Tom Udall

I applaud this Committee and Senator Tom Udall for taking action on the quality of education Native American students, families and Native nations receive.

I thank my friend. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). The Senator from Massachusetts.

SRF reform will promote innovation and fuel economic growth by making more spectrum available for commercial use.

I strongly support your re-nomination. As FCC Commissioner, you have demonstrated a deep commitment to public service.

I was very disappointed when Windstream declined almost $28 million in Connect America funding for rural broadband in New Mexico.

I appreciate your commitment to closing the 'homework gap' that drives children to search for public WiFi hotspots.

I am pleased that the budget agreement announced this week has important spectrum policy reforms.

The FCC's Open Internet order will ensure the Internet remains a platform for free expression.

I cannot tell you how important those grants are in terms of supporting rural communities, supporting economic development, and really pushing the envelope in terms of helping people be more connected in rural communities with the rest of…

I am worried that sequestration and the proposed cuts will further obstruct recovery and development.

So what is the signal that you want to send to businesses across the planet coming out of Paris, Mr. Stern?

A new climate agreement in Paris can help strengthen the role of, and minimize risks to, the private sector in a number of ways.

I really believe we have the best witness here to deal with what is going to happen in Paris.

And Republicans have long decried any international agreements on climate change that do not conclude meaningful action on climate change from developing countries.

And another big ask from Republicans has been that enforcement should not be left up to the United Nations.

Clear, achievable, measurable, and enforceable science-based targets for carbon emission reductions.

The Paris agreement represents a historic opportunity to build a global effort to address climate change.

One of the big concerns for many Republicans has been that there should not be an international agreement that imposes climate action on the United States beyond what the United States already plans.

Earlier, before the Senator got here, this is what I showed everybody, which is a picture of Frank and his grandchildren. You know well how he always talked about his grandchildren--

The key here is that States are going to be able to participate much more. When we started with the original bill, we worked more towards having States participate. I know that Senator Daines has been very generous to us and shown us great…

I say to Senator Manchin, I want to thank you too because I know you have labored hard on this, and you helped the original cosponsors get together and talk with each other and help them find common ground. With Senator Vitter here, we…

I couldn't agree with the Senator more. I also wish to talk a little bit about Senator Frank Lautenberg. I have a picture here of him with his grandchildren. But let me first say, Senator Whitehouse, did you wish to mention your staff…

I say to Senator Whitehouse, I couldn't agree more. I think those are the delicate phases we have to go through. What we have been telling our House colleagues all along is we have worked long and hard on this, we have been more…

Mobile broadband also enables innovation and new opportunities for job creation.

Our constituents living in rural areas should not be left behind.