[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 95 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    JUNE 11 WILL BE THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT NET NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONS

  (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, Monday, June 11, will be the first day 
without net neutrality protections, thanks to the Trump administration.
  For the last decade and a half, the internet has become the biggest 
driver of our economy, of education, access to information, and the 
conduct of commerce. It all happened under net neutrality, because each 
of us had the freedom to go where we wanted to go, see what we wanted 
to see, and read what we wanted to read.
  On Monday, the rules to protect an open internet will cease to exist. 
Consumers will no longer be guaranteed that they can choose to go where 
they want to go or do what they want to do online. Businesses can be 
made to pay tolls to reach their customers. The huge internet service 
providers can reign with impunity over the most important tool in our 
economy and our democracy.
  Over all the years I have represented my Silicon Valley district, I 
have never had a constituent or a company ask me to turn total control 
of the internet over to the ISPs.
  Congress can act to prevent this takeover. That is why I am a 
cosponsor of the Congressional Review Act, a bill to disable the 
administration's giveaway of the internet. Mr. Chair, I urge my 
colleagues to stand on the right side of history with millions of 
Americans and do the same.

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