Lois Capps: “I thank my esteemed colleague for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this resolution to overturn…”

“I thank my esteemed colleague for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this resolution to overturn the FCC's open Internet rules. The public wants us to focus on job creation. And yet here we are debating this resolution that would do the exact opposite. It doesn't create jobs, not one. Instead, it injects uncertainty into our recovering economy. It stifles innovation in our fastest-growing industries. The FCC open Internet rules ensure Americans can fully utilize all of the benefits the Internet provides, creating good-paying, head of household jobs along the way. But the resolution before us today jeopardizes all of that. Like a government shutdown, this resolution will hurt the economy, and I can't support that. Now the public has made it clear: They expect us to cut spending in our CR, and we will. A deal is very close at hand, but Republicans are holding it up at the eleventh hour. Why? Well, apparently, it's not about the money. Instead, the holdups are the extraneous non-budgetary issues Republicans are trying to force into this funding bill, like cutting funding for women's health and letting polluters dirty our air. Mr. Speaker, even Republican Senator Tom Coburn, who is nobody's idea of a pushover, has urged his party to drop the policy riders in order to avoid a shutdown. They should listen, Mr. Speaker. Democrats have gone 70 percent of the way to Republicans' demands.…”