It's absolutely vital that the WHOIS database is taken very seriously and continues to have the emphasis that it has had for a very long period of time.

This legislation is supported by a number of our colleagues on this committee on both sides of the aisle and I think it merits consideration by this subcommittee.

We know that without Federal involvement, rural areas will continue to be left behind.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. So, for purposes of bringing all of this under one roof or putting it in one place, then having an inventory of the resources that are being spent right now is vitally important.

yes, we filed the motion to intervene in that litigation because it's important for us, on behalf of our members, to make sure that we do have an open and free and high capacity and high quality internet available for gamers and game…

The economic growth and productivity gains that come from broadband being deployed in communities that don't otherwise have access to it, that has to be kept in mind and focused as the objective for budgeting.

The return we've gotten from sound spectrum policy is enormous.

What I would offer is that so much of what you just described those challenges--they lie in the province of the states and how they deploy 9-1-1, and then the FCC and its role in overseeing how that works.

I think, unfortunately, the resources are going to be more necessary by those that need to implement the recommendations than those that formulated them themselves.

And I would just add my voice to the solution will be wireless.

the pendulum swinging back and forth between whoever controls the pen at the FCC causes uncertainty for investors.

The first place to start is to ask the question, put out an NOI saying, all right, this was done in the past--what are the mistakes--develop an inventory of those and an understanding, and then go through and systematically can be done…

But with the level of consensus we have on our vision of NTIA's leadership on rural broadband, that would be a real shame.

That's why we have targeted our discussion draft so squarely at giving NTIA both the authority and resources to get to work.

Make no mistake, the bill before us today is a rural broadband bill, and a very important one at that.

We can't solve a problem that we don't know the scale of.

I think this legislation could go a long way to accomplishing many of our shared goals.

This is the kind of commitment we need if we want to address these problems.