"I don't know of a more professional hard-working leader that we have had in Ray over the last 5 years."
"This committee has pursued FCC process reform on a bipartisan basis, going back to the 112th Congress."
"The stakes are certainly high. The communications and technology sectors are among our nation's most precious economic assets."
"The Commission should look with a skeptical eye at calls to regulate part of a market at the request of competitors."
"It is only through this approach that we can avoid uncertainty and the threat to investments."
"opening statement"
"I hope that, in the same bipartisan spirit that launched EPA in 1970, that we can rededicate ourselves to the basic public health protections that are the reasons that this agency was brought into exi..."
"Make no mistake, the system failed at all levels that resulted in the lead contamination problems with Flint's water supply."
"What we are doing now will not prevent damage in Flint, but we owe it to the people of Flint..."
"I know that the agency has an ambitious agenda it would like to put in place before President Obama's tenure..."
"However, the heartbreaking events unfolding in Flint, Michigan, are a sign that EPA has strayed from its core mission."
"The exciting aspect about this technology, however, is that it can do much more than impact currency."