Marsha Blackburn

I was recently joined by 14 other members of the subcommittee in sending a letter to Chairman Wheeler questioning the FCC's potential entry as a privacy regulator in the online space.

More Government control and more reclassification under Title II is going to mean a couple of things. One is less innovation. Another is less investment by the companies that could be investing in expansion of broadband and Internet…

What you need to do is stop this before it becomes too entrenched to change because people are not getting access to care and money is being wasted on healthcare delivery theories that clearly do not work. This bill repeals the individual…

And that is how any smart businessperson would do an evaluation of the vulnerabilities and the risks embedded in their system, and ascertain as to whether or not the proper controls are in place to prevent any type of fraud or leakage.

So in replicating the marketplace in order to do your research, you used as many different points of entry as options to enter the system?

So to say it is fake, or that it is something that is unseemly and stealth, I think it is important to note that this is how many organizations go in and do a spot check on how they are performing and how they are delivering a service.

I think that it is important to note that having secret shopper programs are standard operating procedures for businesses that work in the consumer realm that are in customer service.

Obamacare has changed a lot of this, and we know that that focus that Obamacare has been on bolstering enrollment numbers.

Today I rise in support of our children and salute the medical researchers and the pediatricians who are seeking to find cures for debilitating and preventable childhood diseases. The leadership of the U.S. is crucial in helping end many…

I think you have chosen the perfect day to do this hearing as we go back to the future, and it is October 21st, 2015.

I would hope that safety, quality, integrity are top priorities, and profitability comes along there as a part of that picture.

This is a systemic failure. And I will also point out some want to say it is a safety issue. No, sir, this is an issue of integrity.

It is disappointing.

The Spectrum Pipeline Act and Incentive of 2015 is something that is a good step. It is going to move us forward.

We know that spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless industry. It is essential to connectivity.

I will never be ashamed of standing up and defending life--ever--and I find it so interesting that our efforts to protect life are termed ``radical.'' That is an interesting turn of events, if I say so myself. Madam Speaker, I yield 1…

I was beginning to think that we were off on a different bill there for just a moment. Madam Speaker, I yield 15 seconds to myself to respond. Madam Speaker, we are not on a bill about a government shutdown. We are on a bill that will make…

We are here to make certain that women and children are protected and that unborn children, children that are yet unborn, have the right to life.

Yes, ma'am. There was a very prominent incident with a pro-life nurse, Jill Stanek, who became pro-life after witnessing a baby that was discarded and set aside and left to perish after being born alive.

If I may add there. It passed in 2002 on a voice vote in the House.

We are not having a hearing today on the tapes. What we are having a hearing on is legislation that will strengthen the ability to keep these children alive.

It is clear more must be done to protect the lives of those most vulnerable.

They don't see this as an advantage, they see it as a burden, and more regulation and more interference.

The uncertainty around health insurance and how you provide that... has become such a fluid and uncertain environment.

We cannot allow Federal agencies, through laziness, or lack of creativity, or lack of innovation, to squat on this spectrum.