Kelly Ayotte

I've been very critical of here in the Committee is, frankly, the Universal Service Fund, because New Hampshire is a net donor of nearly $25 million annually to the fund.

I could not agree more. I do hope that we do roll up our sleeves on USF and E-Rate so that we are making sure that those dollars are accomplishing what we all want to accomplish.

If the Senator from Iowa needs a couple of minutes to wrap up, I don't think I will take my whole 10 minutes so I would be happy to cede to him a couple of minutes.

I worry that there are so many GAO reports that sort of sit on a shelf of very good ideas about how we can implement efficiency, how we can find savings.

I want to thank the panel and, obviously, Senator Warner and Senator Blunt for holding this hearing.

What we don't want to do is create another situation where somehow this authority cherry-picks from what's already being done at the State level.

I guess I'm trying to understand, you know, what is the benefit for smaller states for an infrastructure bank.

And so I see this as obviously a tool that these traffickers could be using as well.

I was struck, Judge Hill, when I heard you testify about the numbers from 2012, that these were improvements on the past.

It is absolutely horrific what happens to victims of human trafficking. And they are treated like things instead of people.

I look forward to working with all of you together on a bipartisan basis to address a problem that should not exist in the United States of America.

We need to send a message that the Federal Government and State governments are working together, that we are not going to tolerate human trafficking in our country.

We would like to hear from you today what other criminal activities are being fueled by human trafficking.

Obviously, we are concerned about the fact that Medicare is scheduled to go bankrupt in 2026.

I just use that as one example. But how do you view your role as a Commissioner in terms of providing clarity and guidance to business and really a set of rules that they could follow so that they know what to do, and at the same time…

I think it would be important for the government also thinking about economic growth issues that have been such an important sector of our economy.

We have a need for greater spectrum.

New Hampshire gets ripped off under it.

I think the FTC is fundamentally an enforcement agency and I'm familiar on the antitrust side particularly with sometimes the difficulty associated with having very predictive guidelines and guidance.

It's just hard for me to justify to my constituents the amount they are contributing.

A huge deficit savings over not only the 10-year window, but the 20-year window.

The bill that Senator Shaheen and I both supported would dramatically expand those caps.

I also wanted to follow up on--I know that several of you mentioned immigration reform, which is another whole topic.

I really took to heart some of the ideas that you brought up on the uniformity across agencies.

We are not asking for a lot, but I think there are high impact opportunities for the Federal government to support the continued growth of the economy here.