Republicans are unlikely to support, at least at this time, a big unpaid for straight up 1.5 trillion dollar infrastructure plan.

Congress can help the United States remain the world's leader in wireless by focusing on two main issues: (1) infrastructure reforms and (2) building a spectrum pipeline.

We do need to approach this fundamentally as an equity issue and hopefully find a way to make these programs more sustainable.

Democrats are unlikely to support a shifting of responsibility for infrastructure from the Federal Government to State and local.

Senator Schatz and Senator Thune are working on local siting with respect to how do we update the rules.

Thank you all for your willingness to serve.

These credit bureaus operate almost entirely in the dark, and it has real impact.

The best way to prevent students and taxpayers from another Corinthian or ITT Tech, is to improve oversight of schools on the front end by accreditors.

I urge the Members of this Committee to review this study to inform your decisions as you work through this reauthorization.

utilizing the debt ceiling statute as a sort of opportunity to take a policy ransom only harms our country.

Could you get back to us about whether you need additional authorities to try to move that along?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Fowlkes, thank you for everything that you and the FCC have been doing.

NAB salutes Senators Jerry Moran (KS) and Brian Schatz (HI) for their bipartisan legislation, the Viewer and Listener Protection Act.

I think the chain in that alert system needs to be modified to reflect the seriousness of the threat.

It seems to me that the FCC, at least in their investigatory process, has to assess the extent to which we had problems.

why is an incoming missile not absolutely the kind of thing that would ride on that President alert?

I thought I heard the Senator from North Carolina suggest that we stay in and get this done tonight. I think we still have a chance to get this done before 1 a.m.

I still have the floor. And if we don't get this done by 1 a.m., I personally don't think we should adjourn. I think this should be personally uncomfortable and physically uncomfortable. I think we should be embarrassed by this. I think…

reserving the right to object, I am a member of the Defense Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. As the Senator from North Carolina knows, the way that we do Defense appropriations is with great care. We have markups. We find out…

I was going to give some prepared remarks, but I want to be a little quicker because I see the Senator from Virginia here, and I know how devastating a government shutdown is for the State of Virginia. It is terrible for Hawaii--for our…

I just want to briefly respond to the Senator from North Carolina. I actually agree it would be a half measure to open the government for 24 hours; it would be a half measure to pass just CHIP; it would be a half measure to open the…

I have one last unanimous consent request, and I appreciate the participation from the Senator from North Carolina. I appreciate our dialogue here. I think this is constructive and productive. This last UC request is very simple. It is the…

so here is the state of play. There is a group of 19 to 22 U.S. Senators, a bipartisan group that is trying to find a pathway forward. Senators Schumer and McConnell had a meeting. We don't know exactly how that went. There are some…

regular order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii has the floor.

Regular order, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Hawaii.