DAVE LOEBSACK

I think the Energy Star program has saved consumers money. It has lowered greenhouse gas emissions.

Well, I will say that rural America is hurting big time, and these investment tax credits for solar, and production tax credits for wind have been very, very wonderful for rural America, for our farmers, and for clean, renewable energy…

This isn't just a rural/urban issue, as you all know. These things are tied together.

In Iowa, access to broadband is even more than that; it is a manner of survival, literally survival.

We need the infrastructure, we need the capacity, we need the access to spectrum.

Rural economic development is absolutely critical.

We can't leave anybody behind, especially in rural areas.

Communities cannot thrive if they are left behind as the rest of the country moves forward.

Broadband is not a luxury for rural America; it is survival.

As our technology moves forward, we simply can't afford to race past these folks that still cannot get the most basic communication services.

The RFS, I believe, has proven that it works. It has created jobs, it has supported our agricultural communities, and it has decreased our dependence on foreign oil.

The RFS has helped bring competition... to the retail transportation fuel marketplace while reducing at least to some degree our dependence on foreign oil imports.