Rick Boucher: “I am pleased to join my colleagues, Representatives Burr, LaHood and Upton, in the introduction of legislation to reform…”

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

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.

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