done by the commission and i salute both bipartisan and thoughtful considerations that commissioner cleburne and mcdowell and chairm chairm chairman have been putting in place. the one hingege thing is a warng that i'm worry that had some people will -- i don't want to see thishad some people will -- i don't want to see this important entity get caught in the partisan cross hairs of the congress. some have suggested a weakened or inactive fcc might be much better. and, you know, i think that we have to be really careful of winding up with an unregulated communications behemoth group of them out there that would be in-vulnerable to competition and unresponsive to consumers if we were to move in that direction. so i hope -- we need to have the discussion about where we're going post '92 efforts. it's buys entirely appropriate doing will this, but we to be careful going forward.entirely doing will this, but we to be careful going forward. >> senator demint. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think you made the best point that our job is as to make sure consumers are protected and we know the best wa