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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysasjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOV- ERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Shelley Moore Capito (chairwoman) presiding. Present: Senators Capito, Coons, Leahy, Lankford, Van Hollen, Moran, Manchin, Boozman, and Daines. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATEMENTS OF: HON. AJIT PAI, CHAIRMAN HON. MIGNON L. CLYBURN, COMMISSIONER HON. MICHAEL O'RIELLY, COMMISSIONER OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO Senator CAPITO. We will go ahead and start. My Ranking Mem- ber, Senator Coons, will be here shortly, but I will go ahead and make my opening statement and maybe we can begin testimony. So thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Commissioner Pai, I would just personally like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility that we need to strike. I think you will find that here in this subcommittee, so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Services and Gen- eral Government Subcommittee for the 115th Congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chairwoman of this sub- committee and I am honored to be serving with Senator Coons. As we begin this important review of the budget request of the FCC, we welcome our witnesses, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O'Rielly. We look for- ward to hearing from you all about the FCC's budget requests and the work that you are doing to carry out the agency's mission. For fiscal year 2018, the Commission has requested a total of $322 million. While the FCC's funding is offset by fees that does not minimize our duty to ensure that the agency is operating effec- tively and that the funds are being spent responsibly. This is espe- (1)

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