[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NET NEUTRALITY RULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, on a different matter, later today the 
Obama administration's FCC will take up a proposal by the President to 
strike a blow to the future of innovation in our country. It is the so-
called net neutrality rule.
  The growth of the Internet and the rapid adoption of mobile 
technology have been a great American success story, and they were made 
possible by a light regulatory touch. In fact, it is this bipartisan 
light touch consensus that allowed innovators to develop and sell the 
products people want and to create the kind of high-quality jobs 
Americans need without waiting around for government permission.
  The Obama administration needs to get beyond its 1930s rotary 
telephone mindset and embrace the future. That means encouraging 
innovation, not suffocating it under the weight of an outdated 
bureaucracy and poorly named regulations such as this one.

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