Therefore it is vital to our freedom that Americans enjoy unrestricted access to that same free speech and expression.

sometimes the regulators that had to approve mergers and acquisitions had no sense of timing.

The pending transaction between Comcast Corporation and NBC Universal is a significant development in the programming and video distribution markets.

In my judgment, the FCC's review of this transaction should be limited to the transfer of the relevant licenses between the parties and whether that is consistent with the public interest.

Frequently, parties have used merger review proceedings as a proxy policymaking forum to pursue conditions that reach well beyond the merger itself.

Without Comcast's support, REELZCHANNEL would probably never have been launched.

Space exploration has always been a bipartisan effort, and it should continue to be so.

I am committed to the Constellation mission.

The emphasis, to the tune of $6 billion, into a very fledgling commercial capability I just think is not sound.

I think NASA has been starved throughout several administrations.

Well, thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and I do appreciate your holding this hearing...