John Thune actually said...

"I applaud your efforts, as it relates to putting the Universal Service Funding on a sound financial footing."

"I think very clearly, the Federal Communications Commission is the preferred agency for the distribution of these types of funds."

"This committee has an opportunity before it, to support the deployment of reliable and resilient networks and it is imperative that we get it right."

"You cannot have those discussions without having a similar discussion of, how do we keep Universal Service funding on firm support."