Political Quotes

“I rise today in opposition to the joint resolution of disapproval that will reject the open Internet or the net neutrality rule that was put forward this year by the Federal Communications Commission. I am a strong supporter of the principle of network neutrality that the open Internet rule seeks to protect, and I believe we should oppose this effort to reverse the FCC order. The rule this resolution seeks to eliminate--the open Internet rule--was adopted by the FCC in December of 2010, and it will go into effect on November 20 of this year. Simply put, this rule creates commonsense obligations and requirements for broadband Internet service providers, such as telephone and cable networks, in order to keep the Internet free and open. I know the open Internet rule will provide the certainty needed to foster job-creating investments and innovations while protecting broadband Internet consumers. Why is this important? Well, net neutrality is a way of saying the Internet ought to be free and open. It is a fundamental concept that is underpinned with some marvelous new technology that we call the Internet. This open Internet rule will make sure we hew to the concept that the Internet ought to be free and open. We watched and are still watching as democratic uprisings topple totalitarian regimes all over the Middle East. Social networks such as Twitter and technologies such as text messaging are largely thought to facilitate the so-called Arab spring.…”