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I want to thank you and Chairman Rockefeller for holding this hearing.

I believe that two other areas are absolutely critical for government and industry to come together to address some pressing needs: first, the construction of a nationwide interoperable public safety network that our first responders are…

I urge the Commissioners to move forward on an aggressive timetable to get this proceeding done.

I have been disappointed by the administration's politically motivated scare tactics on this subject.

The incentive auction is really important. We need to figure out how to free up more spectrum to meet the demand that is out there.

Making sure that our first responders have the spectrum and communication networks that they need to keep us safe is, frankly, an incredibly proud achievement for this committee.

I look forward, along with you and with Senator Coburn and members of both of our committees, to examining the need for a greater cybersecurity partnership between the private sector and the Federal Government.

Many in the private sector are already doing the right things to protect their systems, and should not be diverted from those efforts through new requirements.

Trade secrets developed over thousands of working hours by our brightest minds are stolen in a split second and transferred to our competitors.

However you manage the reduction, you need to make sure that you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be.

Yes, we absolutely have an emergency situation in the Black Hills, so communities that live amongst these dead and dying trees are a lightning strike away from wiping out an entire town or population.

I am hopeful that that isn't an agenda that has been put forward that really will look at the reductions that we have to deal with and do them in the best manner possible to make sure that we protect the industry and as many producers as…

Would you agree that reducing the impact to producers should be a priority?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think the one area, although you and I have different positions on the Affordable Care Act, in its passage--one thing that I think we all agree on is that more transparency is a good thing.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.

That'd be fine, yes, thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thank you.