mr. boucher: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to h.r. 3125. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3125, a bill to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the national telecommunications and information administration and the federal communications commission. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. boucher, and the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. boucher: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members will have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the measure now under consideration and to insert extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. boucher: and, mr. speaker, i yield to myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boucher: wireless communications services are

mr. boucher, the sponsor of the resolution for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. boucher: thank you very much. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. boucher: i want to thank the gentleman for his leadership in bringing this resolution to the floor and for yielding this time to me today. i extend thanks also to the gentlelady from illinois for her assistance with this measure. i thank both of my colleagues for their very generous statements on behalf of radford university this afternoon. h.r. 1182 is bipartisan legislation congratulating radford university on its 100th anniversary. the resolution is co-sponsored by eight members of our virginia house delegation, and senators webb and warner have introduced companion legislation which previously has been approved in the senate. for a century radford university has provided students with an outstanding education. and the university richly deserves congratulations whic

mr. buyer passes and will have two minutes added to his questioning time. the gentlelady from california, is recognized for 10 minutes. >> good morning chairman boucher rankingember's terms and distinguished panel. the subject matter before us today is highly complex. we are confronting issues concerning howell the increased use of our television as a means of accessing the internet. both involve capital areas of our economy and i think the efficacy should proceed with extreme caution. at the outset i would like to record to express my support for policies that provide individuals and companies with the freedom to renovate. such freedom allows bright lines to develop products like video video-on-demand in vbr. therefore beyond the quibble application of the existing laws and regulations i'm wary of the government mandating technical standards beyond section 629 or the regulation surrounding commissions implementation of that law. in addition to my concern surrounding technical mandates i also would like to remind the committee about the importance of content. few people are investing in set-top boxes to watch hearings like this one on c-span now matter how e