So this hurts the poor more than anyone else.

I still remember both of us breaking down and crying as we walked off the floor on the Americans with Disabilities Act and saw all of those people in wheelchairs and on crutches and so forth who were just thrilled that we were able to get…

Energy development has not occurred at the same pace in recent years on federal land, particularly onshore development has not occurred at the same pace.

This broadband, this is with existing bandwidth you have already got, this does not require an additional acquisition of bandwidth?

Today's hearing, of course, involves AT&T's recent announcement of its intention to acquire DIRECTV.

Today's hearing has a narrow, but very important focus: the role of education incentives in our tax code.

And really quickly on that, what is your response to Mr. Wood's point about the fact that if you synthesize the synthetic agreements better, you could achieve the same thing without the merger?

Thank you, Madam Chair.

By ensuring that we protect competition and not any individual company or competitor, we can help create market conditions that benefit consumers and promote economic development.

the importance of broadband appears to be on the increase, you know, as consumers are increasingly relying on that medium

my sense of due process is such that I feel the need to give you the chance to respond to Mr. Lieberman's statement

satellite is not a particularly good technology so far; at least the physics of it do not seem to really work very well

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank both of you for your leadership in this area. You two are the best Senators I've served with, and this is a very important committee.

The Federal Government owns about 30 percent of the land mass in the United States, and about two-thirds of the land in my own state.

You have a subpoena from the United States Congress.

That would have been fortuitous with the 6-month month backup available.

Did they ask for the Lois Lerner emails?

So the Inspector General is trying to get to the bottom of this matter, and nobody informs them that her computer had crashed and there were emails lost?