I love the idea that the message here is reduce these burdens, reduce these costs, and let the private sector flourish.

The more you tax it, the less of it you get. Economics 101.

the IIOA is truly a bipartisan effort where folks on both sides of the aisle see the wisdom of bringing private sector capital back into the distressed communities where more than 50 million Americans live.

The more expensive or burdensome the Government makes it for a company to go public, the less we will see folks take the risk.

The Airwaves Act...further this mission by freeing up additional federal spectrum for commercial use.

I'm deeply concerned that without participation from representatives of the agency itself we will not be fully able to understand the needs of the agency.

What Mitch McConnell and the House -- the Senate Republicans did to Barack Obama had not been done in over 100 years to any sitting president.

The reason that we know this is a Muslim ban and the reason that people are very disappointed in the court's decision goes to the heart of justice Sotomayor descending this ruling.

Democrats have to do a better job of explaining what it means for a President to be able to come in and elect a generation of federal judges and Supreme Court justices.

It's a ban on majority Muslim countries.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration plays the critical role of advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues.

Make no mistake, the bill before us today is a rural broadband bill, and a very important one at that.

We know that without Federal involvement, rural areas will continue to be left behind.

I support this agency and I support giving this agency more resources to accomplish its many missions.

But with the level of consensus we have here on our vision of NTIA's leadership on rural broadband, that would be a real shame, and I don't intend for it to happen.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

Improving lives of so many people around the world through American resources that we take for granted.

Mr. Speaker, last week the National Federation of Independent Business released their May Small Business Optimism Index, which is the highest Small Business Optimism rating in history. The NFIB reports that expansion plans for small…