On the recordJuly 7, 2016
Mr. Chairman, I have been looking at this amendment and what it says is that none of the funds made available by this act may be used in contravention of section 317 of the Communications Act. This says that you can't do anything against what the law says. I guess that is another way of saying you have got to do what the law says. We call that a double negative. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but I guess it is a good opportunity for my good friend to stand up and talk about Citizens United and make his points, which I find interesting, and I am willing to listen some more. I want to urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this somewhat superfluous amendment that maybe would prevent the FCC from actually doing its job. That is my observation. And I respect my good friend a great deal. I am just curious as to why he filed this amendment, other than to talk a little bit about what he has been talking about. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
