Despite the fact that all five Commissioners agreed before this Committee that too much consolidation has been allowed in radio, the FCC has done little to stem the tide.
As a result, it now falls to Congress to ensure that the goals of localism, diversity and competition are preserved.
The pace of such consolidation has been staggering.
I want to commend Chairman McCain for continuing the Committee's series of hearings on the critically important issue of media consolidation...
I'd like to commend the Department for proposing this for intermodal freight needs.
Mr. Secretary, what do you think of the proposal Hawaii has put up that you should extend the bus funding?
Mr. Secretary, I'll have to go to vote, but may I submit my questions for your response later?
On your seatbelt statistics, is there any correlation on age?
I'm very interested in working with the Administration to make certain that the intermodal connections... would be eligible under this progr...
It is challenging to do that when the administration only submits its request one week before the committee must mark up the bill.
Stop-gap spending bills are not the appropriate vehicle for setting long term domestic, foreign, or defense policy.