[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             NET NEUTRALITY

  (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Madam Speaker, on Monday, The Washington Post 
published an editorial criticizing SEC Chairman Julius Genachowski's 
net neutrality proposal. This proposal would call for the Federal 
Government to introduce unnecessary regulation that would inherently 
slow down the Internet for all users.
  Unfortunately, H.R. 3458, the so-called Internet Freedom Preservation 
Act, mirrors Chairman Genachowski's proposal and is currently pending 
in the House.
  Today, the Internet runs smoothly and networks balance your email, 
music downloads, and streaming video because the Internet runs without 
government interference or regulation. Yet, net neutrality would 
destroy this model of service that consumers have come to expect and 
that already works--and works well.
  Madam Speaker, in this case, The Washington Post got it right. 
Implementing net neutrality will stifle the very technological growth 
we need to continue to stay competitive in the global marketplace, and 
it needs to be defeated.

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