Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I am coming to the floor today to talk about what is happening in Ukraine, but before I do that, I cannot help but--having heard some of the discussion before this from my colleague from Michigan…

I think part of these small business owners who are working hard at something they love to do, it is important to them, and I think that we should stand up for them as well.

I hope that you would talk to some of our fishermen in New Hampshire and hear directly from them so that you can understand their perspective.

I have worked with the Chairman there, Senator Wyden, on a permanent extension of the Internet tax moratorium

I have introduced legislation... that would permanently extend the current ban on Internet access taxes.

I hope you will come to New Hampshire.

All our fishermen want is to get back out on the water and fish, and not relinquish their boats and livelihoods because of these regulations.

I am really concerned that our small fishermen are going to cease to exist if we don't come to some more reasonable accommodation.

I am appreciative that NOAA has worked with the fishermen in the Northeast to distribute the disaster funds promptly.

I hope that we can, in addition to getting the Highway Trust Fund gap dealt with, also pass this bipartisan legislation

Thank you. I appreciate it.

the purpose of the Universal Service Fund is really to build out capacity--used to be hard lines, now we are looking at broadband