David Loebsack: “In closing, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. Again, I thank Mrs. Biggert for her support of this…”

After being in session for only 74 days so far this year, the Republican leadership has decided to send us home for 7\1/2\ weeks. That is thoroughly unacceptable to the American people. They expect us to do our job. That is not what we are…

Clearly, there still are many challenges to ensure that all Americans are able to access and use the internet because in today's economy, if you don't have reliable internet access you're probably going to be shut out of the digital…

We have gotten bipartisan support to do something about the USF and to reform it so that we really can bring that service to folks in theses rural areas.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this legislation, I believe, as Mr. Lance stated, is proof that we can accomplish great things when we put aside partisanship and unite around a common goal. To that end, I want to…