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I applaud Senator Cassidy's leadership, that of Congressmen Bouchard and Peters, as well as Senator Grassley for the work they are doing in this regard.

The complex favors the large.

I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time

I would like to make the gentleman from Virginia aware that I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. I enjoy my colleague from Virginia's rather dry sense of wit and humor. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

In 2012, I cosponsored a bill with former Representative Barney Frank to correct this issue

It is imperative--imperative--that we identify and help mitigate the difficulties identified by small, rural carriers in deploying broadband so we can begin to close the urban and rural digital divide.

A life in Iowa is just as valuable as a life in California or New York.

We will encourage you to go in and look at that or those working on that program just to make sure those dollars are as efficiently used as possible for rural areas.

Broadband is very, very important to rural areas.

I must say, first of all, I am a huge, huge supporter of the Tenth Amendment.

One of the reasons we are the greatest nation on the face of this earth is because of the rule of law.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read or so incoherent that they could not be understood.

If I were to ask them, they would probably say, we are facing the same regulations but not the same tax rate.

I call up amendment No. 1959. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment numbered 1959.

It seems as though the Taliban is now transitioning from an ideologically inspired group into a narco-terror group.

The malign activity across the EUCOM AOR is, of course, extremely concerning.

I agree, and I'm excited to see how their deployment goes in Afghanistan, and how we can utilize their--the adeptness of that type of unit in other cultural situations.

I joined with 20 of my colleagues urging CMS to move forward with this proposal, which would lower out of pocket costs for beneficiaries.