Catherine Cortez Masto

I applaud you for having this hearing with the Teamsters' voice at the table.

Absent strong action and guidance from this Committee and others, a new generation of autonomous vehicles will provide limitless opportunity for this same pattern of reckless behavior.

I urge you to consider these possibilities with a healthy dose of realism.

The Federal regulators I think failed us to some extent.

I think it is important for all of us to understand there is so much data out there and the concern when it comes to credit or how we determine somebody's creditworthiness, if we are going to take all of that data into consideration, might…

Do you agree that the evidence shows that solar and wind power can be reliably integrated into the power grid?

What I would really like to just get a commitment on... is that you are willing to work with all of those federal agencies.

I am from Nevada and just came back from touring rural Nevada.

I would like your commitment to conduct meaningful and consistent consultation with the tribes and native organizations, not only in Alaska but across the country.

We're in a transition period right now, a period from which we've had a lot of problems to a period with once the National Verifier is up and running, I am cautiously optimistic that that will solve a lot of those problems.

I think it's important that we allow companies, after those audits, to engage in reform, to learn from the audits, move forward.

Lifeline also is an important or essential service as part of that puzzle as well?

Broadband-only is an interstate service and, therefore, the FCC, the Federal Government, is in charge of overseeing that.

Can you confirm for me whether you agree with Commissioner Clyburn that Chairman Pai's early action to cut broadband providers from the Lifeline program reduced competition in this space and could lead to minority-owned businesses and…

This narrative dehumanizes people to undermine a program that we should all be proud of, and working together to improve.

And I cannot sit here today, especially in this moment of rising white supremacy around the country and in the Oval Office, without directly confronting that these assumptions often have racist undertones.

I have long been troubled by the tenor of the Lifeline debate: there's a tendency to wage war on the poor, to demonize and make assumptions about Lifeline recipients.

I call upon the Commission to undertake this fundamental analysis of the program.

Unfortunately, as has been demonstrated time and time again, the FCC's Lifeline program has not lived up to this promise, especially to those that rely on these services.

Let me be clear: the bipartisan principle of universal service has been the bedrock of our nation's communications policies for more than 80 years.

I will be very cognizant about giving you the resources that you need.

The interaction between those federal agencies and state and local agencies is so important as to how we manage this.

This is to Mr. Rice and Ms. Christiansen. Can you talk a little bit about cheat grass because in Nevada, as we know, sage brush is one of the most imperiled in the United States because of this invasive species, cheat grass?

Do you have the resources you need? This is my concern with what I have seen coming out of the recommended budget out of the Administration.

If you did not engage in the practices, then you should not have signed the consent order.