NETWORK MANAGEMENT. SHOULD PRIORITIZATION BE POSSIBLE? WHAT SORT OF EXPECTATIONS, WITH RESPECT TO INTERNET APPLICATIONS? BUT A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN...
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| 00:13:23 |
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GET BROADBENT TO THEIR DISTRICTS. THEY WANT FCC HELP THEM GET BROADBAND AND DEPLOYMENT. YOU TALK ABOUT REFORMING UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND GETTING BROADBAND...
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| 00:14:22 |
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AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
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| 00:14:24 |
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AND THE HOUSE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FCC. HE VIEWED IT SIMILARLY, THAT THE FOLKS ON THE FCC SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE COMMITTEE. THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:14:56 |
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DIALOGUE WITH THE SEC. IT WAS ALWAYS OPEN, BUT THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE BUREAUS AND COMING UP AND DOING BRIEFINGS, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT-LED,...
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| 00:15:27 |
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UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THE NEXT TOPIC? >> AS WE JUST SAID, THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE PREOCCUPATION WITH NECTAR NEUTRALITY --
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| 00:15:51 |
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WITH A NET NEUTRALITY. WHAT ARE -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FCC WANTED WAS A FUND THAT WOULD HELP BUILD UP BROADBAND TO HARD-TO-REACH AREAS. BUT A...
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| 00:16:46 |
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BEING MEANS TO EXPAND BROADBAND AND MEMBERSHIP ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE SEC CAN ONLY GO SO FAR NOW. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BANDS THAT WOULD LIKE...
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| 00:17:27 |
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I THINK REPUBLICANS HAVE COME DOWN IN DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE WHITE SPACE PROPOSAL. AND THEY HAVE
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| 00:17:35 |
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COME DOWN ON DIFFERENT PLACES ON SENATOR ROCKEFELLER'S PROPOSAL. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE BIPARTISANSHIP ON COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES IS THAT WAXMAN AND...
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| 00:18:10 |
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SMALL CHUNKS OF SPECTRUM THAT COULD BE GIVEN TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR TO COMMERCIAL CARRIERS TO DO OTHER WORK AND LEASING THE SPECTRUM OFF. HOW DO YOU SEE...
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| 00:19:04 |
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INCENTIVE OPTIONS, THAT ONE COMPONENT OF THE ROCKEFELLER BILL THAT WOULD VOLUNTARILY GIVE UP
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| 00:19:15 |
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SPECTRUM THAT BROADCASTERS GIVE UP, IT ISN'T UNIVERSALLY SUPPORTED? I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY ON EITHER SIDE SAYING IT IS A BAD THING. DO YOU THINK THAT...
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| 00:19:35 |
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MONEY -- TO THE EXISTING LICENSEES GET COMPENSATED TO CEASE BUSINESS? DO THEY GET COMPENSATED TO BE RELOCATED TO A DIFFERENT BAND? THERE ARE A LOT OF...
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| 00:20:40 |
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NOTION OF INCENTIVE OPTIONS AS A TOP LINE AS A SUPPORT IN THE BROADCAST COMMITTEE AND HAS SUPPORT OF THE WIRELESS COMMUNITY. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS....
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| 00:21:09 |
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SEE THAT PLAYING OUT? >> THAT IS ALWAYS THE WILD CARD. I WOULD RESERVE THAT.
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| 00:21:17 |
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AND EVERY CONGRESS, WHEN IT HAS BEGUN, THE CHAIRMAN HAS SAID THAT THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE WILL PASS PRIVACY LEGISLATION. AND EACH YEAR, WE SPEND TIME...
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| 00:22:37 |
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AND MORE ON LINE, NOT TO
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| 00:22:39 |
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COMMUNICATE, BUT SOCIAL NETWORKS, PURCHASE PRODUCTS, AS MORE AND MORE OF YOUR INFORMATION IS THERE ONLINE, IS MORE VALUABLE TO ADVERTISERS. THAT, FOR...
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| 00:23:59 |
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OF A WEIGHT-AND-STICK APPROACH? -- A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH? >> CERTAINLY, THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH PROFILE IN THE NEXT CONGRESS. MEMBERS WILL BEGIN...
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| 00:24:27 |
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DEBATE AND BE EDUCATED FROM WITNESSES ON WHAT THE BEST APPROACH IS. I DO NOT KNOW THAT THEY WILL NECESSARILY BEGIN WITH WHERE THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE...
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| 00:25:00 |
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HIS REPORT VERY SOON. THAT WILL IN -- WE EXPECT THE CHAIRMAN TO RELEASE HIS REPORT VERY SOON. I THINK CONGRESS WILL GET TOGETHER IN JANUARY TO LOOK AT...
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| 00:26:01 |
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IN CHARGE, THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE REPUBLICANS? >> I THINK YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THEM. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH HOWARD. YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM. >> I GUESS
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| 00:26:12 |
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THAT DOES GET US INTO A LITTLE BIT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT
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| 00:26:14 |
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IS HAPPENING WITH THE SAID COMMITTEE AND FULL COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP. DO YOU SEE THERE
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| 00:26:18 |
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BEING A DRASTIC CHANGE? WALDEN WAS ONCE ON THE COMMITTEE AND GIVE UP HIS SPOT. DO YOU THINK -- I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SPEAK TO THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT DO...
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| 00:27:20 |
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IS TOUGH TO SEE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE FOCUSED ON PRIVACY. FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE PARTIES, WHETHER REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE, -- THE COMMITTEE...
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| 00:27:53 |
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HE HAD NOT BEEN RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT REGULATION AND ENGAGING IN OVERSIGHT. I THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT
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| 00:28:08 |
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OF THE RECITE, BOTH AT THE FCC, OF THE DETOX PROGRAM, EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION. UPTON AND BARTON CREEK DISSIPATED IN THE LAST ATTEMPT --...
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| 00:29:05 |
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TRYING TO GAIN CONSENSUS AROUND THE BROADBENT SITUATION. MAINTAINING THE CHAIRMANSHIP, HE WILL CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS, WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS ON THE...
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| 00:29:56 |
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HOWARD WELLS MEN AND GREG ROTHSCHILD. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON "THE COMMUNICATORS. >> HERE IS A QUICK LOOK AT SOME POLITICAL NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY....
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