It now depends on them, on their willingness to unleash this stuff, and they may not be willing to do that.

For over 50 years, the United States has followed a failed policy in Cuba, a policy that has done nothing to lift up the lives of ordinary Cubans.

the Cuban Government fundamentally has to make decisions, and we obviously want to encourage in every way possible that information and access to the Internet be made easier, cheaper, available, and open for the Cuban people.

The important point here is we are trying to empower the Cuban people.

I co-sponsored this bill because I believe it will help stimulate job opportunities for my state's gas industry.

I very much appreciate the work of Senator Barrasso and his staff in working with us putting together this bipartisan bill.

It just doesn't get much more bipartisan than that around here these days.

I fully support the measured and cautious approach being taken by Secretary Moniz and Assistant Secretary Smith at the Department of Energy.

Seeing the level of experience at this single table, it highlights something that I think is worth mentioning just so that the public understands why these recruitment and retention issues are so incredibly important.

I think it is very important that Congress does not torpedo them and disrupt them.

I want to thank Chairman Thune for calling this hearing today.

I very much appreciate the negotiators and the team, and especially give a shout out to Wendy Sherman.

So it sounds to me like Iran could break the rules of this agreement, but they cannot break the rules of physics.

Iran cannot create a facility or enrich uranium or plutonium out of the thin air.

Yet the Nation that invented the Internet lags behind other countries when it comes to broadband speeds.

There have been concerns about what happens at year 10, year 15, year 20, under the deal.

I personally believe we are going to have this agreement. We are going to move forward.

What makes us think going alone, we can get a better deal than this?