I and many of my colleagues support Ranking Member Pallone's Viewer Protection Act, which sets aside an additional $1 billion for broadcaster relocation.

Broadcasters in Houston have been on the air nonstop since Harvey, doing everything from coordinating food drops and rescues to setting up fundraisers to help with the recovery.

I encourage the FCC to take a zero-tolerance approach to this kind of activity.

You talk about broadband investment by ISPs alone as an indication of the health of the marketplace, but you discount investments that are being made by edge providers.

I have spent my time in Congress and on this committee as a strong advocate of competition, innovation, and opportunity.

I am thankful for the leadership of Congressman Bobby Rush and others on this subcommittee who, for years, have fought for real reform.

I will hold you to that kind of analysis.

I hope you are looking at that. I will hold you to that analysis.

Chairman Pai, in the time that you have been head of this agency, we have seen an agenda that is anti-consumer, anti-small business, anti-competition, anti-innovation, and anti-opportunity.

When we act to weaken them, we weaken our own economy and our country.

It is my sincere hope we can make this a far more regular occurrence.

I am deeply concerned that the FCC is on a wrong path, a path that will hurt small businesses, regular people, and some of the most innovative sectors of our economy.

I just want to remind everyone that the subcommittee held three hearings before the FCC adopted its net neutrality protections in 2015.

I hope that we can work together and get a hearing scheduled with the commission as soon as possible.

We love our country, and we want to do well by the people who have sent us here to represent them.

We are still struggling to connect unserved and underserved communities across the country.

This investment could significantly close the broadband deployment gap and bring high-speed internet service to 98 percent of the country.

I am also disappointed that my Republican colleagues have not shown any interest in this bill especially since 20 to 50 billion connected devices are expected to be in use by the year 2020.

As the threats we face continue to evolve and grow it seems that we not only need to step up our basic practices of cyber hygiene and best practices, but we need to look to the future.

So as the threats we face continue to evolve and grow it seems that we not only need to step up our basic practices of cyber hygiene and best practices, but we need to look to the future.

I also want to mark another milestone. As of today, there are just under five million comments in the FCC's proceeding to repeal net neutrality rules.

Wireless alerts provide detailed and timely messages to the devices that we carry and keep close to us every moment of the day.

Advances in emergency alerts have enabled greater flexibility, targeting, and effectiveness, and I am proud of the legislation that was passed out of this committee.

One issue I have been very passionate about over the years is working and supporting the autism community.

It seems critical that we use the tools available to us to address this issue.