Cliff Stearns

This line-by-line review has supposedly been a top priority for the Obama administration for the last 3 years.

Under the Obama administration, the size of the cumulative Federal debt has increased about 40 percent, from $10.6 trillion to $14.8 trillion.

Under the Obama administration, Federal spending has increased by more than 20 percent a year, or more than $600 billion per year.

Should someone be fired, Mr. Silver? Should anybody be fired? Yes or no?

We simply cannot afford the expensive social policy the FCC will likely try to impose on these auctions.

It is important that broadcasters can maintain their service areas and are not forced into VHF.

I am pleased to see that the incentive auctions will be truly voluntary.

I hope in the end that we won't have competing jurisdiction and we will have at least one central agency with this jurisdiction.

Consumers want transparency and a basic understanding of how their information is used.

I thank the gentleman from Washington. Oftentimes, I give him an amendment which he has very little time to look at. Again this happened, but I am very pleased he is supporting my amendment. With that, obviously I will not call for a vote…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 31, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $16,000,000)''. Page 33, line 18, after the dollar amount…

I would interpret it different. That is your--my interpretation is people do not want the President's health care plan.

I just want to make it clear that we are on record of asking for a hearing on this.

This seemed to be a theme of the administration. If a study or report comes out that they disagree with, it is denounced as inaccurate or labeled an outlier, even if the administration actually commissioned the study themselves.

A 2/10 study commissioned by President Obama's Small Business Administration places the total annual compliance cost of federal regulations at $1.75 trillion, a number that trumps the record federal budget deficit.

Regulatory reform has been a priority of this subcommittee in the 112th Congress and will remain so as long as Americans suffer from prolonged high unemployment and sluggish economic growth.

I think it is mentioned by the chairwoman, the FTC recently reported 9 million Americans have fallen victim to identity theft.

I think this is really a very important issue for you and this subcommittee to make a stand, get the bill through the subcommittee, through the full committee and try and get it through the House.

If the data security bill that I had in the 109th Congress had actually passed... to prevent unauthorized acquisition of that data.

I certainly would want to work with you to find out perhaps what really happened and perhaps to extend a hearing on this on my subcommittee.

We have excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.

The President's statements are pretty bold and they are pretty dramatic and they are pretty clear.

We need to put politics aside and work through these barriers to make 'Made in America' a proud statement.

If the Administration is sincere about this goal to boldly increase our exports, their actions should be just as bold.

I would just close by saying it is not appropriate for the unelected FCC to regulate interstate communication services on barely more than a whim and without any additional input from the United States Congress. If left unchallenged, this…