Anna Eshoo: “I thank the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee for yielding. First, I include in the Record a letter from the…”

“I thank the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee for yielding. First, I include in the Record a letter from the County of Santa Clara, California, relative to the issue of net neutrality and the underlying legislation. County of Santa Clara, Office of the County Executive, San Jose, CA, April 4, 2019. Hon. Anna Eshoo, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Representative Eshoo: The County of Santa Clara strongly supports H.R. 1644, the ``Save the Internet Act of 2019.'' This measure would re-establish federal rules and policies protecting net neutrality as articulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its 2015 Report and Order, In the Matter of Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet (FCC 15-24) (the Order). Like local governments across the country, the County of Santa Clara provides public safety, welfare, and governance services that depend on an open internet. For example, County public health alert systems and the County's virtual emergency operations center could both be hobbled by broadband internet access service (BIAS) provider practices subject to regulation under the Order. The County is deeply concerned that there currently is no ``cop on the beat'' ensuring the protection of such systems, and thus strongly supports H.R. 1644, which would reestablish oversight of BIAS provider practices that threaten public safety.…”