eshoo: i thank my friend and the the gentleman from nebraska. i thank you for your words and magnificent remarks on the floor here this evening and we share the same sentiments. i think if anyone is tuned in this evening for what we call a pecial order, the congress has not really held in great regard today. but there is on a day-to-day basis for so many of us, a discovery of deep friendship that is created, that comes about because we work so closely together on something that binds us, where we have not only common ground, but the deep, deep values of our country that are embedded in us and everyone here, people across the country and we get to work on it together. congressman fortenberry is my brother. and i thank you. i thank you from the bottom of my heart for the values that you have expressed, the work that you have put into this and what it means to the peoples that we are speaking for. this resolution expressing the sense of the congress that the atrocities that are being perpetrated by isis, they constitute war crimes and they religiou

eshoo: out of how many? chairman wheeler: 500. most of them are on the most expensive tier, by the way. the interesting thing is, there are literally hundreds of programmers who are seeking to get on and they are having the door slammed in their face and how do you provide -- face. so how do you provide a way, or create equal opportunity, said that these programmers can have inequality of standing with the few handful that are there and have competition, and opportunity? mr. walden: time has expired. chairman wheeler: thank you. mr. walden: now we will go to the vice chair of the committee, ms. blackburn. ms. blackburn: i wanted to raise an issue on the schools in tennessee. you denied millions of dollars in funding to the sweetwater consortium and many schools could be detrimentally impacted and it looks like they will be crippled by the denial and the education opportunities limited and suffering with such a decision. the sweetwater consortium received a final decision from usac on friday, denying their appeal, and my office is

i need to also, because she's not here thank representative eshoor -- eshoo. we see anger, and gridlock. what we have before us is a transpartisan resolution. it has risen above the petty and difficult differences that we work out here on the floor of the house of representatives. risen above it because of its essential nature. not only is there a grave injustice helping to the people in the middle east and religious minorities who have a right to be in their homeland as anyone else, but this is a threat against civilization itself. hen a group of people, isis, try tore exterminate another group of people simply because of their faith and tradition, iolating the sacred space of individuality, conscious and liberty, you undermine the international order building out of rule of law, and civilization itself. that's why so many members have come together here in a bipartisan transpartisan way and said enough. this is a genocide against christians, yeah ziddies and crime against humanities and others as well because of their religious faith. the group of people who

eshoo, as well as certainly mr. loebsack, for working well with us on this bill. and i'd like to particularly thank kelsey from the majority committee staff and ashley from representative loebsack's staff. i hope i said that right. for their hard work in getting together and working this out. this bipartisan process has resulted in a strong piece of legislation that i'm confident will actually protect many. and promote continued network investment and buildout by small business so we have a more vibrant, competitive marketplace and more service in areas that otherwise might never get access to high speed broadband, which as you know, mr. chairman, is really important in places like tennessee and oregon and iowa. this legislation represents a commonsense approach to a problem that directly impacts so many of our constituents. and this solution will enable our country to continue its leadership in broadband deployment. so i would urge my colleagues to join us in this bipartisan legislation. i thank you for allowing us to bring this bill to the house and i reserve th

chairman and also ranking member eshoo here and thank you to all five commissioners were testifying today. anyone who thought the fcc would slow down this year certainly underestimated the agency. the commission has teed up an impressive number of important issues including incentive auction set to launch next week. the auction count as one of the most ambitious efforts the agency is ever undertaken. the airwaves that can be freed up both licensed and unlicensed will ensure consumers feel the full power of the mobile revolution. as important as it is to help consumers of mobile services, the auction can be considered successful if it works for broadcast viewers as well. in new jersey we understand the importance of a seamless transition after the auction because disasters like hurricanes and he can strike at anytime. when they do, use depend on their local broadcasters. fortune all that is -- fcc commissioners -- did not lose signal as a result of the week packing process. that's why i crafted that you protection act together all the tools they need to keep this commitment. this bill will

eshoo and mr. kinzinger. this is a good, bipartisan, efficient legislation that deserves all of our support. i urge my colleagues to support its passage and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, we have no further speakers and i would be yielding back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the chair will put the question on the previous suspension. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1268 as i mended. those in favor say aye.

rick boucher, mike oxley, just so many members -- >> guest: anna eshoo. >> guest: on the house side, just fantastic. trent lott agreeing on everything, and they just were going to clear the pathway to make this possible legislatively in a relatively short period of time. larry pressler. you can keep going down the line including jay rockefeller and olympia snowe working on the e-rate with me over on the house side so that the bills for every computer in every school in america for poor children would be paid for out of this bill so that we could speed up the pace at which kids get the new be skill set as we're speeding up the pace at which we're going to see technological innovation occur in our country. so the bill includes what is now $40 billion which has been spent on those poor kids, the largest single educational technology program still in the history of our country. if there's one thing i could do differently, i underestimated how much the phone companies would just try to gobble each other up first. all these names that used to be well known companies. rather than trying to

eshoo. >> thank you. i have a unanimous consent request to place into the record, a compilation of documents. the documents include press reports documenting that broadband investment has not decreased as a result of the title ii reclassification. the documents also include an analysis of s.e.c. filings and earnings reports of the major telecom companies similarly showing that broadband investment has not decreased, and also a letter relative to broadband privacy rulemaking, all of which we have shared with your counsel and ask that these be placed in the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i remind members that they have ten business -- first of all, i want to thank the panel for being with us today. thank you very much. i'm not used to sitting in this chair, so i almost forgot that part. thank you. thank you for being here. i remind members that they have ten business days to submit questions for the record and i ask the witnesses to respond to the questions promptly

the chair now recognizes the ranking member, miss eshoo. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have a unanimous consent request to place in the record a compilation of documents. the documents include press reports documenting that broad bond investment has not decreased as a result of title two reclassification. documents also include analysis of sec filings and earnings reports of major telecom companies similarly showing that broadband investment has not decreased and also a letter relative to broadband privacy rule making which all which we've shared with your counsel and ask these be placed into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i remind members that they have, first of all i want to thank the panel for being with us today. thank you very much. i'm not used to sitting in this area. i almost forgot that part. thank you for being here. i remind members that they have 10 business days to submit questions for the record. i ask the witnesses to respond to the questions promptly. members should submit their questions by the close of b