Rick Boucher: “What about the amount-in-controversy component, the $5 million? Under current law, some Federal courts have determined…”

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.

Those who strongly support network neutrality should be looking for greater permanence.

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.