I ask unanimous consent to speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am here to speak and once again highlight the importance of aviation to my State, to the country, and to the world, but also to point out the significance of the 5-year FAA reauthorization bill the Senate passed last week. I have come to…

Thank you very much.

I support privacy rules that afford consumers the same protections no matter where they are in the Internet ecosystem.

If I understand correctly, what I described as 'broad,' is intentional to alleviate others having a narrow definition.

It is obvious, at least to me, that larger companies like those we had in front of us recently, they have large legal departments, compliance officers that allow them to better react or respond to the regulations proposed by either…

The FTC needs more staff to carry out the agency's privacy and data security enforcement mission.

It does not matter what ecosystem in the Internet world you are in. It does not matter who the provider is, we want people to be treated the same.

In June, the Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill that included protections that we encouraged and insisted be included to prevent Federal subsidies administered by the Rural Utility Services from overbuilding.

It is troublesome to me that the FCC has a map that they know is faulty, they know is failing to meet its purposes.

I continue to urge the FCC that a sufficient and predictable funding for this program is critical for connecting our rural communities to high-speed broadband.

We need to move ourselves away from this and begin again.

The only solution that they have provided is for an appeals process, which means government is shifting the burden to people without the finances.

And are those numbers that you indicated, change from year to year, but have they changed as a result of the new attention, focus on sexual abuse?

Is it your belief that if an athlete reported to someone in authority, a coach, a trainer, a member of your board, to you, are you with a great deal of certainty convinced that it would result in further investigation and not be treated…

Certainly who is on that list is important and how it is used within the NGB and within the Olympic community.

the most compelling question that I have heard in my conversations and in these hearings is the question of why was there more than one.

I have always said I do not think I know anyone that if someone brought them an allegation, a report of sexual abuse who would not do something with that.