Steve Largent: “The Government has a lot of spectrum. We need to try to figure out a way to free it up.”

I want to address the last speaker's comments and say that, first, we need to step back from trees and look at the forest and try to take a long view of our culture, and we can look at history and show that no culture that has ever…

I remind the gentleman that under the current State revolving funds the States already have the flexibility to address nonpoint source matters. So what we are doing is really redundant and provides less flexibility for States, potentially…

Absolutely. I would just submit, Mr. Speaker, that the relationship of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] with another man does not threaten my marriage whatsoever, my marriage of 21 years with the same woman.

I also am concerned that the provision only mentions State law and does not mention Federal law, and I hope that the provision can be modified to make it clear that purchasers of these systems have to comply with relevant Federal law, such…