[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               BROADCAST WARNINGS THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Clarke) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House 
Committee on Homeland Security, I'd like to thank our broadcasters for 
providing free radio and television broadcasting and warnings to our 
public that protects our families from impending disasters.
  And to better warn our public in future emergencies, I ask this 
Congress to consider how we can make local free radio broadcasting 
available on all of our cell phones. You see, providing these broadcast 
warnings through our mobile devices could be the most effective way 
that we can protect our families when disaster hits.

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