Edolphus Towns: “I want to offer my congratulations and best wishes to Vicky on her retirement.”

Data theft still remains a very large burden for the American consumer that must be addressed by legislative action from this committee.

Unfortunately the discussion draft before us today falls short of the commitment needed to ensure that the personal information of hard working Americans are kept safe.

I am a strong supporter of President Obama's goal of improving the way this country uses its spectrum and freeing up more for mobile broadband and a national public safety network.

We should take swift action to pass it in this Congress.