[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.

I want to echo at least some of the sentiment that my distinguished colleague from Tennessee just mentioned--that I am disappointed in the use of the nuclear option. I opposed that. I think it could do permanent damage to this institution…

this is good for our economy, good for Alaska, and good for Homeland Security.

I like this idea of this National Network of Manufacturing Innovation Centers. I think it is important.

I am kind of curious about 7 years because typically 5 years is how we do something like this.

I would hope that you could look into this.

Veteran employment is a very important issue, because it's a challenge for the country.

One of the things we're trying to do is get that unemployment rate down with our Guard and Reserve folks and also try to open opportunities, either professional opportunities, starting your own business, credentialing opportunities, and…

You know, those guys in the Arkansas Guard are great, because back home, they're plumbers and welders and school teachers and electricians and car mechanics. There's really nothing they can't do.

That's right. Let me also ask, if I may--I know that Ms. Roderick has mentioned before to me and other contacts, and I've heard a couple of other people say it as well today, about having a good mentor.

We really appreciate what SBA does, and we know that keying in on the veterans' needs... is really going to pay big dividends for everybody.

We need to think about that. All the veterans know this, but in the world of the military, there's the active component, the active duty folks, and then there's the reserve component, which is Guard and Reserve.