While we are still not where we would like to be, we have continued to make real progress recovering from the recession.

Actions taken by the Fed and Congress helped bring about the economic recovery.

Many of the large data breaches and the hacking operations are perpetrated by people outside the U.S.

Madam President, I appreciate Senator Hoeven's work on the Ukraine issue. I know he went there recently, and I have also visited the great energy resources in his State as his guest and know they have a broad range of energy sources, as…

Are you speeding up your adoption of that now?

I feel that I have been here for not that long, but I was here for that, and I am also on the Commerce Committee, so I live and breathe STELA.

I think increasingly we need to be working with international partners around the world.

Would that lead to less fraud?

Minnesota, as we know--I see the satellite dishes all over our State, especially in the rural areas.

As you all know, this Committee is soon going to be holding a hearing on the merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I always like to follow a statement about goring oxes when I am going to ask questions.

Local broadcasting is an important part of life in America.

I think we have seen subsequent updates to this law that give an additional boost to competition.

I think I would start with that. What do you think we need to do to stop this from happening, in terms of adopting some of the technology?

Satellite service is really important, especially in the rural part of Senator Franken's and my State.

the call for legislation in this area is a bipartisan call.

Thank you Chairman Brady for holding today's hearing on monetary policy.

The national unemployment rate of 6.7 percent has dropped more than three percentage points since the height of the downturn.