mr. bergmann, do you have any more comments on that?>> thank you, congresswoman, we certainly appreciate your leadership on spectrum issues. thank you for your letter today on focus on the seventh gigahertz band. we've talked a lot about the importance of mid band and the simon gigahertz band is a huge band. it's 1300 hundred megahertz. as you've heard, there are important federal systems there. but there are also opportunities to be more efficient with how we use that spectrum. so we would certainly encourage him to follow your lead and terms of asking our federal government policy makers to look at how we can make some of that spectrum available. we know that spectrum has been under studied since 2019. and there are real opportunities there for license spectrum so, thank you for your leadership on that, we love to continue working with you to see that included in a spectrum pipeline bill. >> certainly. thank you. and in september of this year, the fcc's auction authority is set to expire. this authority underpins america's ability to

mr. bergmann. i thought mr.carter asked you a very good question and i was very anxious to hear your answer. i didn't hear it. the most recent found that verizon and at&t's 5g speeds in several cities are comparable or even slower than 4g speeds. to make matters worse consumers sometimes have to pay more for 5g by upgrading their device or their plan. i do understand there are reasons speeds aren't optimal yet relative to 5g but this practice of advertising faster speeds and, yes, i did watch the super bowl along with millions of others and one ad after another about complete 5g across the country, all that advertising and charging for it while delivering lower speeds, it seems like a highly misleading practice. why are americans paying more for slower wireless speeds? and if you could just be -- condense your answer. >> absolutely. thank you for the question, congresswoman. i'm glad to have a chance -- >> thank you. i know it's a tough one, so thank you for saying thank you to a tough question. >> so i would hi

mr. bergmann china has implemented a -- mid-to upper frequencies. how will american consumers and businesses be affected as other countries continued to innovate their spectrum while the u.s. lags? >> thank you so much for that question. 5g provides new extend capabilities from higher capacity to lower latency and what that enables is benefits enables us to address concerns about the digital divide. new services like 5g for homes. it enables us to address our nation's climate change tools as we integrate 5g into the highest emitting sectors in our economy. enables us to be a home for innovation by bringing topics like the one you are raising ai or virtual reality and innovation in those industries so that's why it's critical that we have from. >> the omens -- the gentleman's time has expired for the chair now recognizes mr. top three for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chair. i appreciate the recognition i appreciate everybody being here today. we are pushing against the september 30 deadline and i'm the cochair with ms. matsui of the spectrum confer