Political Quotes

“I just came from a telecommunications subcommittee hearing. We are taking up the whole idea of spectrum, which to a lot of you may not sound like much, but it is the frequencies upon which we broadcast all our radios and our televisions. We are moving in this day and age toward a digital high-definition television which will enable everyone in this country to receive a movie quality picture at the same time they will have sound like you have never heard before. My point in all of this is that this discussion to move toward this new industry, which will render 250 million television sets in this Nation completely obsolete probably sometime over the next decade, began back in the 1980's. And even though I had 24 years as a broadcaster before I came to this Congress, I had not dealt with the specifics of spectrum law. And so I am very dependent upon those Members who have served here, who have been through these debates so that they can help to guide me as to where we have been in this Nation and where we are headed.”