<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Christian de Larrinaga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdel@firsthand.net" target="_blank">cdel@firsthand.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> a recording of Larry Strickling being questioned by Ted Cruz</blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​I carved this out from the longer session - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/isocny/videos/10155328550998538/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>isocny/videos/<wbr>10155328550998538/</a> - it is a remarkable exchamge.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My take fom the conversation is that, ultimately, the appropriations rider is a paper tiger now that the GAO has declared that IANA Functions don't comprise property per se. Thus there is no monetary hit in not signing the contract. That is why Larry asked for specific instructions to renew from Congress. Without which...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">j</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>---<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:218%20565%209365" value="+12185659365" target="_blank">218 565 9365</a></span></span></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--<br>-</div></div></div>
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