Mr. President, once again I come to the floor to discuss the negative impacts ObamaCare is having on my constituents in South Dakota and to countless Americans across the Nation. Since this health care law was enacted in 2010, I have come…

American consumers should pick who wins in the marketplace, not the government.

American consumers are hungry for more mobile connectivity. The innovation economy is being driven by mobility, and spectrum is what fuels those wireless services.

At a minimum, such a proposal should be explored, as it seems to make sense and could result in an open and competitive auction.

It is important for the auction to be completed as soon as possible, but one lesson from the disastrous rollout of Healthcare.gov is that a short delay of this complicated effort may be justified.

Instead of exploring auction rules to arbitrarily limit or benefit certain carriers, the FCC has the ability to consider setting a limit on the amount of spectrum any single bidder can win in the incentive auction.

Congress was clear about this in the Spectrum Act of 2012, and the technical details to make this work deserve an appropriate amount of time and deliberation.

I agree with our colleague Senator Schumer, who recently urged the Commission to avoid imposing auction rules that could discourage broadcasters from participating.

The FCC should not be distracted by proposals that could lead to less spectrum being made available and less auction proceeds being realized for national priorities like deficit reduction and FirstNet.

I think the politicization of the IRS is a stigma that has attached to the agency.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the National Defense Authorization Act, an amendment I have filed, Amendment No. 2903, which supports the next generation long-range strike bomber. I hope we do get on the Defense bill. This…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), and the Senator from Nevada (Mr…

You are willing to serve. So many people are so down on government, but you are not.

It is overly burdensome on the agency, that it doesn't give a true reflection of the--an accurate picture of the railroads' financial strength.

I still think there is significant room for improvement.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to examine unfair financial practices that may be harming our military community; it's something that I'm sure all of us, as members of this committee, care about.