Peter DeFazio

This resulted in a disorienting display of 5G fits and starts over the last several months, inevitably due to the FCC auctioning off 5G spectrum without any concrete plan in place to safely deploy these technologies without interfering…

If the events of the last two months have taught us anything, it's that the current interagency process for auctioning off spectrum is completely broken.

Having a dropped call is way less serious than having a dropped airplane out of the sky.

I mean, that only makes sense. That only makes sense.

That has got to change, and hopefully the NTIA can negotiate this, or maybe it has to be mandated by Congress.

They are being litigated and hopefully they will lose, and we will preserve that for the future of automobile safety.

You can't just plop one down next to a critical approach into an airport, but that is what was going on.

There were five interim heads during his Presidency and, hopefully, the new head will be able to put them in their rightful place of coordinating as we move forward.

Question from Hon. Peter A. DeFazio to Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, CTIA.

It is the role of Congress to amend the Act to make it very clear that standards development is a core requirement that must be followed through by USDA.

What is not in dispute is that the FAA, responsible for an aviation system whose safety record is second to none, remained uncertain about the validity of the FCC's analysis and thus was required to take the actions that it did.

We also believe, however, that the root cause of the disruption has not been sufficiently understood in the commentary we have seen to date.

Like everyone, we were dismayed that the much-anticipated rollout of new 5G networks by AT&T and Verizon had to be postponed and modified as the result of aviation concerns that had not been addressed beforehand to the FAA's satisfaction.

The bipartisan infrastructure law provided once-in-a-generation investment in transportation.

Grace has focused and been focused on water--obviously, being from California sharpens your focus--since the day I met her.

Enacting a WRDA bill every two years is important and a priority of this committee.

The benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure law will be felt by everyday Americans for decades.

[o]ur rural, Tribal, and disadvantaged communities cannot be left behind as we work to build and upgrade our water resources to meet the demands of the 21st century

We face a critical need for continued investment in our water infrastructure, but we have laid the foundation for success through laws like WRDA 2020 and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

This is, as has been stated, an area of common ground, something which is becoming more and more difficult to find these days.

It is particularly important that we ensure that our rural, Tribal, and disadvantaged communities cannot be left behind.

We must be investing more in our nation's ports and harbors in order to keep America competitive in the global economy.

Every member understands the important work that the Corps does in their district.

Enacting WRDAs through this bipartisan, predictable timeline is Congress at its best.

Today, this committee continues its bipartisan work on the next biennial Water Resources Development Act.