Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today our Democratic colleagues insisted on an aimless vote on the issue of net neutrality. This is what has been called by the Wall Street Journal a vague name which essentially is cover for regulation of the internet like a utility under the previous regime, which is the Obama-era regime. Following the FCC issuance last December of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, our Democratic colleagues vowed to make net neutrality a campaign issue. To me, one of the most maddening things about the title ``net neutrality'' is that this is the opposite of neutrality. This is all about more regulation of the internet. Oh, by the way, I noticed that the internet seemed to be working just fine while this Restoring Internet Freedom Order by the FCC was in effect. How did they do this? By painting the FCC's decision as proof somehow--and I am not really sure how, other than maybe gullible press and people willing to just accept their argument at face value--that some of us are against net neutrality. That is just not the case. I believe the free market has done more to help the internet grow and succeed as an engine of commerce and something that allows us to communicate with our friends and family, share pictures and the like, beyond our wildest dreams. I guess Thomas Friedman's book ``The World is Flat'' talked about how one of the most important events in recent history was the development of the world wide web in 1995.…”