Jay Rockefeller

This hearing will come to order. I should point out that we have a vote on our new nominee for Supreme Court at 3 p.m.

I may send some of those questions to all of you.

I firmly believe that programs like SBIR are crucial to our country's national security and our ability to compete in the global economy.

I adjourn this hearing.

I don't support handing over Federal research dollars to businesses that have lied to the government about their qualifications or their research capabilities.

We expect the people who receive these funds to use them carefully and honestly.

Over one-third of our Nation's gross domestic product is affected by weather and climate.

Our climate shapes every aspect of our lives. It's one of the most important pieces of legislation that we will probably ever do in the history of this country.

He has been such a valuable resource to our Committee that all of this is a little bit bittersweet.

I think it is always spectacular when people give up the opportunity to do other things and come into public service where you are guaranteed to come out 20 years older and 30 years poorer, but you do not care because you want a chance to…

Chairman Rockefeller issued a subpoena to Vertrue to obtain documents responsive to the May 27, 2009, requests.

It is as essential as ever to ensure that our kids are educated, healthy, and prepared for the 21st century, and that they are protected from commercial exploitation.

First, the importance of education. It is as essential as ever to ensure that our children have all the tools they need to become valuable members of our economy and democracy.

I did that last year, because I am so put off by the whole concept of promiscuity and lasciviousness and all these things.

Several of these issues are involved in an FCC examination, initiated by Senator Pryor, which is due at the end of August.

I want to thank this Committee for its leadership and commitment to the television industry switch to all-digital broadcasting.

With this hearing, the Committee continues to highlight the Federal Trade Commission's role in protecting the American people, especially at a time of unprecedented economic crisis.

If you like the healthcare that you have, you keep it.

If we don't fix the insurance market, none of the rest of this is going to work.

Medicare, as far as I know, is a 'public plan,' which people kind of like.

They've got to sell to all comers and they can't discriminate based on health.

the public option is exactly that; it's an option, it's simply an option.

BlueCross of Arkansas--fine company--has a 75-percent market share in the small-group market.

The Federal Communications Commission is a pivotal commission at this point for working a lot of important issues.

If anybody wonders about the importance of communications, about the importance for example, of net neutrality which I know is very controversial, but in my judgment needs to be resolved, take a look at what happened in the country of Iran.