yesterday we made good progress on the bill that is the underlying bill, which is FAA reauthorization. It is in the interest of the traveling public that we start on the glidepath to passing this bill. We need to make progress on…

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.

I also hope that they avoid imposing conditions that will require a significant ongoing involvement of the government in monitoring and policing the market.

In my judgment, the Federal Communications Commission'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.

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

While I hope that the current Commission will thoughtfully conduct its public interest analysis, I also hope they avoid imposing conditions that will require a significant ongoing involvement of the Government in monitoring and policing…

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.

We want to make sure the deal does not pose dangers to consumers and competitors, but we also want to make sure that policy determinations about this deal do not impact innovation and investment in this rapidly moving area.

we just had a beautiful, really incredible Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots known as the WASP. It was the largest audience to have ever attended a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony or any…

I believe this FAA reauthorization bill is a very good, solid bill. It is very bipartisan, and we have worked through many of the sticky issues that have held up the long-term extension of FAA reauthorization. I think this is a bill that…