I do expect the FCC will follow the law, including maximizing the proceeds from the auction.

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 interference between license services outside…

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.

I want to compliment the chairman, who is not here, for the new seats up here on the dais. They are very comfortable.

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

I thank the gentlelady from West Virginia for her courtesy. She didn't have to yield me time since I'm in opposition to the bill, and I appreciate it. I am in opposition to this bill, although it is very well-meaning and well-intentioned…

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of freshman sensation Johnny ``Football'' Manziel's quest to become the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. He is a redshirt freshman quarterback at Texas A&M who has led the Texas Aggies to a…

Madam Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 4 o'clock and 41 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at 10 a.m. for…

There are many Ralph Hall stories, most of which we can't really tell on the House floor--that's how funny they are--but I want to tell one real, true Ralph Hall story which is the epitome of a Texan. Several years ago, Ralph told me that…

What is very clear is that you don't want to answer the question.