Jim Costa actually said...

"opening statement"

"we want to do what we can as Members of the Committee, you all, and certainly as Americans, to try to arrest the potential decline of rural America."

"rural America faces a critical time, and broadband service, postal service, economic development in small town rural America is critical in the judgment of all of us to the future of America."

"I am committed as a Representative of a rural district that struggles in-part because of the potential for these types of projects is stifled by unnecessary regulatory requirements."