"It's important that carriers willing to invest in rural broadband infrastructure... are not impeded by anti-competitive regulatory framework."
"A reformed USF needs to adequately be responsive to the unique needs of rural America."
"The Commission needs to make sure it does not embrace one technology over the other."
"As you know, cyber is an emerging homeland security threat that warrants timely bipartisan action from Congress."
"Can you provide the committee with a copy of that task order?"
"So none of the work--none of the hosting or anything will be done out of the----"
"While I embrace technological progress, I also know that every new technology presents great possibilities as well as great challenges."
"So that is still a concern?"
"I can assure you from our side of this committee, we will do just that."
"Let us talk about raising the retirement age because that is one thing that we now have the ability to do in Medicare that would save money in ways that created better incentives."
"Proposals that raise marginal tax rates go the wrong direction from a tax reform proposal."
"Unless and until Congress appropriates sufficient funds for ICE to apprehend and remove every undocumented alien in the country we should support the agency's efforts to focus its limited resources on..."
"Ironically, the last real amnesty was championed by President Ronald Reagan, a hero to many of my Republican colleagues."
"I find it curious that a practical, risk-based approach to removal of undocumented aliens would be characterized by my friends across the aisle as administrative amnesty."
"As I said before, Madam Chairwoman, our Republican colleagues tend to talk tough when it comes to homeland security and immigration enforcement, but rarely do they put their money where their mouth is..."
"Questions Submitted by Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson for Robin E. Kane."
"Secretary Panetta, why are these people performing maintenance or conducting training that has traditionally been performed by the Active-Duty Force?"
"I am concerned that our military schools and education facilities are not as efficient as they could be."
