Political Quotes

“I appreciate the gentlewoman's leadership and, by the way, for her fierce leadership on consumer rights for the bill that just passed. I thank my colleagues, Mr. Burgess and Mr. Lance, whom I really appreciate, and, of course, the committee chair, Fred Upton, and Ranking Member Frank Pallone. Mr. Speaker, you would be glad to know that we work pretty hard to be bipartisan and productive in the Energy and Commerce Committee. It takes a good deal of effort on both sides. This legislation is really an acknowledgement about this new technology--the application of the Internet to activities that are cutting across the entire economy, everything from agriculture to medicine--and it is an acknowledgment by Congress that this is a private sector-led, entrepreneurial-led range of opportunities that has the potential to increase efficiency and productivity. For instance, on farms you have GPS planting done by GPS-guided tractors. It results in much better planting with fewer seeds. It saves money and increases crop yields. In medicine, as you know, telemedicine is being tremendously helpful to folks, like in Vermont, where we are a very rural State and it is tough for folks to make a 60-, 70-mile journey to the VA. With telemedicine, we are able to have the doctor in that person's local office. So it is a tremendous benefit to consumers there as well.…”