Rick Boucher: “I believed then and believe today that where the incumbent providers are not offering an adequate service... it ought to…”

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

I think it moves in the right direction, and I think it is important to note how far the Republicans have now moved toward the historic Democratic position.

Let us not upset that very workable formula. Keep Title I in place.

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.