Frank Pallone actually said...

"I think that had we known more about the workings of LED light bulbs at the time, we would have exempted them specifically from mandatory efficiency standards from the start."

"Simply put, the government should not be in the business of regulating the rates of private industry and that is a lesson that we learn when we look at failed governments of the 1980s in the past in t..."

"I think that there is a tendency to believe that we have done so much to build infrastructure and resiliency in all of our other systems. When everything else fails, amateur radio oftentimes is our la..."

"I see no benefit to the consumer, the environment or the economy from regulating the efficiency of these light bulbs at this time."