John Kerry actually said...

"I appreciate, Mr. Chairman, your holding this hearing and the opportunity to focus on this particular aspect of the industry."

"The communications sector, as Senator Kerry mentioned, is a fifth of our economy."

"I have worked in the past with then-Senator Obama to focus the attention of the FCC on this growing problem."

"the tenure and stewardship, if you can call it that, of your predecessor really, I thought, was a bleak period."