Sheila Jackson Lee: “As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an original co-sponsor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1644, the…”

“As a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an original co-sponsor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1644, the ``Save the Internet Act of 2019.'' The Save the Internet Act puts a cop on the beat to protect consumers, small businesses, and competition from abusive practices of internet service providers and codifies popular, bipartisan, and targeted net neutrality protections. An overwhelming 86 percent of Americans opposed the FCC's roll back of the same protections that would be enacted by the Save the Internet Act, including 82 percent of Republicans. The Save the Internet Act mirrors the similar bipartisan Congressional Review Act legislation that passed the Senate last Congress and had 182 bipartisan signers in the House. The Save the Internet Act restores necessary, common-sense provisions for defending the internet put in place by the FCC during the Obama Administration and stops the current Trump-dominated FCC from applying more than 700 regulations under the Communications Act that are unnecessary to protecting an open internet such as rate setting. The Save the Internet Act 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.…”