Hansen Clarke: “Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for the equal treatment. You know we Democrats do not usually get that in the…”

If the underwear bomber had been successful, a huge commercial aircraft could have blown up right over metropolitan Detroit.

If that happens, many of the people that are the most vulnerable, less likely to get information from any other source, may not be able to get an emergency alert in the event of an emergency.

Because of that, I am very concerned that the new broadcast spectrum auction... could really pose a problem to many of the people that I represent who are senior citizens or disabled, who are struggling financially.

We cannot afford to make deep funding cuts that emphasize the cost of a program over their true worth.