"Every megahertz of broadcast television spectrum that the FCC doesn't auction means less revenue to fund prerogatives already determined by this committee and this Congress."
"Good fences make good neighbors. Where I come from in Oregon, we know that is the case whether it is crowded city blocks or sprawling ranches."
"Anyone who wants to see evidence of climate change, I invite you to the islands where I am from."
"I grew up on a cherry orchard and represented a lot of ag interests in Oregon, farmers and ranchers that just feel like there is a whole onslaught out of the Federal Government that is going to shut d..."
"The FCC regulates traditional video providers based on a bygone era."
"When Congress passed the 1992 Cable Act, for example, cable operators controlled 98 percent of the pay TV distribution market."
"If we want to spur investment, innovation and jobs, the time may have come to pull back on the laws of Congress and let the laws of economics do more of the work."
"Gone are the days when consumers were limited to radio and just television; and gone, too, should be the archaic policies of the old era of prohibiting free market decisions."
"We oppose a mandate for FM chips in cell phones but also the current effort should simply get a study."
"We applaud you, Representative Eshoo and Congressman Issa, for introducing House Concurrent Resolution 42 which opposes the FM chip."
"In today's struggling economy, we are looking at a market that is working, and let's keep it that way."
"If we are not vigilant, just might break the Internet by subjecting it to an international regulatory regime."