Mr. Speaker, I conclude by again thanking my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle for their good work on this legislation, and their partnership on this. This is good government. This is how we get things done on the Energy and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I know that this legislation carries important personal significance for some of our colleagues, and I respect that, but I want to express some real concerns about the bill because I…

I hope we can work together to develop a truly bipartisan Satellite Reauthorization Bill.

It's important to note that this provision still requires cable companies to support CableCARDs, it just gets an outdated, expensive, energy consuming provision of little or no value off the FCC's books.

Chairman Wheeler is putting the JSA cart before the media ownership horse.

I have listened to those concerns, and propose eliminating sweeps week prohibition.

It has taken an enormous amount of work, but this draft has earned the support of cable, broadcast, and satellite competitors.

I have listened to those concerns and propose eliminating the sweeps week prohibition, which keeps cable operators from dropping broadcaster signals during 'sweeps' weeks.

We believe in spurring innovation, not holding it back.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the communications sector is one of the most innovative, competitive, and robust sectors of our economy. But for innovation and investment in communications to continue, we must not…

I thank the gentleman for his kind comments and his diligent work on this effort and that of his colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle. I think when it comes to reforming the FCC and getting something that really worked for the…

I am, however, very concerned by the FCC's recently announced plans to dump Joint Sales Agreements into their local media ownership calculations.

I do think it is time to move ahead on this. And, you know, it surely wouldn't take too many searches like the one we are undertaking now.

I previously introduced legislation, along with Representative Duncan of Tennessee, the SAFE Act, which would require the installation of a second backup set of deployable flight data and cockpit voice recorders on new commercial passenger…

opening statement

The President's Cancer Panel found that reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act is critically needed to reduce the incidents and burden of cancer in this country.

I couldn't support it in its current form. But I am open to working to improve it.

It is weaker.