This is a committee, at least so long as I am Chairman, that is here to protect people, to protect consumers.
In West Virginia, one in five households lacks access to broadband service.
I am fairly sure they could not have read anything about interoperable first responders because really nothing has happened.
I think that if you look at the history of the really soft regulatory touch that we have had on the Internet, that has been very positive.
I want the agency to use all of its existing authority.
Broadband is more than a technology. It is a platform for social and economic opportunity.
I think Comcast certainly had the right to appeal that the FCC did not have the Congressional authority.
I, as Chairman, will take that task on.
I am going to challenge the FCC to make the hard choices that will help bring broadband to every corner of our country.
I wanted to see concrete action on the day that the plan is delivered because I believe we need real broadband solutions for real people.
I look forward to working with my colleagues and with the FCC in a bipartisan manner to engage all spectrum stakeholders to ensure America k...
I am very concerned that the Commission is going to overstep its Congressional authority.
The report has over 200 recommendations, but it takes no action and suggests no action.
I fought last year to make sure that the Recovery Act included programs designed to bring broadband to everybody in this country no matter w...
Universal broadband service is the promise of a fair shot at economic opportunity.
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin has ordered the immediate inspection of all underground coal mines.
according to the governor of West Virginia, Joe Manchin, he said that he had spoken to Don Blankenship, who is the CEO of Massey Energy, whi...
We are here today to consider the nomination of Major General Robert Harding to be the Administrator, the long-awaited, the extremely long-a...