Joe Barton actually said...

"We want to maximize revenue for deficit reduction, we want to maximize reallocation of spectrum for new uses..."

"Markets, not the whims of regulators, are best-suited to ensure that spectrum is put to productive and innovative use."

"I would like a commitment that the Commissioners will honor the language of the act that requires guard bands to be, and I quote, 'no larger than is technically reasonable to prevent harmful interfere..."

"A broadcast incentive auction that fails to raise the revenue needed for these projects or that unnecessarily gives away billions in cleared spectrum will be considered a failure."