Mr. Chair, as the chairman said, I served nearly 10 years as a title II rate regulator on the North Dakota Public Service Commission, and I know what title II rate regulation looks like. The Internet is not an appropriate vehicle or medium…

Mr. Speaker, the University of North Dakota is the State's largest and oldest university, with nearly 15,000 students, 225 fields of study, 3,000 courses, and 84 graduate education programs. UND has a reputation for research and…

not one EPA regulation has ever cost one job.

I am unconvinced that the FCC's proposed privacy rules on ISPs will do anything more than add additional rules.

I continue to hear from especially my rural telephone cooperatives of call dropping issues.

I strongly oppose these rules and I hope the FCC will reconsider their current approach.

I have a special particular concern about its impact, the disproportionate impact it would have on smaller video providers, rural video providers.

I find it, frankly, reprehensible. Frankly, I find it illegal.

Are you familiar with the term 'innovative enforcement'?

Does it seem like it makes sense to use a consent decree or to bully... companies into some sort of agreement apart from a transparent process?

I would rather see... work with our State and work with our Health Department... on a global solution.