Daniel Inouye: “The major concern that this committee has can be said in two words, retention and recruiting.”

I implore you to honor treaty obligations and to exempt all tribes and programs serving tribes from the current and any future sequestration.

I rise in memory of an unspeakable tragedy that shook our great Nation free of the belief that we are an untouchable force in the modern world, 11 years ago today. Eleven years ago today an unspeakable tragedy shook our great Nation free…

We have the diplomatic approach, which is the carrot and carrot approach, where everybody wins.

. . . If [the FCC] identifies such unforeseen instances in which a lack of agreement results in a loss of local programming to viewers, the Commission should take the regulatory steps needed to address the problem.