I want to welcome both of you to the Committee and tell you that we appreciate your interest in public service.

Earlier this year, the Congress set up the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, also called BTOP.

What we are talking about is how do you get people motivated and inspired to do their best.

Thank you, Mr. Hightower, for being here today.

I know that Secretary Locke shares your concern about our innovation, our creativity, our excellence.

Self-regulation serves a very important function, and we're very supportive of the process, but it's no substitute for a fully staffed, able, and capable Federal Trade Commission.

I hardly go back to West Virginia but that I don't have a roundtable with parents, schoolteachers, psychiatrists, psychologists, principals, guidance counselors, who are scared, horrified, helpless, in many respects, who feel alienated…

As I understand it, in 2007 the FCC began an inquiry about... whether educational and informational programming actually had any significant educational value.

I want to thank you for mentioning the Child Safe Viewing Act, and, you know, hopefully, some good will come of that.

Thank you for your interest in this, and always being a tireless advocate of protecting our children, not just on television, but in other media.

that process, and the one launched by this hearing, together reflect an appropriate and I believe widespread interest in the consequences for children and families of the new digital media landscape.

Self-regulation clearly--and I think I heard both witnesses say it's important to have an FTC there for the outliers.