"doesn't Congress have an obligation, along with the State of California I might say, to look at ICANN and say, you know, ICANN is making a ton of money, they seem to be in the operation of making a ton of money."
"Isn't that correct?"
"If we assume for a moment that the charter of ICANN is or should be the interest of commerce--in other words, a fiduciary obligation to promote commerce, not to enrich themselves, or even enrich peopl..."
"The United States has been a critical backstop against censorship and in promoting openness and free speech in the Internet once IANA's contract is surrendered."
"the process being done by the companies that gain the rights appears to this Member to be nothing more than legalized extortion."
"I continue to believe that we need to ensure that the transition process and the model developed through the process produces a management structure that supports a secure, open, and truly global Inte..."
"Please don't say that this is legalized extortion."
"My question is that if we assume that ICANN exists for the public benefit... is there any reason cost-wise that these names would have to cost more than $10 a year?"
"I hope that today's hearing will not devolve into a discussion that simply blames ICANN for all of the things that have gone wrong in this transition."
"When you came into office, as you know, I was extremely pleased. You talked in terms of things that must get accomplished."
"It looks like President Obama and the Department of Defense is playing careful with Iran while in fact Saudis are dying, Yemenis are dying and America is looking impotent off the coast."