Darren Soto

These stories need to be told.

As someone of Puerto Rican descent, I would find it particularly offensive that they are censoring Roberto Clemente's own biography and books about him.

We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial impact on the national economy and our nation's long-term financial sustainability.

That is just un-American to not have that kind of competition.

We in Congress have to make sure we get you the right resources.

The other thing is that TikTok needs to be an American company with American values and end its ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

I would encourage you to continue thinking about how to get the word out to parents across the Nation.

I am a parent of 2 teenagers, 14 and 18 years old, both of whom have been harmed by social media.

Internet privacy is on us.

We all agree we have to protect our kids.

The genie is really out of the bottle on this now, so to speak.

It has failed a couple times over enforcement disputes. So our State and 22 million Floridians are left vulnerable by not having rights, which is why it is time for us to step up to create a national standard.

It is nothing short of a mild miracle last term when we saw both parties come together to pass out of the committee the American Data Privacy and Protection Act.

You are making Florida proud.

Central Florida has a lot of advantages in space flight.

So how helpful would the LAUNCH Communications Act be in increasing and helping your busy launch schedule by streamlining FCC licenses?

But I think a lot of people don't realize how many of those are from SpaceX: 31 in 2021, 61 in 2022.

In our last panel, we talked a lot about my back yard in Kissimmee, where we get to see the full magnificence of America's busiest spaceport.

We really want to make sure this is nimble, because weather can be unpredictable.

Well, we appreciate the FCC being responsive even to our efforts as we are still working on passing this bill into law.

Thank you, Chairman, and appreciate both your support, our ranking member's and of course my fellow Floridian, Dr. Dunn, on this great bill we're hearing today, the LAUNCH Communications Act.

This bill would enhance the ability of entities to launch rockets from the U.S.

This is something our Nation is getting right, but we do have work to do to keep our place as the world's dominant space power.

It just becomes not viable. And you will--you are going to start having launches that get delayed not because there is anything wrong with the launch, but the paperwork hasn't been processed in time.

Oh, it's absolutely critical. As you recognize, there is--foreign powers around the world are--they are looking at the United States with envy.