Rick Boucher: “I want to say thank you to you and Mr. Smith and your very excellent staffs for the outstanding cooperation you have…”

The first of these is that the Republican offer for imbedding strong network neutrality principles in the statute be accepted by Democrats.

I believed then as I believe today that assuring an open Internet is essential to maintaining the Web as a vibrant medium for free expression, for commerce, for education, for healthcare delivery.

I think the fact that Republicans have moved as far toward the Democratic position as they have is really a major development.

As the Honorable Rick Boucher said, the notion that Title II is going to put regulations on a sure footing is simply wrong.