They want us to work together to solve problems and the sequester is a problem that needs to be fixed.
The people of my district sent me to represent them here to solve problems, not to create new ones.
Has your organization proposed any legislation when we talk about this issue to say if you are admitted under the circumstances?
Nobody, regardless of what their politics are, say things are okay.
Is there anybody here on this panel that thinks it is okay the way it is now?
OK. So that is solved.
Thanks for holding this hearing. This is good. This is really what we need across this country and in Nevada obviously I get the same phone ...
What do you need? Do you need more individuals? Do you need more resources, bodies? What is it going to take to fix this backlog?
Let me move in a different direction with a similar question, and that has to do with the GAO report.
the concern from every organization that has come before this Committee is that we are not going to meet that 2015 deadline.
I got a phone call from a woman in Reno who's husband has an Agent Orange issue and has been delayed for over a year and one-half.
I will be really brief here, Mr. Chairman. But I understand how difficult this is; I really do understand how difficult it is.
I am concerned, as everybody else here on this Committee is, the fact that we have 10,000 claims backlogged right now in Nevada.
We need to have a strong discussion here in this committee regarding the 1992 Cable Act and the 1996 Telecommunications Act and whether thos...
I agree with them that we regulate telecommunications in silos, when the world we live in today is becoming more interconnected each day.
This particular piece of legislation passed with bipartisan support in the House.
I plan on introducing, reintroducing, the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act this year.
It is important that we remember the Federal budget is more than a theoretical document that is only debated in Washington with no impact on...
