Political Quotes

“we have all received thousands and thousands of e-mails from our constituents who have been outraged about erroneous reports that Congress was soon going to consider Congressman Schnell's bill H.B. 602P, which purportedly would impose a surcharge on literally every e-mail sent by an individual. Yes, yes, that rumor is false but around the same time another e-mail campaign suggested that the FCC was in fact going to impose a per minute access fee on Internet use, and again our constituents flooded our offices with e-mails to express their outrage. It is undisputed that the FCC's unelected bureaucrats currently do have the power to authorize permitted access charges on Internet use, their claims that they have no intention of doing so disregarded. As we all know, the road to hell was paved with good intentions, and one need look no further than the e-rate tax to know how the FCC's unelected bureaucrats have recently used their authority to increase the Government's take by a billion dollars through an increase on every American's long distance charges. The question is this: Should we trust the unelected bureaucrats at the FCC to keep their hands out of the pockets of Internet users, or should Congress pull the plug once and for all? Our constituents have e-mailed us. They have talked to us through letters to the editor. They have come to our town meetings and they have said that they want us to pull the plug once and for all.”