"It is rural America that is catching up and too often left behind in the thought process that we don't need it."
"It takes away that flexibility and security to a great degree of being able to know that if I go to another restaurant that has a larger clientele or whatever else, it could impact me at the tip credi..."
"one potential effect of more than doubling the Federal minimum wage is that small businesses will simply close the doors"
"I worry about this one-size-fits-all where even some of these proposed minimum wages are even standard of living in places like New York and Boston"
"I hope today's hearing provides a good foundation for finding a bipartisan consensus on net neutrality legislation that, at the very least, ratchets down."
"I stand ready and willing to find a compromise that protects consumers from anticompetitive harms while not sacrificing longstanding bipartisan policies."
"Can you reasonably manage your network if broadband is codified as an information service under Title I of the Communications Act and is there adequate enforcement to make sure you are not gaming this..."
"Well, that is so important, and I appreciate that in talking with the private sector and their challenges in the energy industry with cyber."
"I would like to ask, Mr. Chairman, unanimous consent to submit for the record letters from the National Association of Attorneys Generals, Families USA, and Partnership for Medicaid Home Based Care, a..."
"I commend the work of these State Fraud Control Units and the attorneys general for protecting the most vulnerable of our population from harm as well as ensuring taxpayer resources are being used app..."
"I guess the only complaint I would have thus far is that your staff didn't prepare well enough to go through 535 members of Congress to see if there were any biases and have those figures for us today..."
"You have no specific timeline or strong policy in place to notify me, for instance, that there's a reason why you have taken me down, blocked or whatever, for the time being so I can at least respond ..."