THANK
YOU.
I DISSENT.
I JUST SENT FROM THIS SPUN
LEGALLY LIGHTWEIGHT CONSUMER
HARMING, CORPORATE ENABLING,
DESTROYING INTERNET FREEDOM
ORDER.
I DISSENT BECAUSE I AM AMONG THE
MILLIONS OUTRAGED, OUTRAGED
BECAUSE THE FCC PULLS ITS OWN
TEETH ADVOCATING RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROTECT THE NATIONS BROADBAND
CONSUMERS.
SOME MAY ASK WHY ARE WE
WITNESSING SUCH UNPRECEDENTED
GROUND SWELL OF PUBLIC SUPPORT
FOR KEEPING THE 2015 NET
NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONS IN PLACE?
BECAUSE THE PUBLIC CAN PLAINLY
SEE THAT A SOON TO BE TOOTHLESS
FCC IS HANDING THE KEYS TO THE
INTERNET, AT ONE OF THE MOST
REMARKABLE, EMPOWERING, ENABLING
INVENTIONS OF OUR LIFETIME, OVER
TO A HANDFUL OF
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR
CORPORATIONS.
AND IF PAST IS PROLOGUE, THOSE
VERY SAME BROADBAND INTERNET
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT THE
MAJORITY SAID YOU SHOULD TRUST
TO DO RIGHT BY YOU WILL PUT
PROFITS AND SHAREHOLDERS RETURNS
ABOVE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU.
EACH OF US RAISED OUR HANDS WHEN
WE WERE SWORN IN AS FCC
COMMISSIONERS.
WE TOOK AN OATH AND PROMISED TO
UPHOLD OUR DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAKE
AVAILABLE SO FAR AS POSSIBLE TO
ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, A
RAPID, EFFICIENT, NATIONWIDE AND
WORLDWIDE WIRED AND RADIO
COMMUNICATION SERVICE WITH
ADEQUATE FACILITIES AND
REASONABLE CHARGES.
TODAY THE FCC MAJORITY IS ABOUT
TO OFFICIALLY ABANDON THAT
PLEDGE AND MILLIONS ARE WATCHING
AND TAKING NOTE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE
ANY FCC OR CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES
IMMUNE TO THE DELUGE OF CONSUMER
OUTCRIES.
WE ARE EVEN HEARING ABOUT STATE
AND LOCAL OFFICES FIELDING CALLS
AND ONE IS NEWSWORTHY THAT AT
LAST COUNT AND I THINK THE
NUMBERS RISING, FIVE REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WENT ON THE
RECORD IN CALLING FOR A HALT TO
TODAY'S VOTE.
WHY SUCH A BIPARTISAN OUTCRY?
BECAUSE THE LARGE MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS ARE IN FAVOR OF
KEEPING STRONG NET NEUTRALITY
RULES IN PLACE.
BUT THE SADDEST PART TO ME ABOUT
ALL OF THIS, AND IT'S PAINFUL
FOR ME TO SAY THIS, THAT THIS IS
THE NEW NORM AT THE FCC.
A NORM WHERE THE MAJORITY
IGNORES THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
A NORM WHERE THE MAJORITY STANDS
IDLY BY WHILE THE PEOPLE THEY
ARE COMMITTED TO SERVE, THAT
THEY'VE TAKEN AN OATH TO SERVE,
ARE ABOUT TO LOSE SO MUCH.
WE HAVE HEARD STORY AFTER STORY
ABOUT WHAT NET NEUTRALITY MEANS
TO CONSUMERS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES FROM PLACES AS
DIVERSE AS LOS ANGELES SKID ROW
TO MARIETTA OHIO.
I HAVE HERE LETTERS THAT JUST
WERE SENT TO ME THAT PLEAD WITH
THE FCC TO KEEP OUR NET
NEUTRALITY RULES IN PLACE.
