Rod Blum: “one of the reasons we are the greatest nation on the face of this earth is because of the rule of law.”

It is imperative--imperative--that we identify and help mitigate the difficulties identified by small, rural carriers in deploying broadband so we can begin to close the urban and rural digital divide.

I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Blum) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1132, as…

So we are actually running a profit. Imagine that. It has to be one of the few agencies in the Federal Government who run a profit.

I just want to conclude by saying small businesses have zero--zero--resources available, none.