Mike Lee

There was a time when the humanity of an unborn child could plausibly be dismissed as philosophical conjecture. Today we know it is a biologic fact.

I think it really damages people at the low end. It damages the poorest, the least educated.

I say at the federal level, the government has no business telling companies what they ought to pay their employees--no business whatsoever.

I believe the incentive model of growth works.

These combinations are a major reason why your country and mine has gone from broadband leader 15 years ago to broadband laggard today.

Free expression and democratic engagement suffer in a gated Internet.

Title 2 classification is the prerequisite of an open Internet.

Allowing powerful ISPs or giant Internet companies to control what we see and share on the Internet is inimical to the health of our Nation.

Okay. Finally, since you testified earlier--after you testified earlier as to the adequacy of Section 2 remedies, there are those who have suggested in their testimony and in response to questions by Members of this Committee that those…

I would not view that as a reliable guide to people who are seeking to disenfranchise minority voters.

By the way, why would it ever be appropriate for Federal officials to suggest to State or local government officials that they could not exclude from the voting rolls those who are not citizens?

Satellite is not a particularly good technology so far; at least the physics of it do not seem to really work very well

My sense of due process is such that I feel the need to give you the chance to respond to Mr. Lieberman's statement

The importance of broadband appears to be on the increase, you know, as consumers are increasingly relying on that medium

By ensuring that we protect competition and not any individual company or competitor, we can help create market conditions that benefit consumers and promote economic development.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

This broadband, this is with existing bandwidth you have already got, this does not require an additional acquisition of bandwidth?

And really quickly on that, what is your response to Mr. Wood's point about the fact that if you synthesize the synthetic agreements better, you could achieve the same thing without the merger?

Today's hearing, of course, involves AT&T's recent announcement of its intention to acquire DIRECTV.

Energy development has not occurred at the same pace in recent years on federal land, particularly onshore development has not occurred at the same pace.

So this hurts the poor more than anyone else.

The Federal Government owns about 30 percent of the land mass in the United States, and about two-thirds of the land in my own state.

I think that is a great example of how many of these restrictions that are publicly touted as ways of protecting the little guy actually end up hurting the little guy.

Several regulatory factors tend to add rigidity to the labor market, restricting job growth and labor flexibility.

I assume you would not disagree with that?