Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I believe that we need access to free and diverse and local news and local programming and information in an emergency.

Any international authority over the Internet is troublesome, particularly if those efforts are being led by countries where censorship is the norm.

Well, once discussion begins as it has and the countries, because of recent history, have become involved in the Internet and seen the positives as well as the negatives as far as some of the countries that really look towards censorship, isn't it possible this will be a continuing process and we should be on alert now that this collaboration must continue because, as we know, technology just keeps rapidly expanding and we are not sure exactly what the next big thing is.

the current multi-stakeholder approach has allowed the Internet to flourish here in the U.S. and around the world.

I believe that the multi-stakeholder approach must continue to define Internet governance.

I would think--and this is a question for both Ambassador Verveer and Commissioner McDowell--that there should be more opening of the process for increase of knowledge here even in the United States as to the importance of this.

I believe that Homeland Security's responsibilities are building standards across critical infrastructure.

Communications networks are one of the many areas our Nation must protect to ensure safety and soundness.

this is all challenging and frightening at the same time here, and I do appreciate all of your testimony.

The Costa Concordia accident is an unfortunate tragedy that once again highlights the need to constantly evaluate cruise ship safety.