Economic growth is central to both addressing our debt and providing our children with a bright future.

That flexibility, and again, I would point out, you said it may take flexibility on the Congress maybe to do something that RUS may need to do something, flexibility is required of FCC, and I still would be interested in knowing how that…

Are either one of those concerns legitimate and something that you're attempting to address?

I'm worried about how a company who's trying to make investment decisions...is going to have the certainty that they're not going to have a flash cut

I appreciate you allowing me the opportunity to join you today, really only for the purpose to lend my support to the efforts of the two of you.

I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Rogers), the chairman of the Intelligence Committee. {time} 1550

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, beginning on line 18, strike ``or sharing information'' and insert ``to identify or obtain cyber…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 14, after line 13, insert the following: ``(4) Limitation on federal government use of cybersecurity…

I appreciate this opportunity to offer a second amendment to this incredibly important piece of legislation that's been worked on for an awfully long time to balance the security needs of our Nation and the privacy rights of every United…

Woman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Pompeo). The amendment was agreed to. {time} 1620 Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Woodall The Acting…

I want to thank Chairman Rogers and Chairman Ruppersberger for their hard work on this important piece of legislation. I am among those folks who, when I first learned of this legislation, had some concerns to make sure that it was…

I do not predict the doom and gloom for the wind energy that these folks speak of.

It would probably be my guess that there isn't a colleague of ours that has read this Tax Code. Now, there are probably some special attorneys in this town that claim to have read that whole Tax Code. As you mentioned, how many pages?

Thank you, Congressman Reed. It is a very timely topic. I come from western Kansas, and big skies and big dreams, and big visions; and I tell you, we can see an approaching storm brewing sometimes hundreds of miles away. You can see the…

Seventy thousand pages. It's my understanding it's 3\1/2\ times the size of the Bible perhaps, longer than all of Shakespeare's works, and it's all about to be centralizing power in Washington. We have a grand opportunity, I agree. With…

I think it is common sense and it is being actively supported by small Government conservative organizations like Americans for Tax Reform, the National Taxpayers Union, Heritage Action, the Club for Growth, Freedom Actions, Americans for…

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of legislation introduced by Chairman Tiberi and Ranking Member Neal to make the AFE Rule permanent.

I want to applaud you all and Chairman Camp for efforts to get rid of particular tax credits and deductions and flatten our Tax Code.