"It is terrific of the Chair to have this hearing because it is tough to get a hearing before this committee and subcommittee."
"I really applaud you all for that effort."
"But is it the case that extending infrastructure to every corner of our country, and especially in rural areas--and a lot of us on this committee represent rural areas--always require some public reso..."
"the third thing that I would do, is that any unspent money needs to come back to the Treasury"
"I believe it is the case that these investments have been enabled, to some extent, by public resources including the Universal Service Fund and the RUS loans."
"I also wanted to thank Hon. Peter Welch of my home State of Vermont for his continuing dedication and attention to the needs of Vermonters who are unserved and waiting for reliable high-speed broadban..."
"Congressman Burgess has been very much focused on energy efficiency and has some skepticism about steps that government takes."
"Congressman Burgess has been very much--on his own personal situation, very much focused on energy efficiency and has some skepticism about steps that government takes that are either unnecessary or g..."
"Congressman McKinley and I are working on efforts to try to provide incentives to homeowners."
"By the way, having this hearing on efficiency this early in our congressional term is tremendous."
"Congressman Gardner and I are really focused on these energy saving performance contracts."