On the recordApril 10, 2019
I thank the gentlewoman from Kansas for this outstanding complementary amendment to a very important issue. I am, I believe, very much supportive, and I am supportive of the idea of the GAO producing a report examining the FCC's efforts to assess competition. That is an important record that we in the Congress need, and it complements the Save the Internet Act which represents true net neutrality protections that are designed for today and tomorrow without loopholes. The Save the Internet Act includes enhanced transparency protections and enacts specific rules against blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. Additionally, the Save the Internet Act empowers the FCC to stop internet service providers from undermining the net neutrality principles through new and harmful mechanisms, but we want to work with those providers. My colleague just mentioned 5G. Nothing that we do here is going to inhibit, I believe, the opportunity for us to work together. Ms. Davids' amendment is a vital and important contribution to the idea of competition, and the idea of serving your area, and making sure that we understand how the competition is increased in wireline and wireless broadband internet access to many markets. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I support her amendment, and I support the underlying bill, which is the Save the Internet Act, and I thank Mr. Doyle for his leadership over the years in this legislation.
