Peter Welch actually said...

"You know, this is hammering that Vermonter who has that Hobson's choice, but it's also very tough on taxpayers."

"But this is about basic telephones. And it is pretty astonishing when you think about it that you can't have confidence as a business or as an individual that your call is going to go through."

"Just think about it, that that short window of time, it depends on the phone system working, and it doesn't work right now."

"And what is important for it is that it is an indication that this committee is sincerely committed to making certain that the tools of the modern economy, let alone the telephone, are available to fo..."