Roger Wicker

39 percent of rural Americans lack access to broadband service

Well, how realistic is that? Wouldn't more reliable mobile be a little more realistic than fixed, in terms of actually our ability to get it done?

As telehealth grows and additional services are available in the home, a more flexible fixed solution will be necessary.

I think we're considerably better off having had your testimony, and thank you for working with us and spending the time.

Who's going to decide how narrowly to divide those blocks up?

So you think that needs to be fixed?

If we do everything the Left has advocated with regard to climate, combating climate change, if we outlaw coal, and if we make people cold in their homes, and raise their power bills 300 percent, what will the effect be?

Scientific consensus has not always been right.

Climate change has been occurring for millions and millions of years.

Recently, Senator Cortez Masto and I introduced the Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act, the SPEED Act.

So a one-size-fits-all rule of thumb on forage fish, we can do better than that. Is that your testimony?

I have a little bill called the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 and I have nine cosponsors in the Senate.

I am confident that there will be bipartisan support for your confirmation after this hearing.

President Trump recognized the superb service of Admiral Gallaudet, and he has given NOAA the leader it needs at this opportune time.

It is my hope you continue to draw on that expertise during your time at NOAA.

Like ships, unmanned systems are vital capabilities for the twenty-first century navy.

I also know that your family--like many Mississippians--lost your home during Hurricane Katrina, so you know the seriousness of NOAA's mission to provide accurate information and warnings.

In Admiral Gallaudet, President Trump made an excellent nomination for NOAA's deputy administrator.

I am confident that he will have bipartisan support for confirmation very, very soon.

It is my hope that he will continue to draw on this expertise during his time at NOAA.

He knows firsthand the devastation caused by Katrina and the importance of NOAA's mission to provide accurate information and warnings.

Admiral Gallaudet is experienced and knowledgeable about oceans, coasts, and atmosphere having served 32 years in the Navy.

President Trump has made an excellent nomination for NOAA Deputy Administrator.

Well, we await your further information, and thank you for your leadership.

To the extent we're asking fewer ships to do the--a larger amount of work--to the extent that we've--that we reduced our fleet size by 20 percent since 9/11, it is a fact that the Navy is busier than ever, and that's got to affect…