Leonard Lance: “But for the richest most powerful nation on earth, we can and should do better.”

I commend the Commission and the members of the subcommittee for the good, bipartisan work that has occurred over the past year and a half.

We have a record of the Democratic Party in control of both the Congress and the presidency. And the overwhelming issue is the state of the economy.

New Jersey has become the worst 9-1-1 fee diverter in the country, diverting over one billion dollars to non-9-1-1 related purposes.

I have introduced the AIRWAVES Act with Ranking Member Doyle which, among other things, would help spur rural broadband deployment by dedicating 10 percent of spectrum auction proceeds under the bill to rural broadband.