Bob Latta

We have also seen a significant increase in the number of American drivers killed in vehicle crashes in which drugs were detected.

Over 10,000 people lost their lives in 2017 in alcohol-impaired driving crashes.

Remember that saying, it takes two to tango, and they have tangoed. And both are wrong.

So, why aren't we spending our time working together on that instead of putting the crushing regulatory regime of Title II back onto the folks we need to be out there investing and expanding?

The idea that only Title II is real net neutrality is dangerous and wrong.

Even if there were a chance that the majority's Title II bill would become law, we now know unequivocally that it would be the wrong direction for rural America.

Make no mistake, there are a lot of different ways for Congress to go about protecting consumers with permanent net neutrality rules.

Everyone who has followed this net neutrality debate or on even the most superficial level is aware that Title II is a nonstarter with Republicans, and even with some Democrats.

My district in northwest-west central Ohio has over 60,000 manufacturing jobs where many of the products covered by the program were made.

Latta, my colleague, and I cochair the Grid Innovation Caucus, and I am committed to modernizing the grid to keep up with the demands that the electoral system is going to be seeing in the future.

Again, for all the reasons that I have stated here today on the PIRATE Act, I believe that this bill is essential to pass today, and I ask the House to pass H.R. 583. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

And if you could list your top three concerns for the GDPR and also the CCPA which is the California law?

I understand from the CEOs of T-Mobile and Sprint, who are with us today, that there are many proconsumer outcomes possible if the merger is approved.

I wish the Dingells my deepest sympathies on the loss of the chairman.

Now, I know my colleagues on the other side of the aisle like to throw big rocks at anybody that is big corporation.

Like most attempts over the years in Congress and the FCC alike, this bill focuses on the potential behaviors of concern, namely, blocking, throttling, and discriminatory practices.

I'm hopeful that this is the year we can finally come together on a permanent legislative solution.

As we all know, this is the greatest committee in Congress, and this is a great subcommittee to be on.

By almost every measure, the internet ecosystem has thrived for decades.

The old and haggard Title II should not be tucked in under the shimmering cloak of restoring net neutrality protections.

I look forward to working with you, and we all know that the bipartisanship that this committee has exhibited through the years is exemplary.

Is that truly the model we hope to emulate for the internet?

We have compelling evidence that utility regulations will mess things up.

It is time for Congress to debug this debate once and for all and reach a bipartisan solution that protects the open internet without damaging internet growth.

There is unique common ground on which to build enduring net neutrality rules and we should seize the opportunity rather than squander it.