emmett joseph, age 5. they are our sweetest accomplishment and greatest joy. i know they are not here today, i would also like to note my parents, elliott and william who are at home in hartford, connecticut. my brother, brian who is touring the country as drummer for the band, so my parents have the unique ability to claim they have children who are a rocker and a regulator. it's a tremendous honor to have been renominated by the president to continue to serve as commissioner at the fcc. that's because we are in the early days of the communications revoluti revolution. network technologies are reaching further and faster into all aspects of civic and commercial life. they are transforming the ways we connect, create, employ, and educate and entertain, and govern ourselves. for the commission, all of this required. it all -- also means we must recognize what is time tested and enduring. that is why i believe the work of the commission must be guided by four essential values, that have informed our communications laws for decades. first, our public safety. our

emmett joseph, that's a sharp looking tie you're wearing today as well.thanks for coming to montana last month to participate in the callispell workshop where you saw firsthand the opportunities to technology can truly bring to rural america. in your statement to the committee you mentioned one of your top priorities is securing access to communication services for all people no matter where they live, and i couldn't agree more. access to technology is allowing us to remove geography as a constraint and allows montanians and those who live in rural areas to start and grow world-class companies, but we still have a lot of work to do, a lot of issues to overcome to connect. the communications act tasks the fcc with providing fcc with providing services to rural consumers that are reasonably comparable to services in urban areas. now some areas are about to get 5g service. in many areas of montana don't know what g is. we'd love to see g anything. can we really say that this is comparable service? >> thank you, senator, for the question. and thank you for ac