BUT WHAT IS STRIKING, AND IN
KEEPING WITH THE NEW NORM, IS
THAT DESPITE THE MILLIONS OF
COMMENTS, LETTERS, AND CALLS
RECEIVED, THIS ORDER NOT EVEN
ONE.
THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE
DIRECTION THE CURRENT MAJORITY
IS HEADING.
THIS FCC IS HEADING.
AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT
JUST WHO IS BEING HEARD AT THE
FCC.
SOLE PROPRIETORS WHOSE ENTIRE
BUSINESS MODELS DEPEND ON AN
OPEN INTERNET ARE WORRIED THAT
THE ABSENCE OF CLEAR AND
ENFORCEABLE NET NEUTRALITY
PROTECTIONS WILL RESULT IN
HIGHER COSTS AND FEWER BENEFITS
BECAUSE YOU SEE, THEY ARE NOT
ABLE TO PAY THOSE PREMIUM ACCESS
FEES.
LARGE ONLINE BUSINESSES HAVE
ALSO WEIGHED IN EXPRESSING
CONCERNS ABOUT BEING SUBJECT TO
ADDED CHARGES AS THEY SIMPLY TRY
TO REACH THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS.
ENGINEERS HAVE SUBMITTED
COMMENTS INCLUDING MANY OF THOSE
INTERNET PIONEERS.
THEY SHARED WITH THE FCC
MAJORITY THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HOW
THE INTERNET WORKS BECAUSE FROM
WHERE THEY SIT, THERE IS NO WAY
THAT AN ITEM LIKE THIS WOULD
EVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY IF THE
MAJORITY UNDERSTOOD THE PLATFORM
THAT SOME OF THEM HELPED TO
CREATE.
I HAVE HEARD FROM INNOVATORS
WORRIED THAT WE ARE STANDING UP
A MOTHER MAY I REGIME WHERE THE
BROADBAND PROVIDER BECOMES THE
ARBITER OF ACCEPTABLE ONLINE
BUSINESS MODELS AND YET I HAVE
HEARD FROM CONSUMERS WHO ARE
WORRIED GIVEN THAT THERE
BROADBAND PROVIDERS HAVE ALREADY
SHOWN THAT THEY WILL CHARGE
INSCRUTABLE BELOW THE LINE FEES,
RAISE PRICES UNEXPECTEDLY, AND
PUT CONSUMERS ON HOLD FOR HOURS
AT A TIME, WHO WILL HAVE THEIR
BEST INTEREST AT HEART IN A
WORLD WITHOUT CLEAR AND
ENFORCEABLE RULES OVERSEEN BY AN
AGENCY WITHOUT ANY CLEAR
AUTHORITY?
WITH THAT AGENCY BE A TWO LIST
FCC?
THERE IS A DARKER SIDE TO ALL OF
THIS THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED OVER
THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
THREATS AND INTIMIDATION,
PERSONAL ATTACKS, RUSSIAN
INFLUENCE, STATE COMMENTS.
THESE ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
SOME OF THESE ACTIONS ARE
ILLEGAL.
THEY ARE ALL TO BE REJECTED.
BUT WHAT IS ALSO NOT ACCEPTABLE
IS THE FCC'S REFUSAL TO
COOPERATE WITH THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATION
OR ALLOW EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD
THAT WOULD UNDERCUT WHAT CAN
ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A
PREORDAINED OUTCOME.
MANY HAVE BEEN ASKING ME, WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT?
HOW WILL ALL OF THIS NET
NEUTRALITY COME UP MY INTERNET
EXPERIENCE LOOK AFTER TODAY'S
DECISION?
MY ANSWER IS A SIMPLE ONE.
WHEN THE CURRENT PROTECTIONS ARE
ABANDONED AND THE RULES THAT
HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY IN PLACE
SINCE 2015 ARE REPEALED, WE WILL
HAVE A CHESHIRE CAT VERSION OF
NET NEUTRALITY.
