Rick Boucher: “I think the fact that Republicans have moved as far toward the Democratic position as they have is really a major…”

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

I very much hope that a conversation will ensue and that you will adopt legislation that does a service for the country and keeps the Internet open and maintains the light touch regulatory treatment that it enjoys today.

I believed then and believe today that where the incumbent providers are not offering an adequate service... it ought to be free to do so.

I am here today to urge that the committee develop a narrow bipartisan bill that gives statutory permanence and an assured legal foundation to network neutrality.