Marsha Blackburn

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Costello), a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee who has worked through this issue with some veterans.

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Jolly), one of our colleagues from the Appropriations Committee handling Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations.

I think it is so important for us to note that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino) has been the primary author of this legislation and has brought to the table to work on this bill his experience of 7 years as a U.S. attorney--10…

If Fort Campbell is required to reduce its Active Duty personnel from 26,500 to 16,000, I worry about our ability to defend ourselves from threats and to project power internationally.

As America withdraws from the international community, countries like Russia are becoming increasingly brazen.

I ask the members of this committee to once again pay close attention to restoring the Army Flying Hours Program to its full capacity in fiscal year 2016.

I thank the gentlewoman for the time. You see, when we talk about what will be accomplished by our budget and we talk about fairness, it is imperative that the spending be brought under control. What we are bringing forward is a way for us…

We want to be diligent in that manner.

The rapid growth in the program has raised concerns including the adequacy of oversight.

We all appreciate the 340B Program. We do have questions and we do have concerns.

Successful revolutions are about freeing up, not restricting.

I was terribly disappointed to see the action of the Commission, to choose to take a vote, and choose to preempt state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina that restrict municipal broadband entry.

I do not think it is acceptable for the Commission to pass a net neutrality rule before the American people have the opportunity to find out what is in it.

The bill's inclusion of civil penalties is critical, and we are very supportive of that.

The reason it is important that we do something now is because 2014 was dubbed the Year of the Breach.

OK. Let me ask you something else.

Thank you all, and I appreciate the conversation, and--that you would be here and weigh in on the discussion draft.

As my colleagues have heard me repeatedly say, there is nothing that women hate more than a peeping Tom.

Cyberspace is really a place where a lot of our information now resides.

Our constituents are really concerned about this issue. They don't think the Internet is broken and they don't understand why the FCC would be trying to step in.

Title II of the Communications Act is the regulatory nuclear option. It will stifle private-sector investment in networks by creating regulatory uncertainty and lead to courtroom challenges.

I am one of those that believes the Internet is a bright spot in today's economy. It is not broken, and it does not need the FCC's help in order to be effective.

10 million adults in the U.S. had a serious mental illness during 2013. That should not be lost on us.

This is far too serious an issue to be treated as a political football. People still die from measles.

I did have a couple of questions on H.R. 471, which is the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act.