WE WILL BE IN A WORLD WHERE
REGULATORY SUBSTANCE FADES TO
BLACK AND ALL THAT IS LEFT IS A
BROADBAND PROVIDERS TOOTHY GRIN,
THEY HAVE TEETH, HOWEVER, YOU
SAY THAT.
AND THOSE OLD COMFORTING WORDS,
WE HAVE EVERY INCENTIVE, DON'T
WORRY.
WE HAVE EVERY INCENTIVE TO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
BUT WHAT THEY WILL SOON HAVE IS
EVERY INCENTIVE TO DO THEIR OWN
THING.
THE RESULTS OF THROWING OUT NET
NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONS MAY NOT
BE FELT, RIGHT AWAY.
MOST FOLKS WILL GET UP TOMORROW
MORNING, GET READY FOR WORK AND
OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WADE THROUGH
WHAT WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF
HEADLINES.
WE WILL GROW TIRED OF THOSE
HUNDREDS OF HEADLINES AND GROW
TIRED OF HEARING FROM ENDLESS
PROGNOSTICATORS AND QUICKLY
EMERGE OURSELVES INTO A SEA OF
HOLIDAY BLISS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TODAY
WILL ONE DAY BE A PARENT AND BY
THEN, WHEN YOU REALLY WAKE UP
AND SEE WHAT HAS CHANGED, I FEAR
IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE NO AGENCY EMPOWERED TO
ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.
THIS ITEM ENSURES THAT THE FCC
WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FULLY
GRASP THE HARM IT MAY HAVE
UNLEASHED ON THE INTERNET
ECOSYSTEM.
AND THAT INABILITY MIGHT LEAD
DECISION-MAKERS TO CONCLUDE THAT
THE NEXT INTERNET STARTUP THAT
FAILS TO FLOURISH, THAT
ATTEMPTED TO SEEK RELIEF BY
WHATEVER AUTHORITY MAY OR MAY
NOT BE IN CHARGE, WITH HOW MANY
TEETH THEY MIGHT HAVE LEFT,
SIMPLY THAT MAYBE THEY HAD A BAD
BUSINESS PLAN WHEN IN FACT,, THE
ACTUAL CORPORATE WOULD BE
ABSENCE OF A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
ONLINE.
PARTICULARLY DAMNING AS WHAT
TODAY'S REPEAL WOULD MEAN FOR
MARGINALIZED GROUPS LIKE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT RELY
ON PLATFORMS LIKE THE INTERNET
TO COMMUNICATE.
TRADITIONAL OUTLETS RARELY IF
EVER CONSIDER THE ISSUES OR
CONCERNS OR THEIR COVERAGE.
IT WAS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA,
REMEMBER, THAT THE WORLD FIRST
HEARD ABOUT FERGUSON MISSOURI
BECAUSE THOSE LEGACY OUTLETS DID
NOT CONSIDER THEM WORTHY ENOUGH
FOR COVERAGE UNTIL THAT HASHTAG
STARTED TRENDING.
IT HAS BEEN THROUGH ONLINE VIDEO
SERVICES THAT TARGETED
ENTERTAINMENT ECOSYSTEMS THRIVE
WHERE STORIES ARE FINALLY BEING
TOLD BECAUSE THOSE VERY SAME
PROGRAMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR
CONSIDERATION WERE REJECTED TIME
AND TIME AGAIN BY MAINSTREAM
MEDIA AND DISTRIBUTION --
MAINSTREAM DISTRIBUTION AND
MEDIA OUTLETS.
AND IT HAS BEEN THROUGH SECURE
MESSAGING PLATFORMS WHERE
ACTIVISTS HAVE COMMUNICATED AND
ORGANIZED FOR JUSTICE WITH
GATEKEEPERS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT
HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS.
WHERE WILL THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT
ATTACK ON INTERNET FREEDOM COME
FROM?
MAYBE A BROADBAND PROVIDER
ALLOWING HIS NETWORK TO CONTRAST
MAKING A HIGH TRAFFIC VIDEO
PROVIDER ASK WHAT MORE CAN IT
PAY TO MAKE THAT PAIN GO AWAY?
THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN YOU SAY.
NEWS FLASH, IT ALREADY HAS.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THE OPEN
QUESTION OF WHAT IS STOPPING
THEM.
THE DIFFERENCE AFTER TODAY'S
VOTE IS THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE
TO STOP THEM.
MAYBE SEVERAL PROVIDERS WILL
VIOLENTLY ROLL OUT PAY
PRIORITIZATION PACKAGES THAT
WILL ENABLE DEEP-POCKETED
PLAYERS TO CUT THE CUBE.
MAYBE A VERTICALLY INTEGRATED
BROADBAND PROVIDER DECIDES THAT
IT WILL FAVOR ITS OWN ACT ON
SERVICES OR SOME HIGH VALUE
INTERNET OF THINGS TRAFFIC WILL
BE SUBJECT TO AN ADDITIONAL FEE.
MAYBE SOME OF THESE ACTIONS WILL
BE CLOAKED UNDER NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENTS AND WRAPPED UP IN
MANDATORY ARBITRATION CLAUSES SO
IT WILL BE A BREACH OF CONTRACT
TO DISCLOSE THESE PUBLICLY OR
TAKE THE PROVIDER TO COURT IF
THERE IS ANY WRONGDOING.
SOME MAY SAY OF COURSE THIS WILL
NEVER HAPPEN BUT AFTER TODAY'S
VOTE, WHAT WILL BE IN PLACE TO
STOP ANY OF THIS?
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT
BROADBAND PROVIDERS DID NOT EVEN
WAIT FOR THE INK TO DRY ON A
PROPOSED ORDER BEFORE MAKING
THEIR MOVES.
ONE BROADBAND PROVIDER WHO HAD
IN THE PAST PROMISED TO NOT
ENGAGE IN PAY PRIORITIZATION IS
NOW QUIETLY DROPPING THAT
PROMISE FROM THIS LIST OF
COMMITMENTS ON ITS WEBSITE.
WHAT IS NEXT?
BLOCKING OR THROTTLING?
THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN YOU SAY.
AFTER TODAY'S VOTE EXACTLY WHO
IS THE COP ON THE BEAT THAT CAN
OR WILL STOP THAT?
AND JUST WHO WILL BE IMPACTED
THE MOST?
CONSUMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES,
THAT'S WHO.
THE INTERNET CONTINUES TO EVOLVE
AND HAS BECOME EVEN MORE
CRITICAL FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT
IN OUR 21ST CENTURY ECOSYSTEM,
GOVERNMENT SERVICES HAVE
MIGRATED ONLINE AS HAVE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, JOB
NOTICES AND APPLICATIONS BUT AT
THE SAME TIME BROADBAND
PROVIDERS HAVE CONTINUED TO
CONSOLIDATE, THEY HAVE BECOME
BIGGER.
THEY OWN THEIR OWN CONTENT, THEY
OWN THEIR OWN MEDIA COMPANIES.
AND THEY OWN AND HAVE INTEREST
IN OTHER TYPES OF COMPETING
SERVICES SO WHY ARE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS, SO ALARMED?
BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RISK
THIS ALL POSES AND EVEN THOSE
WHO MIGHT NOT EXACTLY KNOW WHAT
IT MEANS WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS
TITLE TWO AUTHORITY, WHAT THEY
KNOW IS THAT THEY WILL BE AT
RISK WITHOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF
REPEATEDLY WHY THE MAJORITY IS
SO SINGLE FOCUSED ON OVERTURNING
THESE WILDLY POPULAR RULES.
IS IT SIMPLY THEY FELT THAT THE
2015 NET NEUTRALITY ORDER WOULD
THROW OUT OVER 700 RULES WOULD
DISPENSE WITH MORE THAN 25
PROVISIONS WAS TOO HEAVY-HANDED?
IS THIS A PLOY TO CREATE A NEED
FOR LEGISLATION WHERE THERE WAS
NONE BEFORE OR IS IT TO
ESTABLISH UNCERTAINTY WHERE
LITTLE PREVIOUSLY EXISTED?
