This really helps the folks to allow a county healthcare district and other rural providers to get affordable broadband service.

I encouraged the FCC to take a close look at the program in order to help telehealth facilities pay for the cost of this connectivity.

We need to encourage states to find solutions that best suit their needs.

I worked closely with the hospital and community to help get fiber built out into the county, and we recently worked together with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to raise the cap on the FCC's Rural Health Care Program.

I'm proud to report the members of this Subcommittee have worked together and have accomplished a lot to expand broadband access in rural America.

All of this shows that Congress can--in fact--roll up its sleeves to get things done.

I have worked over the years with the health center there and the hospital and others on their efforts to build out fiber and get really good connectivity.

I will allow subcommittee members to discuss the legislative solutions, but I would like to highlight a couple that positively impact the people of Tennessee and Americans everywhere.

I was really pleased in June when the FCC increased the funding for the Rural Health Care Program by $171 million a year.

Ensuring the solvency of the Relocation Fund is crucial to getting this spectrum to use for broadband, especially in rural areas.

I'm very glad we could work with Ms. Eshoo to finally get it done.

I want to thank Ms. Word for being here today. We really appreciate your coming out. I look forward to your testimony.

I am pleased that we could work with Ms. Eshoo, who had this great idea, common sense, and we finally got it done.

I want to thank Chairman McClintock and my friend from Arizona for their work on this, especially Chairman Bishop as well. The Natural Resources Committee has been terrific to work with on this measure over a period of time. The bill is…

We can all recognize the importance of protecting consumers' personal information, no matter what kind of network they are using for communication.

the 340B program has helped provide lifesaving medicines that reduced prices to certain safety net health care providers.

Today I rise to raise an issue that would ``shock the conscience.'' Those are not my words. Those are the words of a distinguished Federal judge when he refused to sentence two ranchers in my district to 5 years in prison. Judge Hogan…

The outlook for American energy is bright, with plentiful reserves, a highly skilled workforce, pro-growth regulations.

Today, the United States is the world's number-one producer of petroleum and natural gas.

In fact, the U.S. is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions, and by a large margin.

We have cut our imports by about 75 percent since they peaked in 2005.

Prices for consumers are low and stable.

We have taken steps to improve our regulatory policies--we know we have a lot more to do there--and reform our outdated tax code to encourage domestic production.

We can do a lot of cleanup of the environment and create great American jobs and develop American energy.

This is big. The shale revolution, now 10 years in the making, has had an enormously positive impact on the economy.