Mr. Secretary Ross, thank you so much for attending to things like the single point failure of the G-IV which flies above the hurricane which has improved the accuracy by 15 percent of our projections as well as its intensity.

Mr. Secretary Perry, thank you for your guardianship and your modernization of the Nation's nuclear arsenal and especially its modernization and all of that nuclear infrastructure.

Both sides want to invest and modernize our infrastructure.

We must work together to ensure that our infrastructure can support the demands of the 21st century.

Mr. Secretary Perdue, thank you for attending to the needs of Florida citrus that lost 100 percent of its crop in the hurricane.

Mr. Secretary Acosta, thank you for your long service as a U.S. Attorney where you understand the importance of the rule of law.

Madam President, so many are still grieving from the atrocious killing of 17 people at the high school in Florida. Indeed, our entire State is grieving. Broward County is grieving. Parkland is grieving. I think we are going to find on…

The Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act or MOBILE NOW, led by Committee Chairman Thune and Ranking Member Nelson, makes common-sense reforms to Federal Government…

That reasoned discussion cannot begin and end with a wiping away of key laws and regulations meant to protect our fellow citizens and important Federal, state, local and tribal interests.

We have to close this digital divide and leave no area of this country behind.

Because the administration's proposal is simply inadequate on broadband expansion, it is incumbent on this Committee to work together in a bipartisan way to provide these critical investments.