These end-users have been captured by many rules and regulations stemming from the regulatory implementation of Dodd-Frank.

CFTC reauthorization is a priority. I intend to work with Senator Stabenow and the members of this committee.

MOAA supports S. 296.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

I consider those dollars within the Universal Service Fund pretty scarce and important.

I agree that it doesn't make much sense to have the linkage between narrowband and broadband.

I think it is one of the most important agencies this subcommittee has jurisdiction over, and I thank you for conducting this hearing.

It ought to lie with the VA or TriWest, not the veteran.

This bill simply calls on VA to do what it already had the authority to do.

I hope to ask a series of questions, but the time on the clock will run quickly.

I would like to see that continue expeditiously with a great deal of common sense and a sensitivity toward how rural the country is.

Would that be true generally across the country, that there are grants available for the equipment?

I think we ought to be more prospective as how we avoid this, what are the precipitating causes.

under the Affordable Care Act, a theory was that there would be more people insured.

From a reimbursement of cost to the Medicare trust fund, that doesn't make any sense, right?

A significant regulatory burden I hear about when visiting hospitals in Kansas are problems with Medicare RAC audits.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for helping me ask my question. I appreciate the answer.

I would just like to have the summary of the costs associated with telemedicine and how they are paid for.