Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. McClain Delaney). Mrs. McCLAIN DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise in strong support of H.R. 2482. Today, I am so pleased to support this long-overdue reauthorization of NTIA, a small but mighty agency housed within the Department of Commerce. This important agency is esteemed by both public and private stakeholders around the globe, and it is staffed by incredibly experienced engineers, technical experts, and tech policy professionals who understand the breadth and depth of telecom and AI impacting our country. I say this because I had the privilege of recently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator of NTIA, this amazing agency. I well understand how much the world and telecom policy have changed since NTIA was reauthorized by Congress over three decades ago. A lot has happened since then. This legislation, as my colleague said, does make it better ``fit for purpose'' by codifying the important Office of Spectrum Management, the division which oversees the spectrum allocations for our country's agencies. During the past few years, I watched it work to finalize our national strategy on spectrum and represent our country at the ITU World Radio Conference and other technical conferences. This is important because this technical work is key and underpins our U.S.…”