the sweetwater consortium received a final decision from usac on friday, denying their appeal, and my office is continue with other offices to gather information from the interested parties and we expect that it will end up with you all, before very long. and the tennessee delegation wrote the fcc last year and received a response on july 20 1, 2015, we appreciate that. i understand that you sack -- usac needs to be a watchdog of dollars and they are not in a position yet to give merits on the review. however, i am concerned about the amount of time that the process has taken, and i know that this chairman also expressed concern in our reply. i will say that we look forward to working with you. to find a resolution to this. commissioner o'reilly, i want to thank you for your letter, or -- it was your statement of dissent on the choices in the op-ed issue. i agree with you that it is regulation, not speculation. said,. chairman, you just 100 -- hundreds are seeking a way to get on. talking about independent reducers and content producers, that are seeking an avenue for the content they