It just becomes--at some point, you hit the breaking point. It just becomes not viable.

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

And so I think your bill recognizes that and puts in effective measures to try to address this and be able to make sure that the Space Coast remains the Space Coast going forward.

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.

Central Florida has a lot of advantages in space flight.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You need to be able to coordinate more in real time to make sure that, especially these life-carrying missions are secure, that they are predictable, and that we have everything in place before the launch goes.

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.

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

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

I applaud the FCC for establishing a new rule for the 2200 to 2290 megahertz band, but it feels like it is still going a little slow compared to what we need.

Cape Canaveral has become the busiest spaceport in the world, and 57 launches in 2022, and we are looking at 86 to 92 launches in 2023.

The good news is the 117th Congress was the most productive in 50 years.

We need to find areas of common ground like the privacy--internet privacy bill that we passed out last year.

The first thing I think is critical is that we don't push America to default on our debts.

There are a few elephants in the room worth mentioning.

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