Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment because, I think, if you look all across the country--and of course we had a watershed election in November--and if you listen to the voters all throughout this country, as so many of us do who hold town hall meetings--people are tired of all of these government regulations that are killing jobs and stifling innovation. In fact, most people will tell you they are scared to death about the concept of the Federal Government regulating the Internet. So there was this net neutrality ruling that came up by the FCC in a 3-2 decision where all the Democrats voted for net neutrality, for this regulation, and where all the Republicans voted against. The FCC rarely ever has any kind of major ruling like this on a divided vote. I think it shows you that there is already controversy. The courts have already said that they don't necessarily have the authority to do this. That's why, as my colleague from Nebraska just pointed out, there is already litigation that is going on because we think the FCC overstepped its boundaries. You had a bipartisan group in Congress that came together and said, We don't want this kind of action going forward. This is something that should be done and solved in the halls of Congress. Of course, our colleagues on the other side, Mr. Chairman, haven't even identified a problem.…”