Greg Walden

Access to these forests is a cultural and social mainstay as well.

I look forward to working with the committee to mark up this bill and move it promptly to the Floor for final consideration.

The agency, frankly, ignored local citizens.

In what amounted to an assault on good process and rural traditions on public lands...

We appreciate your recognition of the negative impact of the current Travel Management Rule on the employment, economy and quality of life of our citizens.

Please add Umatilla County to the growing list of counties who strongly support House Resolution 4272.

H.R. 4272 would prevent that draconian approach from happening in the future.

This policy would be an extreme exercise of government overreach and likely result in failed Web sites, downgraded and poor customer service, less choice and flexibility for consumers, businesses and the stifling of innovation through…

I called upon all the members of the commission to discharge their duties with transparency, accountability, and a long view of the technological landscape.

I fear that we may be heading into rough waters.

Contrary to any intended effect, the reclassification of broadband service under Title II will harm consumers, halt job creation, curtail innovation and stifle investment.

I urged them to heed the words of Congress where it has spoken and reject calls to act in ways contrary to Congressional intent.

The modern communications landscape bears no resemblance to the world Title II was meant to regulate, and application of Title II to the Internet is, at best, a poor fit.

I called upon all the members of the Commission to discharge their duties with transparency, accountability, and a long view of the technological landscape.

I am proud the House acted last September to address one piece of today's hearing.

Unfortunately, in Oregon, we know all too well about some of the issues with the Federal agencies.

I want to associate myself with the comments of the Chairman and my friend and colleague from Oregon, Mr. DeFazio, on this matter.

I share NTIA's belief that this temporary stewardship should come to an end in the near future.

The United States continues to stand up for the multi-stakeholder model time and again in international forums.

This is a critical opportunity to reaffirm the United States' commitment to a multi-stakeholder approach to Internet governance and policy-making.

Our efforts should be seen as a vote of confidence that the successful bottom-up decentralized model will continue to preserve and protect the Internet.

That's why the House has unanimously passed both a resolution and legislation that affirm our policy that the United States should promote a global Internet, free from government control.

Nor can I overstate the threat from foreign governments who seek to control, tax, censor, and otherwise impose their own agendas on the Internet.

I urge them to follow the admonition of Margaret Thatcher, and 'Don't go wobbly.'

If there are not sufficient safeguards in place to prevent foreign government intrusion, then this concept should go no further.