"I thought it was important for the subcommittee to be able to understand the issues and intent with this legislation."
"It is important we do these period look-backs."
"In a tradition we've been observing every 5 years or so for a quarter century, today we begin discussing the law authorizing satellite video providers..."
"I want to commend the subcommittee chairman and the full committee chairman for moving to reauthorize something before it is expired."
"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..."
"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."
"When Congress passed the 1992 Cable Act, for example, cable operators controlled 98 percent of the pay TV distribution market."
"The FCC regulates traditional video providers based on a bygone era."