I thank the chairman of the House Resources Committee for his leadership on this and many other issues. It is so important to America's economy and our country. I rise today also in support of this legislation to reform the Federal helium…

I thank the gentleman, my friend, a great defender of the United States Constitution, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly). This is a very troubling day--very troubling day--for those of us who believe in our freedom in America and…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McGOVERN. I have no remaining time to yield to the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps).

I thank my colleague from Texas because I wanted to respond to my friend from Massachusetts, who didn't have any more time to yield or talk about it after he talked about people in my district on food stamps. Indeed they are, and they…

I thank the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Doc Hastings, who has been an extraordinary leader, not only on our forestry issues, but on allowing us to access America's great energy resources in a responsible way that…

This plan has broad support in Oregon--from local officials to sheriffs and DAs to business groups and labor unions to newspaper editorial boards. I have here the letters of support and resolutions from 24 counties across Oregon that, with…

I thank the chairman for his good work on this legislation, and I want to thank my colleagues for what I hope will be their support of passage of this legislation, specifically the parts related to the Federal forest land. Federal forest…

I applaud you for successfully moving this subcommittee beyond an initial information-gathering and educational phase on these very technical and complex issues onto a strong position upon which the subcommittee can act in the coming…

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is old enough to get its driver's license, the Cable Act is old enough to drink alcohol legally.

The only way we can act in the best interest of consumers is in a way that prevents the government from picking winners and losers and it is when we start getting serious about a free-market solution.

You should be compensated for your content, network investments or intellectual property.

We look forward to working with Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Eshoo, Congressman Scalise, and the entire subcommittee.

I also want to commend Ranking Member Eshoo for recently putting her own reform ideas on the table with the release of the Video Choice Act.

Specifically, my discussion draft would give the FCC explicit statutory authority to prevent broadcast television blackouts;

Well, I thank the gentleman from Utah, the chairman of the Forestry Subcommittee, a subcommittee that a number of years ago I had the great privilege and honor to chair when we passed legislation, as we're going to do in this House once…

In a world where video technology is rapidly changing, are the laws keeping pace and fostering a free market?

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana and the gentlelady from California for their great work on this, I think, really good bill. I was in small business for more than 22 years with my wife, and these are the sorts of odds and ends that can…

I recently met with my good friend, Linda Sindt, a former colonel in the United States Air Force from Medford, Oregon. For many years, Linda has served on my service academy nominations board, helping me find honorable young men and women…

A successful broadcast incentive auction has the potential to bring significant spectrum to bear on our nation's broadband spectrum crunch.

If we are going to ensure more competitive mobile services marketplace, the Commission must ensure that all carriers have the opportunity to acquire high quality spectrum.

The communications industry is one of the few sectors still firing on all cylinders in this economy.

Our goal here is--many of you have had very good recommendations about things you think could be done better or differently, but our goal here--and we will take those into account as we go into a markup at some point and try to get this…

The last thing that we want to do is stifle an industry that is continually growing and innovating.

I am convinced we can upgrade the federal system while freeing spectrum, thereby promoting both our Nation's safety and our economic well-being.

Such auctions can help make spectrum available to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services, provided the FCC gets the auction and band plans right.