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The Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act, sponsored by Representative Moore of Utah...

Our Supreme Court is in a full-fledged legitimacy crisis. Put simply, we no longer have a Supreme Court that can be trusted to uphold constitutional rights, democratic principles, and judicial norms, in this country.

As I said in my opening remarks, I am happy to see this legislation before us today. I appreciate the Committee's effort to bring this forward.

I want to acknowledge how important that is, that they have spoken out in support of this, and how that is no small accomplishment.

I think it is important to hone in for just a minute that two-thirds of this land is going outside of San Juan County.

I suspect it is fair to say not everybody is 100 percent satisfied, but satisfied enough that we have come to the table.

I also think we have to be very careful about saying we only want to serve unserved, but underserved don't matter anymore.

I think we need to be real careful on this discussion, though. This overbuilding is a lot more nuanced than I think some people describe it.

The FCC maps are important, and they are always going to be an important asset or vehicle for us to assess where we have unserved and underserved areas.

I think that is happening.

This is not new, that any committee in Congress has heard this, that when you have multiple Federal agencies that don't talk to each other, and you are the person trying to get the permit to get something done, it can be really frustrating.

We have heard from several stakeholders about the concerns regarding permitting on Federal lands within existing rights of way, which can take up to 3 years to get an approval.

I think that is really important, that--the FCC maps are important, and they are always going to be an important asset.

We want the maps to be consistent over time.

It is--broadband is so important to day to day life, we want to make sure we all have access, but it has got to be at the right speed, it has got to be scalable to the future it has got to be affordable.

I wholly endorse RUS being active in rural broadband development, and I think that perspective is very valuable to rural America.

I have advocated in my opening statement that I want to make sure that when you--the Committee considers--you look at the next farm bill about--important investment in middle-mile.