Peter Welch actually said...

"It is absolutely essential, as you know and I think many of us here know, that rural America is getting written off if we don't have the same high-speed internet that urban America has."

"I have indicated a willingness to support just about any revenue measure that will make this happen."

"I would object to that. Can you think of any policy reason why what you found and what you reported shouldn't be made known to all of the American people so that they can judge for themselves, Mr. Hic..."

"It is allowed to happen because there are no rules and there is no transparency either to the public to decide whether this is an appropriate use of a technology or not."