It is really hard to add to or pend any of the wonderful, eloquent comments that the Senator made.

Thank you, Chairman Rockefeller, for calling this hearing.

Fort Monroe became a site of hope for thousands of enslaved persons seeking freedom.

This legislation would authorize the park service to establish a national park presence at the Fort to preserve historic and natural resources for all to enjoy.

Senator Mark Warner and Senator Jim Webb, along with Representative Scott Rigell, have introduced legislation that create a National Park Service Unit at Fort Monroe.

There is no time like now to look at making this a National Park and working with the partnership of the Park and the State.

The key issue in this country is creating jobs and revitalizing the economy, and we know that establishing a National Park Service Unit at Fort Monroe is a key step in accomplishing that mission.

Fort Monroe has a unique and important history stretching back over 400 years.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Senator Landrieu, Senator Johnson.

I would like to recognize and express my support of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's, USPTO, National Trademark Expo. Trademarks are characteristics of a good or service such as a name, symbol, or sound that identify and distinguish…

I support all three pending free trade agreements, FTAs. They will be good for our country and good for Virginia. They will create jobs by opening markets for high quality American products. Trade with Korea was worth $379 million to…

I completely agree that--and I want to thank the chair for holding this hearing. This is a really important focus.

I mean, you know, we all know that USF has grown to over $8 billion.

I don't really see interconnection as being a huge issue for our segment of the industry.

There is no need for the FCC to seek further comment. The FCC should simply clarify the existing obligations of IP providers to interconnect under Section 251(c)(2).

I think that would be very easy to live up to, and I think, from a consumer perspective, would be very important.

I think we all will concur this is a--particularly during these challenging times--a needed program.

As Senator Warner said, the needs out there for broadband are great.

The notion that a program of this magnitude, of this size, involving the American taxpayer, without meaningful enforcement of fiscal restraint, seems to me, in this day and age, a big mistake.

I rise today to discuss S. 1619, known as the China Currency bill. I voted for that bill today because China has not made the progress that the U.S. and other countries have sought on currency issues. These currency issues can lead to…

We're at, you know, you're at $1.2 billion right now. The notion on the ABC is about $300 million.

USF reform is long overdue. But there is still, you know, there's, this is not all a bad story.

I may wait for a second round. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think that's still relatively slow.

one issue that we have, that is evident in the ABC Plan, is an issue that is related to interconnection, which is tandem switching services.