Bob Latta: “Part of it is that profit is a big motive in terms of companies.”

The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee has been very busy this past Congress making sure that we get broadband deployed across this country. This piece of legislation will help make sure that…

I have no other speakers, if the gentleman is ready to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

As I mentioned already, the NTIA has not been reauthorized since 1992. Again, as stated before, many of the responsibilities that it has didn't even exist or were irrelevant at that time, such as Federal spectrum management, administration…

This legislation would provide more certainty to our commercial satellite operators so that when they make the investment in satellite technologies, they will be able to launch them into space. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support…