Marsha Blackburn

It is often said that spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless connectivity, and wireless demand continues to surge at an incredible rate.

A two-sided solution is necessary to address the spectrum crunch.

Every member of this committee should agree to work aggressively on this issue.

I will remind my colleagues across the aisle that, again, section 222 of the Communications Act covers the authority that the FCC needs. Traditionally, online privacy has been handled by the FTC. That is an authority that we have…

Realizing Next Generation 911 services throughout the nation is critical, but as with any large-scale transition there are challenges to overcome.

The evolution in communications technology continues to change the lives of Americans and for the better.

the ability for a veteran or a citizen to be able to get those pieces and put them together is something that is coming.

I am a veteran, an Army veteran.

We know it takes a lot of time to come up here, but we are very appreciative.

we are all for clean air, we are all for clean water, what we want to do is make certain that there is the ability to plan for and to meet the standards that are on the books

We owe them better, period.

People want broadband as much as new roads. Republicans and Democrats are eager to work together to solve this problem.

We must cut through the red tape by streamlining permitting processes and implement accurate availability of data in order to solve the broadband dilemma.

Broadband is the infrastructure challenge of this decade, and the digital divide continues to frustrate so many Americans.

The 5G revolution is upon us, and we should modernize our laws to address issues such as tower siting and federal rights-of-way.

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding the time. I do encourage my colleagues to support this legislation. Recently, National Geographic ranked this as the third best Civil War site to visit--the third best--and there is a…

The anger indeed was real from the individuals that were in the room.

It is being driven by national organizations.

We know that there is organizing going on by those that are on the left.

I come to the floor this morning to talk about a piece of legislation that is going to be before us this week, and we are bringing it forward through the Congressional Review Act. In our office, we have had so many people ask: What is a…

My bill is just very straightforward and you need to prove why you need that special enrollment period.

It is far past time that we again reauthorize the agency, and a first step in the process is to examine the role of the agency, past, present, and future in crafting policies that will achieve our shared goals.

I think that if we have a special enrollment period and one is necessary that it is out of fairness to the taxpayer and to the integrity of a program that an individual before they are admitted to a program that they prove that they need…

I include in the Record the committee report for this legislation from the last Congress. H.R. 423, Anti-Spoofing Act of 2017 background and need for legislation Spoofing is a practice in which a phone number shown on a phone or caller…

I am pleased to support H.R. 290, a bill to reform the FCC, sponsored by the chair of the full Committee on Energy and Commerce. Mr. Speaker, this bill has a unique history. It has been passed out of the House not once or twice, but four…