We cannot lose sight of the fact that none of this would be possible without that spectrum, and that is owned by the American People. That spectrum is essential. As a result of the efforts of some swamp creatures, both in and out of government, we came that close to having this spectrum, which belongs to the American People and is worth as much as 30 billion to 60 billion, given away in a back room through a private auction to three Satellite Companies, which happen to be domiciled in foreign countries. The excuse given was that these three foreign Satellite Companies can conduct an auction themselves and allocate it to the american Telecommunication Companies faster than the f. C. C. Can, even though the f. C. C. Has only conducted about 100 of these public auctions, generating about 123 billion for the American People. Why . Because the American People own the spectrum thats being auctioned off. Its theirs. But there was a proposal that came that close to passing at the f. C. C. To j
That is the creation of wealth. Some time ago i was visiting one of the wineries in my district in california and i was talking about this make it in america agenda in manufacturing. And finally the owner got up from behind the desk and he said, come, i want to talk to you. He said, we walked outside, out to his winery, and he said, you know what this is . I said, yeah, its a winery. He said, no, this is a manufacturing facility. I take grapes and i turn them into some of the finest wine in the world. So when you talk about make it in america, guess what, im making it in america. So it includes all of these things. Putting a tomato into a can, into a bottle of ketch up. Or what were going to talk about tonight is something far more than that. I want to really not so much talk about these gentlemen and ladies, but to use them as an example of what america used to make. These gentlemen, three of them, are world war ii merchant mariners. This was an effort we had now under way to provide
DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) has named Deborah Byers, a retired partner from Ernst & Young LLP to its board of directors effective immediately. Byers served as Americas Industry Leader overseeing the market. . .
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