It is important for Congress to set national broadband deployment and adoption goals.

That's true.

You can't write a term paper on a smartphone.

I think a growing number of Americans are going to find themselves in that position.

This is a really important issue, 30 percent of the population has no access to broadband, and it's bad for the country, bad for our economy, and bad for them, for the folks that don't have access.

For over 200 years we have been held together because, while we are divided by many things, we are united by a powerful and timeless idea, the idea that every single person has the God-given right to determine the course of their own life…

Mr. President, it now appears that at some point this evening we will reach the end of the latest Washington-manufactured crisis of the month. But, unfortunately, the real crisis facing the country remains, and that real crisis is the…

Madam President, clearly the issue we are facing with regard to the budget, ObamaCare, the debt ceiling is a very important issue. In the hours and days to come I will have a lot more to say about it. I waited over the last few days…

Madam President, may I inquire, under the previous order, how much time remains for the minority? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 8\1/2\ minutes remaining for the Republicans.

I ask unanimous consent that 5 minutes be added to that total, for a total of 13 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, with all this focus on the fighting going on in Washington these days, I think we are losing focus on the biggest issue facing this country, and that is the pervasive and growing sense we are losing control of our country…