These are broad-stroke committee hearings with a view to preparing the budget, as you know. There are also a lot of issues that come to the fore in your field that are on the horizon and are not yet there in terms of the new media. What are some of the issues that we as legislators have to be looking at to make sure we're well prepared for the future? In other words, not just reacting as the problems arrive, but what can we be doing to be looking a little bit to the future to make sure that what we have in place legislatively meets those challenges?
On September 17th, 2009. See this statement in context.