Roger Wicker

I want to be his teammate on that. It's way past time that we address this issue.

When can we expect these reports?

Admiral Richardson, Mr. Pendleton said he doesn't know what caused these accidents.

We're ahead of Germany, United Kingdom, and South Korea, and China in the basic regard.

If we don't get that and we don't get the exclusive use of that, as your testimony advocates, what would that mean?

Well, it's not a clearly defined answer.

Is that your position, Mr. Spear? And is that your position, Mr. Hall?

Well, let me get to another couple of topics.

So if somebody is looking to buy a boat, and if red snapper is their thing, it's hard for them to decide, 'I want to fork over a considerable amount of money,' if they don't know how much fishing they're going to be able to do.

I think that's what you're saying and the other witnesses are saying about how recreational fishermen are conservationists because we know, along with Mother Earth, that we don't want to keep these things, we want to use them over and over.

I would like to thank my Senator for sponsoring Senate Bill 1520, the Modern Fish Act.

This is part of the infrastructure program that we need to be doing, as Americans.

The money that is spent improperly could have been used to build out broadband.

The Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 (S. 1534), sponsored by Senator Wicker, is based on the premise that recreational and commercial fishing are fundamentally different activities and therefore require different…

I've introduced a bill called the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act, which would amend Magnuson-Stevens to improve management for saltwater recreational fishing.

May the record reflect that all five witnesses agreed to do that.

Clearly, this is a massive undertaking, and there's much interest on the part of the Congress.

We are going to make available the FirstNet network to all of those first responders.

But of the land mass.

So there would be no availability of coverage percentage or maps for each state?

That is proprietary and not available to the public.

Can you be more specific than significant?

Are you able to say what approximate percentage of the lower 48 land mass will be covered by Band Class 14 buildout?

Who will determine that need?

Will you build out the class 14 spectrum only where it is economically viable, or will you build it out where there is a written requirement in the arrangement between you and FirstNet?