julius genachowski and robert mcdowell testified on capitol hill last month about their agency's budget. >>> the hearing will come to order. i'd like to welcome our two witnesses, chairman genachowski and commissioner mcdowell from the federal communications commission. thank you all for being here today and for testifying on the fcc's fiscal 2013 budget request. while the fcc is funded by fees, congressional oversight over your budget is an important check on agency activities. this committee is committed to fiscal responsibility and we intend to make sure that all agencies under the subcommittee's jurisdiction are operating both efficiently and effectively. the fcc is an agency that plays an important role in our country's telecommunication, television, radio, internet and cable industries. these are services that are critical to american communication and business. and with technology changing faster and faster, and the fact that you all have to keep up, it's amazing that you can do so while not hindering innovation. overregulation of american communications systems hurts our economy

speaking on their behalf, robert mcdowell, currently the only republican commissioner on the fcc, said the proposal "is likely to be a jobs destroyer" by distracting station employees from doing their regular work. the party line has also been sounded by jerald fritz, senior vice president of allbritton communications. he told the fcc that making the information available on the internet "would ultimately lead to a soviet-style standardization of the way advertising should be sold as determined by the government." friends, i could not make that up. the industry leaves nothing to chance. through its control of the house of representatives, it got a piece of legislation passed this week euphemistically titled the fcc process reform act. reform, my foot! not only does the bill remove roadblock to more media mergers, further reducing competition, it would subject every new rule and every fcc analysis of that rule to years of paper work and judicial review, enabling the industry's horde of lawyers and lobbyists, "to throw sand in the works at every opportunity" as one expert puts it. there

speaking on their behalf, robert mcdowell, currently the only republican commissioner on the fcc, said the proposal "is likely to be a jobs destroyer" by distracting station employees from doing their regular work. the party line has also been sounded by jerald fritz, senior vice president of allbritton communications. he told the fcc that making the information ailale on the internet "would ultimately lead to a soviet-style standardization of the way advertising should be sold as determined by the government." friends, i could not make that up. the industry leaves nothing to chance. through its control of the house of representatives, it got a piece of legislation passed this week euphemistically titled the fcc process reform act. reform, my foot! not only does the bill remove roadblock to moreedia mergers, further reducing competition, it would subject every new rule and every fcc analysis of that rule to years of paper work and judicial review, enabling the industry's horde of lawyers and lobbyists, "to throw sand in the works at every opportunity" as one expert puts it. there was a

and we believed it was for life, and all of a sudden, it's ripped, literally ripped apart. >> robert said unhappiness in his 17-year union had been building. >> i was frustrated, ready to move on, and that's when, you know, i started thinking about changing my life and doing other things. >> two divorces, two different reasons, but one thing in common. they're pat of the growing number of married couples in their 50s and 60s calling it quits. researchers at bowling green university found the divorce rate among those 50 and older nearly doubled between 1990 and 2009 while the overall rate held steady. they say baby boomers may feel less pressure to stay married. >> women in particular don't feel that they have to stay with someone they may not like very much, simply because they need to be supported. >> he made wholesale changesen his life, moving from southern california to florida and starting his own business. at first, he says, it was frietdenning. >> and then it became liberating. and you started realizing some of the freedom you had and some of the things that maybe you always w