On the recordApril 10, 2019
I will be brief here. The only effort to nationalize 5G and to fully regulate 5G is contained in the Democrats' bill. That is where it is happening. We had an amendment in the Rules Committee to prevent that, and the Democrats who control the Rules Committee by a 2-to-1 margin refused to even allow us to debate that amendment here on the floor. Finally, the President never said he was going to nationalize 5G. Somebody leaked a memo out of the White House that said that is a good idea. I oppose that. Right that same day, within hours, they had been clear on that. Let's be clear here. The facts of the matter are that this legislation nationalizes and regulates 5G like it has never been done before and threatens innovation and development of this exciting new opportunity for American consumers. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the great State of California (Mr. McCarthy), who is the Republican leader. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise to ask a simple yet important question, a question more and more Americans are beginning to ask: What have the Democrats done with their majority? This Friday marks the 100th day of the new Democratic majority, 100 days of Democratic disappointment. Today, we were supposed to debate the Democrats' shell budget, but Speaker Pelosi pulled it. So here we are, debating another bill that is dead on arrival in the Senate. The numbers speak for themselves.…





