Thank you, Chairman Warner and Ranking Member Blunt, for holding this subcommittee hearing. And I want to thank our witnesses for being here today, and for their testimony.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the courageous actions of Kelly German and Hazel Thompson of Watertown, South Dakota. On the night of August 6, 2013, Kelly and Hazel helped save the lives of over 40 elderly men and women at a…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor a hero of our country and the State of South Dakota, Specialist Michael John Fitzmaurice, of the United States Army. Specialist Fitzmaurice, serving in the 3rd Platoon, Troop D, was awarded the Medal of…

The thought of losing such highly trained individuals, service men and women, is very troubling to me.

Like you, I have heard from service members about their concerns with sequestration.

I hope we can rally around what is our most important duty, and that is to provide for the common defense and to protect our national security.

I was glad to see within your testimony that you talked about the long-range bombers being a priority.

And that flexibility does erode as we get deeper and deeper into sequestration, is that correct?

I believe it would be very shortsighted.

We cannot continue to bandage old airplanes as potential adversaries roll new ones off the assembly line.

I care an awful lot about the E-Rate program.

I wrote every telecommunications company asking them not to delay the E-Rate program or to take it to court.

I'm cautious as we enter the space to want to impose any kind of obligations on bidding eligibility.

Mr. President, I wish to speak on the economy. The President has yet again this week--in fact, he gave a speech yesterday where he was pivoting back to the economy, a topic that millions of unemployed Americans haven't had the luxury of…

Mr. President, as I rise today, I wish to talk about the economy and the need to create an economic climate that strengthens the middle class. Before I do, I wish to acknowledge, as have many of my colleagues, and to comment on the tragedy…

I want to thank you for holding this hearing to consider the nomination of Michael O'Rielly to be Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission and the nomination of Terrell McSweeny to be Commissioner at the Federal Trade…

Like many of my Republican colleagues, I believe the FCC should allow all qualified and interested parties to participate freely in spectrum auctions, rather than micromanaging auction rules in an effort to predetermine individual winners…

Is there a specific probability or methodology for labeling intelligence 'high confidence'?