IS IT A TACTIC TO UNDERMINE THE
NET NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONS
ADOPTED IN 2015 THAT ARE
CURRENTLY PART OF THE SUPREME
COURT?
YOU KNOW, THE VERY SAME RULES
THAT WERE RESOUNDINGLY UPHELD BY
THE DC CIRCUIT LAST YEAR.
NO DOUBT WE WILL SEE A RUSH TO
THE COURTHOUSE ASKING THE
SUPREME COURT TO VACATE AND
REMAND THE SUBSTANTIVE RULES
THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE
TODAY THE FCC USES LEGALLY
SUSPECT MEANS TO CLEAR THE DECK
OF SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTIONS FOR
CONSUMERS AND COMPETITION.
IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WHY WE
SEE SO MUCH BAD PROCESS WITH
THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE FIX WAS
ALREADY IN.
THERE IS NO REAL MENTION OF THE
THOUSAND OF NET NEUTRALITY
COMPLAINTS FILED BY CONSUMERS.
WHY?
THE MAJORITY HAS REFUSED TO PUT
THEM IN THE RECORD WHILE
MAINTAINING THE RHETORIC THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REAL
COMPLAINTS OR NO REAL
VIOLATIONS.
RECORD EVIDENCE OF MASSIVE
INCENTIVES AND ABILITIES OF
BROADBAND PROVIDERS TO ACT IN
ANTICOMPETITIVE WAYS ARE MISSING
FROM THE DOCKET.
WHY?
BECAUSE THOSE IN CHARGE HAVE
REFUSED TO USE THE DATA AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE AGENCY DOES
HAVE AND HAVE RELIED ON IN THE
PAST TO INFORM OUR MERGER
REVIEWS.
THE MAJORITY HAS SHOWN TIME AND
TIME AGAIN THE ABUSE OF
INDIVIDUALS DO NOT MATTER.
INCLUDING ABUSE OF THOSE WHO
CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE.
BUT MAY NOT BE WASHINGTON
INSIDERS.
THERE IS A BASIC FALLACY
UNDERLYING THE MAJORITY'S ACTION
AND RHETORIC TODAY, THE
ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT IS BEST FOR
BROADBAND PROVIDERS IS OBVIOUSLY
WHAT IS BEST FOR AMERICA.
CLAIMS ABOUT ON SHACKLING
BROADBAND SERVICES FROM
UNNECESSARY REGULATION ARE ONLY
ABOUT ENSURING THAT BROADBAND
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE
AND MAINTAIN THE KEYS TO THE
INTERNET.
ASSERTIONS THAT THIS IS MERELY A
RETURN TO SOME IMAGINARY STATUS
QUO CANNOT HIDE THE FACT THAT
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION HAS DISAVOWED
SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTIONS FOR
CONSUMERS ONLINE.
AND WITH THE CURRENT 2015 NET
NEUTRALITY RULES ARE LAID TO
WASTE, WE MAY BE LEFT WITH NO
SINGLE AUTHORITY WITH THE POWER
TO PROTECT CONSUMERS.
NOW THIS ORDER LOUDLY CROWS
ABOUT HANDING OVER AUTHORITY OF
BROADBAND TO THE FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION BUT WHAT IS ABSENT
FROM THE ORDER AND GLOSSED OVER
IN A HAPHAZARDLY ISSUED OF A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR
MOU IS THAT THE FCC IS AN AGENCY
WITH NO, NO, NONE, NADA,
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND
TELECOMMUNICATION.
THE FCC IS AN AGENCY THAT MAY OR
MAY NOT EVEN HAVE AUTHORITY OVER
BROADBAND PROVIDERS IN THE FIRST
INSTANCE.
