On the recordApril 5, 2011
Let me just bring to the attention of this side of the aisle that some of the issues you are talking about, transparency, moves into privacy. We hope in the near future we do have a privacy bill, but I think some of the things you are concerned about impacted with the privacy, and not necessarily in this debate dealing with House Joint Resolution 37. As a former ranking member of the Telecommunications Technology Subcommittee, both the ranking member, Joe Barton, and I have sent three letters to FCC Chairman Genachowski expressing simply our strong opposition to his plan to regulate the Internet. In fact, I have introduced legislation the past two Congresses to try to prevent the implementation of the net neutrality rules, and other Members have supported us. So there is a long record here, I would say to my colleague on that side of the aisle, of our side trying to prevent Genachowski, the chairman of the FCC, from regulating the Internet. In fact, he went so far as to step out and try to do it. There was a Comcast case. In an April of 2010 decision, the court found that the FCC failed to demonstrate it had ancillary authority under title I. So under title I, the courts ruled they did not have the authority to regulate Internet network management. So I think the courts themselves have corroborated what Mr. Walden has indicated. So, you know, what you are arguing is against a court case that actually occurred.…
