John Thune

Winning the global race to 5G, seeing this new platform deployed in the U.S. first, is about our economic leadership for the next decade.

The race to 5G has begun, and the United States has the technology to win it.

The MOBILE NOW Act, which is a bill I authored last year, and it was enacted earlier this year, addressed both spectrum and infrastructure needs.

Chairman Thune and Commissioner Carr, I want to thank you for the lighter regulatory touches that you've allowed.

This Committee is leading the way in Congressional efforts to close the Digital Divide and should be commended for its efforts.

Thank you again for inviting me here today.

You've led the way in ensuring to critical mid-band spectrum, which is a critical component of 5G deployment.

Senator Thune took the lead toward action on this almost two years ago in the Mobile Now Act proposing reforms

His vision for streamlined 5G deployment across the United States that is fair to communities, consumers and carriers is a step in the right direction.

Your vision for streamlining 5G deployment across the U.S. that is fair to communities, consumers, and carriers is a step in the right direction.

To the extent not already provided under HIPAA, privacy rules should apply to all individuals and organizations that create, compile, store, transmit, or use personal health information.

I also ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the names of Chairman McCaul's staff and Ranking Member Thompson's staff. Also, we are grateful to the staff of Chairman Smith, who chairs the House Science Committee. There was a…

We also appreciate Chairman Thune's support.

The certainty and sufficiency of funding for broadband in rural America must be ensured.

The cuts resulting from the FCC's budget control mechanism have increased by almost 25 percent.

Universal service cannot be achieved without pragmatic and bipartisan cooperation in Congress.

Rural Americans and the smaller businesses serving them must never be an afterthought when making public policy decisions.

The FCC's failure to ensure sufficient and predictable funding jeopardizes the vitality of America's rural communities.

BROADBAND: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN RURAL AMERICA

The United States Senate is first and foremost a public institution, accountable to the people.

This will be the first of what I suspect will be other efforts to get input from those who are affected by the privacy issue

A strong national baseline creates clear rules for companies and ensures that individuals across the United States can expect consistent data protections.

A national framework should specifically preempt the patchwork of different data breach notification laws in all 50 states.

Consumers deserve clear answers and standards on data privacy protection.

I do not see any evidence that we are. Maybe there are discussions going on in a back channel way that are not visible to the rest of us.