I have worked hard on consumer issues for quite a while, and I appreciate the work both of you are doing.

It is gratifying to me to see the commitment is here.

The resiliency training--I would make the case that, once again, you are probably outstripping the private sector.

This is a commitment that is deeply engrained in the culture.

We have a moral responsibility to, but it is a readiness responsibility.

I think people here need to recognize last week this Congress allowed the Agent Orange Act to expire.

This is not going to be fixed by Congress, it is not going to be fixed just by the administration, it is going to be fixed by citizens demanding and using our best and brightest to figure out a way to do this.

Your decision is going to be either to deal with that or deny the claims. And I think all of us here to recognize we are part of this.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When you were talking about sometimes taking the supplements and not feeling well, I turned to Karen.

I kind of think that I agree with where Dr. Abraham was talking about you have a job to do, we hired you to do it. The public hired us to do a job, too.

Whenever something is being built in a rural area or in an urban area, we ought to have the opportunity to use that for broadband connectivity.

I appreciate your leadership, Mr. Chairman, in having this hearing, and also in the work that we have done to push the FCC to do something different with the Universal Service Fund.

I'm introducing the bill today, with Senator Daines and Senator Gardner--and I appreciate their support.

I've really been struck, being at home the last year especially, with the number of people that are raising this issue.

So, this is a real issue right at a time where our economy is stabilizing, we're seeing improvements, but we're still actually seeing a lot of rural poverty.

Your bill would take care of improving broadband deployment on Federal lands, which, of course, comprise much of Minnesota.

I strongly urge Secretary Burwell to work with us on that effort through the reauthorization process.

We want to see it succeed.