Mr. WALDEN. I thank my colleague from North Carolina.
To just set the record straight, to my colleague who just spoke, there was no hearing on this bill in committee. There was no markup on this bill in [Page: H979] committee. There has never been an opportunity to amend this bill on this floor or in committee. I serve on the committee, I serve on the subcommittee.
Further, if she's concerned about interoperability, then you free up the spectrum. Delay of transition to DTV means the analog transmitters here and the digital transmitters here--and they are both going. Until the analog is gone, the spectrum is not freed up for that interoperability she pleads for. Maybe if there was a hearing, she would better understand the bill.
