Kevin Cramer

A carbon tax, which is defined in the resolution as a Federal tax on carbon released from fossil fuels, is really an energy tax and an energy tax that includes taxing most means of electricity generation, gasoline, natural gas, and home…

But what should also be noted is that it will disproportionately affect those at the lower end of the economic spectrum, and those on fixed incomes.

I would rather see... work with our State and work with our Health Department... on a global solution.

Does it seem like it makes sense to use a consent decree or to bully... companies into some sort of agreement apart from a transparent process?

Not one EPA regulation has ever cost one job.

I am unconvinced that the FCC's proposed privacy rules on ISPs will do anything more than add additional rules.

I strongly oppose these rules and I hope the FCC will reconsider their current approach.

I continue to hear from especially my rural telephone cooperatives of call dropping issues.

I have a special particular concern about its impact, the disproportionate impact it would have on smaller video providers, rural video providers.

I find it, frankly, reprehensible. Frankly, I find it illegal.

Are you familiar with the term 'innovative enforcement'?

That is the perfect wrap-up, Mr. Shimkus. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Making this vehicle another all-important appropriate vehicle for this amendment because the main piece of the omnibus package is, of course, increased spending for our defense. But you said cost effective. You are right, having these…

I just have to say, since you brought it up, there is nothing that makes me much more emotional than a really good song; but the men and women who protect us in this Chamber make me as emotional as anything. I am grateful. It is a great…

Why then did the administration offer a rule to prevent Americans from doing the same amount of charity that the Government does now?

To maximize broadband access, we need commonsense actions that balance jobs and growth with expense and the environment.

Maybe Commissioner Pai first, and then the Chairman with the remaining time.

Well, there are other issues the FCC has taken up this year that I wish there would have been more consensus on, so I don't want consensus to mean 100 percent, as you might imagine.

Chairman Wheeler, can we meet the end of the year deadline? Is there a reason we can't meet that, and are we attaching too many other things to the simple solution?

Thank the Chairman, and the Ranking Member, once again for suffering along with me as you wait for the last questioner.

We can't let the necessary and the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Do you believe, representing just your country, that the world would be safer if the United States was a force or a player in the global marketplace, being the stable, reliable provider of crude oil?

I think energy security is different than energy independence.

I appreciate your support for the Keystone Pipeline.

I think very similar to my earlier comments, that we are planning on building a recapitalized network that can be upgraded and maintained into the future.