Mark Pryor

The safety programs at PHMSA, like other safety programs at the Department of Transportation, should always be made better and more effective through the use of more accurate data and new technology developed through continued research.

I feel like the previous administration kind of handled this sloppily, and established a pilot program.

There's a lot more that FMCSA can do to have an appreciable impact on the number of crashes, injuries, and fatalities caused by large trucks that continue to plague our highways.

Making sure this agency has the right laws and regulations on the books and the resources to enforce these laws is a very important key to this agency's mission, and that would be safety.

We are going to have several Senators coming and going.

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

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

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

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

I want to thank our witnesses for sharing their perspective on these issues as we discuss the Commission's most fundamental responsibility: protecting the American consumer.

I hope that with this hearing we can learn more about the Commission's efforts to crack down on deceptive advertisers.

Let me follow up on that.

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.

How do you find that balance in going after the bad guys, but also not punishing all the good guys for doing what they do?

I particularly want to commend the FTC and the FDA's sweep, last year, that brought down several companies advertising a fake cancer cure.

When you review and revise these guides, do you have a process which is like a public comment period, et cetera?

How hard is it for you to spot deceptive advertising?

Tell me what you're doing.

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

Thank you. You timed that perfectly, by the way. Thank you.

The vast majority of advertisers are the good guys.

We are very grateful to Sen. Pryor for his leadership in introducing that legislation

We must also remain vigilant against content that is not suitable for young children.

Broadcasters' commitment to children is not limited to 3 hours a week.

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…