I thank the chairman for his work on not only this issue and working with us on this, but also your terrific dedication to the country over the years, and especially in moving this legislation forward. I yield back the balance of my time…

Anyone who wants to see evidence of climate change, I invite you to the islands where I am from.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. As chairman of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, I have taken an interest in the use of our Nation's spectrum resources by both Federal and non-Federal users. Spectrum is becoming…

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 down our way of life in the West and…

Thank you for the time. I stand here today in support of the bill of my friend and colleague, Mark Amodei. I think it's really important that we use America's resources responsibly to grow jobs in this country. We need American jobs using…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let's face it, the law that's on the books takes $500 billion out of Medicare and spends it on a new entitlement program. I don't think taking money away from seniors' health care to create a new…

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.

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.

Thank you, Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member Grijalva, for your support for the commonsense Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act. This bill we have before us today will create jobs in central Oregon, remove government red tape. It…

We oppose a mandate for FM chips in cell phones but also the current effort should simply get a study.

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.

Now is the time to execute a serious game plan that deals with those who would put international politics ahead of an open and prosperous Internet.

I urge the administration to continue the United States' commitment to the Internet's collaborative governance structure and to reject international efforts to bring the Internet under government control.

If this power grab is successful, I am concerned that the next Arab Spring will instead become a Russia Winter where free speech is chilled, not encouraged, and the Internet becomes a wasteland of unfilled hopes, dreams, and opportunities.

If we are not vigilant, just might break the Internet by subjecting it to an international regulatory regime.

I want to thank Mr. Scalise for his leadership on this issue, and I want to thank Ms. Matsui for hers as well, and for the work that we are all doing on the subcommittee to improve the processes and procedures at the FCC, bring about…

Thank you not only for your leadership on this issue but your testimony today and your encouragement on our bipartisan resolution.

So I think that this work is really significant. And there was another generation that made sure that people had telephone service--had telephone service. We take that for granted. And that was the lifeline for people in rural communities…

At some point it would be interesting to know, of those projects that are taking so long, how many of those are in these very rural districts.

We were told such haste was necessary to get the economy going and the money would go to 'shovel-ready projects.'

I think it is the correct action to protect taxpayer dollars and ensure that these projects are deployed consistent with the recently enacted legislation.

The Recovery Act allocated $7.2 billion to these programs, dwarfing previous broadband loan and grant programs in size.