Giving mobile phone users cost-free options is the definition of consumer-friendly ideas.

Despite these clear statements, EPA's critics claim that the controversial Armendariz comments must represent EPA's true enforcement policy.

Congress has an important role to play in ensuring that singers, songwriters, and other musicians are compensated fairly both through combating online piracy and ensuring an equitable licensing and royalty system.

A radio chip, on the other hand, picks up the free over-the-air broadcast signal.

We are obviously delighted that the biggest radio group has acknowledged that something should be done and has actually gone and done something.

Neither I nor the NAB is pursuing a legislative mandate that radio chips be included in phones.

his comments were an inaccurate way to describe EPA's enforcement efforts.

Everyone agrees that it was an inappropriate comment.

I so much appreciate what was done by Congress and signed by the President recently in terms of private broadcast incentive auctions.

I think the broadband providers have certain rights to offer their product and the best thing we can do from a matter of public policy is to ensure vigorous competition.

We need an industry-wide solution, not a label-by-label, piecemeal solution.

Finally and most importantly, there are tremendous public safety reasons for putting radio chips in cell phones.

It is time for the NAB to join with us in working toward an industry-wide solution to ensure that all artists and record companies are rewarded for their work.

the mere fact that Clear Channel has done this with one label doesn't solve the problem for the entire industry.

We see in Europe the idea of austerity; it has put England into a double dip recession.

That is just not true. They are not even proposing anything like that.

Democrats have a more optimistic vision. We believe that the economy works best when the government establishes the rules of the road.

He is absolutely right. But we have now opened up the special interests to win elections by distortions.

It isn't government regulation that caused our economic woes.

Nobody in Canada said, take away their health care for all the people. They said let's do some things on a bipartisan basis that make sense.

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, two very distinguished economists who are often cited by Chairman Ryan, have demonstrated that economies hit by systemic fiscal crises don't, quote, snap back within a year or two but take significantly…

I think we all understand that there is a need for government and a need for it to have reasonable regulations.

Thank you for being here today. I know it is tough to come in here.

The TARP bill was, of course, a huge government intervention in the marketplace, called for by President Bush.

Here we have proposals to cut the safety net out of the poor, take away the guaranteed benefit for Medicare so that millionaires and billionaires can have tax cuts. That makes no sense to me.