Rob Woodall: “To say that I agree with my friend. I, too, said to the FCC in 2015: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I thought the…”

“To say that I agree with my friend. I, too, said to the FCC in 2015: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I thought the first 20-plus years of the internet were marked by innovation and freedom, and I wanted to keep that innovation and freedom flowing. The Obama administration wanted to insert itself into the internet infrastructure in ways that it had never inserted government in infrastructure before. And from the numbers that I have seen--my friend may have different numbers--suggests that infrastructure investment has declined over those 2 years, first time in the history of internet infrastructure investment. Mr. Speaker, reasonable men and women can disagree, but, understand, internet freedom and innovation is exactly what we all want to protect. Unfortunately, it is not what this rule is focused on today. This rule today is focused on simplification and expansion coming out of the Financial Services Committee. Mr. Speaker, one of the gentlemen I had the pleasure of being elected with in 2011 is the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy). He is one of the sponsors of one of these bills we have before us today. He has been a leader in the financial services field in his 7 years here. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy) to talk about the impact that his legislation will have on the process today.”