Brian Schatz

This is going to be a political decision. This is going to be an appropriations decision.

Given the Importance of the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific to the Joint Force, do you think the Air Force is sufficiently investing in the cyber capabilities it needs to protect our forces from the threats we face from potential competitors…

I agree that our lead in the area of air superiority is shrinking and that our adversaries are developing increasingly sophisticated and in some cases superior systems.

Energy assurance is therefore critical for the Air Force in a different way.

The Air Force is breaking ground on a project this year at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that will use utility-scale clean power.

Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. at PACOM has spoken about the need for advanced weapons systems to defeat our potential adversaries and to operate in a contested environment.

This high-cost CAF support is essential to ensure access to all Americans regardless of geography.

It is, therefore, critical that we use it wisely to reach the most people possible.

Being a citizen today means being connected to the Internet.

The Universal Service program was created to make sure that all Americans have the security and the opportunities that come with being connected.

Scientists should and do receive Federal research dollars based on the merit of their work, not on their conclusions.

Climate change is real, it is caused by humans, and it is solvable.

How would you establish causality in an experiment involving our planet?

97 percent of the scientists have come independently to the same conclusion.

This committee is turning its back on the real science.

We cannot ignore the overwhelming evidence of climate change.

This bipartisan legislation... strengthens First Amendment protections by prohibiting businesses from using non-defamation clauses.

How do you figure out whether the company has a non-disparagement clause? Is that based on consumer complaints, or do you have a process internally?

Fair enough. But it does point out that we are operating at the beginning of this problem and, therefore, we are lacking good decision support on exactly the size and scope of the problem.

The legislation would void anti-disparagement clauses in consumer contracts if they restrict consumers from publicly reviewing products or businesses in good faith.

I think it really is a very clear justification for Federal action.

The bipartisan and bicameral Consumer Review Freedom Act that would ban non-disparagement clauses in form contracts

But I think one of the reasons this bill is so important is it is not just the fact that--even if there were no law, if people think that they may be gone after--and I think we are at a point, if we don't solve the problem soon, there…

Your case perfectly illustrates why we need a law, because individual consumers are in no position to fight this injustice.

The emerging budget deal asks NTIA to identify 30 megahertz of Federal spectrum to be made available for commercial use.