"You know, this is hammering that Vermonter who has that Hobson's choice, but it's also very tough on taxpayers."
"I'm all in if there are things we can do that won't compromise safety."
"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."
"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..."
"Just think about it, that that short window of time, it depends on the phone system working, and it doesn't work right now."
"Thank you for your aggressive leadership on this. It really makes a difference in Vermont and a lot of our rural areas."
"And can you comment on what steps can be taken in order to treat rural America as the first-class citizen?"
"I hope that means that we will be able to focus on some of the other efforts that require some bipartisan cooperation like the homework gap in like the deployment of 5G."
"Can we have some assurance that the rules that will be promulgated will take into account the extraordinary challenges that have existed in rural America about having access to the infrastructure that..."
"Anything we can do to help fill that gap is going to help students and the tethering you describe is ideal and could be really useful."
"Had you, after your thorough investigation, found evidence that suggested that criminal conduct occurred, is there anything, anything or anyone, that could have held you back from deciding to prosecut..."