Brian Schatz

I led a letter earlier this year, along with Senator Klobuchar and 65 additional senators, calling on the FCC to make this fix.

I want to congratulate you on your reappointment to the FCC and thank you for your continued commitment to public service.

I hope this committee can act quickly to confirm the Commissioner's nomination for another term.

You have also been a leading advocate for kids.

The FAA has been far more reactive than proactive in addressing the challenges created by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

ALPA encourages the FAA to: Educate... and implement broad public-awareness campaign.

ALPA recommends that, starting before November 20, 2015, the FAA require aircraft registration at the point of sale.

That's why I introduced S. 2100, the Tobacco to 21 Act with nine of my Senate colleagues, which would raise the minimum legal age of sale of tobacco products to 21.

Tobacco prevention and control is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions we can use as policymakers to prevent unnecessary tobacco deaths.

Pilots have reported a surge in close calls with UAS: nearly 700 by mid-August of this year as compared to 238 in all of 2014.

We need to develop an aggressive plan to make different types of spectrum available.

We have to work together on a spectrum pipeline for the future.

We may still get a 'no' unless they know, look, that billions of dollars in revenue are on the table

Unlicensed spectrum lets innovators deliver millions of new products.

I have been working on the growing Internet of Things.

Ensuring the availability of more licensed spectrum is essential because it provides companies the certainty they need for investment.

My concern is no objection to moving forward on broadband, but that at a minimum we take the lessons we have learned from Lifeline for voice and we encourage the FCC to use those lessons and not repeat those mistakes.

Expanding Lifeline subsidies to broadband simply recognizes the reality of how people communicate today.

It just seems to me that, as we grapple with the eligibility determination question and the mechanics of that, which are enormously difficult, there is just no way that any of that is going to get settled, as a practical matter, before the…

When Lifeline began almost three decades ago, the goal was to make sure that all Americans had the securities and opportunities that came with phone service, whether you needed to call an ambulance or call for a job interview.

Just like that landline was necessary in the 1980s, everyone needs a broadband connection to participate in today's society.

However, the program does need an overhaul. We must learn from the mistakes of the past, and we have to work on parallel tracks.

I want to thank you for the chance to address the Committee and thank you for undertaking this effort to assemble comprehensive energy legislation in a bipartisan manner.

I am especially grateful that you are beginning this effort with a look at energy efficiency which we all know is the least expensive, most effective way to reduce energy costs.

I want to thank Chair Murkowski for assembling such a good, bipartisan group and for considering this and other excellent pieces of legislation.