The legislation that we are all working under here says the FCC is to make all reasonable efforts to protect TV stations in the repacking process.

We will hold an auction that fulfills our statutory objectives and Congressional priorities.

I want to thank everyone for being here. I especially want to thank our witnesses.

It would be extremely difficult for our members to build the 4G LTE network and stay competitive without access to the spectrum.

Thank you. And, again, I want to thank all the panelists for being here.

[h]istory will show that the way the FCC structured the auction basically helped the two big wireless companies to the detriment of competition in this country.

We need multiple winners for sure in the auction.

The Congress rightly left many practical and technical decisions to the Federal Communications Commission, as the expert agency.

If there is to be a limit, we think it has to be applied neutrally and fairly to all participants.

Well, again, we don't know exactly what the budget deal is they are contemplating, but certainly in this budget environment that we are in, there are a lot of people looking for revenue.

An open and unrestricted auction will raise the most revenue at auction while producing a multiplicity of winners.