Did you take military usage of the Texarkana Airport into account?

Thank you for your leadership and concern about these issues.

I hope as you do those, they will be geographically dispersed, not just concentrated around urban areas.

we should not give up on U.S. manufacturing. We should not give up on U.S. innovation. We can do this.

I would hope that would be a priority for the Administration, and I hope that we would do that in a bipartisan way.

The impact that high-speed broadband can have on economic development in rural areas... cannot be overstated.

I hope this will position our subcommittee, not only as a forum for education and debate on the current state of communications policy in our nation, but also as a vehicle for identifying the best path forward to ensure rapid, quality…

We, in Congress, must ensure that any digital divide that exists between urban and rural areas is effectively bridged, and that all Americans have the tools necessary to take full advantage of our broadband economy.

If the larger carriers were here, they'd tell you they've invested billions in rural America to try to provide service, as well.

Congress must take notice of the changing landscape for facilities-based operators because when a small cable system serving a rural area shuts down, it not only results in the loss of multichannel video service, including local TV…

This is actually the first in a series of hearings that we intend to hold on the state of the communications in the United States.

Let's go ahead and have our witnesses take their seats and have the audience sit down.