THE FTC IS AN AGENCY THAT IF YOU
CAN EVEN REACH A VERY HIGH BAR
OF PROVING UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE
PRACTICES AND THAT THERE IS
SUBSTANTIAL CONSUMER INJURY, IT
MAY TAKE YEARS UPON YEARS FOR
ANY REMEDY TO BE LEVIED AND MOST
COMPANIES DON'T HAVE YEARS AND
YEARS TO WAIT FOR AN ANSWER.
BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR
IT.
EVEN ONE OF THE FCC'S OWN
COMMISSIONERS HAS ARTICULATED
THESE VERY CONCERNS AND IF YOU
ARE WONDERING WHY THE FCC IS
PREEMPTING STATE CONSUMER
PROTECTION LAWS IN THIS ITEM
WITHOUT NOTICE, LET ME HELP YOU
WITH THESE SIMPLE JINGLE THAT
YOU CAN EASILY COMMIT TO MEMORY
THAT WILL UNDERSCORE ALL OF
THIS.
IF IT BENEFITS INDUSTRY,
PREEMPTION IS GOOD.
IF IT BENEFITS CONSUMERS,
PREEMPTION IS BAD.
RECLASSIFICATION OF BROADBAND
WOULD DO MORE THAN WREAK HAVOC
OVER NET NEUTRALITY, IT WILL
ALSO UNDERMINE OUR UNIVERSAL
SERVICE CONSTRUCT FOR YEARS TO
COME.
SOMETHING, WHICH THE ORDER
IMPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGES.
IT WILL UNDERMINE THE LIFELINE
PROGRAM.
IT WILL WEAKEN OUR ABILITY TO
SUPPORT ROBUST BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT AND
WHAT WE WILL SOON FIND OUT IS
WHAT A BROADBAND MARKET
UNENCUMBERED BY ROBUST COMMUNITY
-- CONSUMER PROTECTIONS WILL
LOOK LIKE.
I SUSPECT THAT IT WILL NOT BE
VERY PRETTY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY
QUESTIONS ON THE MINDS OF
AMERICANS RIGHT NOW INCLUDING
WHAT THE REPEAL OF NET
NEUTRALITY WILL MEAN FOR THEM.
TO HELP UNDERSTAND OR TO ANSWER
OR TO ADDRESS OUTSTANDING
QUESTIONS, I PLAN TO HOST A TOWN
HALL THROUGH TWITTER NEXT WEEK,
ON TUESDAY AT 2:00 P.M. EASTERN
STANDARD TIME BUT WHAT SADDENS
ME THE MOST TODAY IS THAT THE
AGENCY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
PROTECT YOU IS ACTUALLY
ABANDONING YOU.
BUT WHAT I AM PLEASED TO BE ABLE
TO SAY TODAY IS THAT THE FIGHT
TO SAVE NET NEUTRALITY DOES NOT
END TODAY.
THE AGENCY DOES NOT HAVE THE
FINAL WORD.
THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT.
AND AS I CLOSE MY EULOGY OF THE
2015 NET NEUTRALITY RULES,
CAREFULLY CRAFTED RULES THAT
ACTUALLY STRUCK AN APPROPRIATE
BALANCE IN PROVIDING CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS AND ENABLING
OPPORTUNITIES AND INVESTMENT, I
ACTUALLY TAKE WHAT I WILL CALL
IRONIC COMFORT IN THE WORDS OF
THEN COMMISSIONER PAI BACK IN
2015 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS WILL
RING TRUE ABOUT THIS DESTROYING
INTERNET FREEDOM ORDER.
I AM OPTIMISTIC HE SAID THAT WE
WILL LOOK BACK ON TODAY'S VOTE
AS AN ABERRATION, A TEMPORARY
DEVIATION FROM THE BIPARTISAN
PATH THAT HAS SERVED US SO WELL.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS PLAN
WILL BE VACATED BY A COURT,
REVERSED BY CONGRESS OR
OVERTURNED BY A FUTURE
COMMISSION BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT
IT DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
AMEN TO THAT MR. CHAIRMAN.
AMEN TO THAT.
THANK YOU.