it is important for us to get it right as we continue to spend the billions of dollars that are already embedded in the stimulus plan

Could we have some sort of timetable that we envision this will happen throughout this country in terms of providing this deployment across the country?

I think it is critical to have the collaboration that is represented here today among all the agencies.

There are currently two herculean initiatives under way. The FCC has commissioned the National Broadband Plan and the Economic Recovery Act broadband stimulus funding programs, both of which will have far-reaching implications for small…

I look forward to discussing the efficacy of these measures and am eager to explore other ways the Federal Government can encourage private investment and allow wireless and wireline companies to compete fairly in the broadband market…

One essential way of doing that is through broadband deployment.

There is a widening gap... the U.S. trade gap is widening in advanced technologies.

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Many of the employees at VA Togus focus specifically on disability claims processing.

I understand that another 20 employees may be added at Togus to continue to help reduce the disability claims backlogs.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to thank Ranking Member Buyer for all his hard work on this bill before us today, as well as my colleague, Mr. Brown, for working in a bipartisan manner throughout…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing to examine the ways that we can unlock the value of broadband to bring telehealth and other patient monitoring technologies into the home.

As part of last year's Recovery Act, Congress made a major investment of some $19 billion to increase the meaningful use of electronic health records.

Investing in technology can improve the quality of life for seniors.

Just one final question. We've seen, in the past few years, an increase in cybercrime. We've seen breaches of Internet security that have caused people to be subject to identity theft and lose personal financial information.