Olympia Snowe: “The oceans have been truly the lifeblood of Maine's economy.”

In closing, libraries are vital community technology hubs, and we simply cannot allow inadequate bandwidth to be the limiting factor for what our students and our nations can achieve.

Due in no small part to the leadership of Senators Rockefeller and Snowe, the E-Rate program from its inception focused on providing high-capacity transmission services to libraries and schools.

If we ever want to harness the wind off of our shores, it has to be through an investment tax credit.

Thank you. I will be a fast talker. And I want to thank all of you for your very impressive testimony.