Mr. Chairman, how much time does the gentleman have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Transparency has been a major piece, and there's been multiple lawsuits that have gone for several years dealing with the FCC.

This hearing is very timely, considering the recent debate in the Senate dealing with the open Internet.

I look forward to collaborating with our Ranking Member and the entire committee on the fiscal year 2019 bill.

Well, I like your idea better.

the people are the ones who are being punished.

over the past year we have talked about the abuses of the Clean Water Act.

they can stall it for the year, and then they hold the applicant over a barrel.

Mr. Chairman, it is hard to believe, but almost 5 years ago, Collin, Mike, we were on the floor of this very Chamber when we took up the previous farm bill, a farm bill that was well crafted and well intended. And on that day, if you…

we could be doing that here.

Mr. President, I was in a conversation with a group of Oklahomans just last week, and the issue of net neutrality came up in that conversation. A gentleman there who had published his content on the internet seemed very concerned about net…

This is not a partisan issue for us, but it's an issue that needs to be resolved, long term and quickly.

There are some ongoing meetings about this, but this is a very serious issue of contraband cellphones getting into correctional facilities and then literally running criminal organizations from inside of the prisons.

But, we want to make sure that Lifeline funding is more targeted to the rural areas of Oklahoma, to folks who are on the wrong side of the digital divide.

So, for example, the metropolitan area of Tulsa, which is one of the top 15 markets in the United States, has relatively robust communications competition and services the low prices.

Would be helpful.

Most people that I talk to on net neutrality, they assume, because FCC is not going to do any more, that no one will.

We are not the health experts when it comes to these issues. We have consulted of course with the Federal Food and Drug Administration and with others who are responsible for determining what those standards should be. And we are confident…