"I urge NTIA to exercise the 2-year renewal option on the contract."
"We've said time and again that this is far too important to rush."
"This subcommittee has been committed to oversight of the transition process."
"The Internet remains a free and open place to exchange information and ideas, and the goal of my legislation has always been to preserve that for future generations."
"We would be negligent in our responsibilities to not sure that NTIA, and the Administration, is living up to its promises."
"Bipartisan staff discussions are ongoing, and we are hopeful that an agreement can be reached to hold NTIA accountable to their own criteria."
"The role of Congress in this transition could be critical."
"It is time to sign over the title to this car, but not until we are sure that ICANN is answerable to the community we designed it to serve."
"You are--I was thinking more like----"
"I don't know that it needs to be a year at all."
"My colleagues who wrote these measures and I are on the side of reforming the Washington bureaucracy."
"We believe the public deserves more access to the process."