On the recordDecember 5, 2012
We have no further speakers, and as I close, I want to thank Ms. Eshoo for the leadership that she has given. She's the ranking member of the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee. I also want to draw attention to the outstanding work that Representative Mary Bono Mack did as she led the debate and the discussion and pushed for the resolution, authored the resolution that the House passed earlier on this very issue. I also want to thank her for her work with Senator Rubio and having a resolution that would be agreed to by both Chambers. As Ms. Eshoo indicated earlier, the Senate resolution makes a technical change, a small technical change, in the resolution that was passed by the House. This is where the U.S. needs to stand firm. It's a way that we, in a bipartisan manner, can stand firm for freedom. I encourage the passage of this resolution; and I encourage that we, as a body, will continue to stand for a free and open Internet. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) that the House suspend the rules and concur in the concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res. 50. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
