. >> madam clyburn. >> section 6404 is clear, that any party that ok's the rules is qualified to participate. it also makes clear that the commission has the ability to enforce rules of general applicability that will allow for spectrum aggregation in order to promote competition. so again, my colleague mentioned that part of the reasons for some of the robust participation and the types of ideas we are seeing is because we took a dual path. on the same day we release the notice of proposed rulemaking on the incentive auction, we also released a notice of proposed rulemaking about this. i think that this in the long run will improve our information dissemination and our acquisition and rulemaking once we decide on a clear path forward. >> thank you. >> the middle-class tax relief and job creation act says we can have rules of general applicability but we can't exclude anyone from participation in the auction. it is easy and simple. we have to follow the law. >> i would agree with my colleague. i would point out that if you look at the end goal, to have a successful auction that pushes out a