John Thune

[r]eplacing NTIA's role with another governmental organization would be disastrous and we would vigorously oppose such a plan.

We need TPA. You can negotiate the best agreements possible, TTIP and TPP, but we are not going to get them through Congress without Trade Promotion Authority.

I just think it is a huge issue. Europe is a huge export market for Africa, and, if you want to see the African people, countries on that continent, be able to better feed themselves, as well as to export and grow an economy, that issue is…

AGOA is a great, important program that is helping the nations of sub-Saharan Africa raise their standards of living and adopt the rule of law.

I commend the Chairman and staff for shining a light on these abuses.

Should we be concerned that this practice will have the same risk of cramming for consumers as premium text messaging did?

But in your view, though, the FCC is best equipped to deal with the carrier component of that.

It seems to be universal that customers need to look at their bills, whether they are paper, online, and be aware and be prepared to call and question any charges they do not recognize.

The FTC and the FCC have 'concurrent enforcement jurisdiction over mobile telephone companies' billing and collection of third-party charges for non-telecommunications services.'

I think it is a really important issue. It is one that I think most of us hear a lot about, standards that in some cases are leading to food being not eaten, tossed aside, also standards that are creating a significant financial burden on…

As we look at this issue I think we have to remember that there is not any federal law, regulation, or policy that should be considered a gold standard and not to be changed.

I appreciate the answers to these questions, and I would ask if I could get my statement... included in the record.

There is the suggestion in the administration's proposal that we attempt to stop corporate inversions.

Is it not the case that income earned in the United States remains subject to U.S. tax regardless of the corporate structure?

We need to change the rules. We need to reform the tax code.

We have an outdated, dysfunctional tax code, with the highest rate in the developed world.

When you make bad rules, you get bad outcomes.

I think that all of us agree that we want American companies to be competitive.

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Taxman, Won't You Please Spare the Internet?

That makes you really popular here, Madam Chairman.

I think many Americans would be surprised to know that the majority of our Nation's exports are manufactured goods.

I think something we need to continue to do is aggressively expand those trading relationships through trade agreements.

Do you think that shortcoming in any way creates an impediment to growth, to economic growth?

If you want to know which of five programs or which of five different allocations across programs are going to yield the greatest benefit and you have no data and no insights, it's very hard to make policy choices on a rational, as opposed…