What we don't want to do is create another situation where somehow this authority cherry-picks from what's already being done at the State level.

I guess I'm trying to understand, you know, what is the benefit for smaller states for an infrastructure bank.

I was struck, Judge Hill, when I heard you testify about the numbers from 2012, that these were improvements on the past.

And so I see this as obviously a tool that these traffickers could be using as well.

I look forward to working with all of you together on a bipartisan basis to address a problem that should not exist in the United States of America.

It is absolutely horrific what happens to victims of human trafficking. And they are treated like things instead of people.

We need to send a message that the Federal Government and State governments are working together, that we are not going to tolerate human trafficking in our country.

We would like to hear from you today what other criminal activities are being fueled by human trafficking.

Obviously, we are concerned about the fact that Medicare is scheduled to go bankrupt in 2026.

They deserve to know their paycheck will be there and they can count on us. And so far we have failed them.

I think we are in danger of losing those wonderful, highly skilled professionals... because of the furlough and then the anticipation of a government shutdown.

I have concerns about what we are saying openly and letting people know, and I am amazed that probably more people abroad and our enemies know the impact more than the Members of Congress.

The men and women who go there and serve this country every day deserve better than what they are seeing.

There is a bill that could cancel the sequester today if it would only come to the floor.

I just use that as one example. But how do you view your role as a Commissioner in terms of providing clarity and guidance to business and really a set of rules that they could follow so that they know what to do, and at the same time…

We have a need for greater spectrum.

New Hampshire gets ripped off under it.

I think it would be important for the government also thinking about economic growth issues that have been such an important sector of our economy.