Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s scheduled subcommittee markup of the JOBS Act:

"I'm very glad that the House Energy & Commerce Committee is placing a priority on providing our nation's first responders with the spectrum they need to build a robust nationwide public safety wireless network.  While there are some differences between our bills, I believe the House's JOBS Act is complimentary to the bipartisan bill Chairman Rockefeller and I have passed in the Senate Commerce Committee, S. 911.  I look forward to working with my House colleagues to incorporate their priorities into S. 911 so we can send a final spectrum bill to the President's desk sometime this winter."  

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