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

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.

Make no mistake, threats to the openness and freedom of the Internet are real.

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

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 cannot overstate the importance of freedom of the Internet from government control, nor can I overstate the threat from foreign governments who seek to control, tax, sensor and otherwise impose their own agendas on the Internet.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

without broadcasters, there is no spectrum to auction

it would be foolhardy to limit the incentives from the get-go

I conclude by again thanking my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle for their good work on this legislation, and their partnership on this. This is good government. This is how we get things done on the Energy and Commerce…

I hope we can work together to develop a truly bipartisan Satellite Reauthorization Bill.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the communications sector is one of the most innovative, competitive, and robust sectors of our economy. But for innovation and investment in communications to continue, we must not…

We believe in spurring innovation, not holding it back.

I thank the gentleman for his kind comments and his diligent work on this effort and that of his colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle. I think when it comes to reforming the FCC and getting something that really worked for the…

It has taken an enormous amount of work, but this draft has earned the support of cable, broadcast, and satellite competitors.

I am, however, very concerned by the FCC's recently announced plans to dump Joint Sales Agreements into their local media ownership calculations.

I have listened to those concerns, and propose eliminating sweeps week prohibition.

Chairman Wheeler is putting the JSA cart before the media ownership horse.

It's important to note that this provision still requires cable companies to support CableCARDs, it just gets an outdated, expensive, energy consuming provision of little or no value off the FCC's books.

I have listened to those concerns and propose eliminating the sweeps week prohibition, which keeps cable operators from dropping broadcaster signals during 'sweeps' weeks.