<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">When the FCC's Open Internet Order adopted Title II as a means to implement Net Neutrality, they undertook to forbear any of Title II's pricing powers. Republicans are not content with this, especially as zero-rating and data caps appear to be end runs around NN, and are already attracting FCC attention. H.R.2666 is designed to put such forbearance into law, and has wended it's way through subcommittee to the full committee. Today's vote was to send it to full House. As you might imagine the bill is controversial, with some Democrats suggesting it will eviscerate the FCC's ability to act in the public interest.<strong style="font-size:small"> I've edited out all the "I yield my time" and "gentlemen" and "gentle ladies" etc from the videos below so that a viewer can better follow the arguments.</strong> The McNerney one is brief and tackles the public interest angle. The zero-rating comes up about halfway through the Walden section, which also includes a lengthy dialog on the meaning of the word 'rate' during which at one point Rep. Lujan pulls out a vintage Webster's Dictionary for emphasis! Clicking through to the YouTube descriptions will give you speaker indexes. Votes were pretty much along partisan lines, with the Republicans winning all.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "After opening statements yesterday, today Tuesday March 15 2016 the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee voted on H.R. 2666 - No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act. Before the Committee voted to pass the bill to the fu" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">After opening statements yesterday, today <strong>Tuesday March 15 2016</strong> the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee</a></strong> voted on <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20160314/104684/BILLS-1142666ih-NoRateRegulation.pdf" target="_blank">H.R. 2666 - No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act</a></strong>. Before the Committee voted to pass the bill to the full House, it had to vote on amendments from Reps. <strong>McNerney</strong>, <strong>Walden</strong>, <strong>Eshoo</strong>, and <strong>Matsui</strong>. Find edited video below (or via <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist" target="_blank">YouTube playlist</a></strong>).</p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Opening Remarks (5:28)</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoXnK1xW-X8" target="_blank" class="playable"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/OoXnK1xW-X8/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a><br> <strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/OoXnK1xW-X8" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/OoXnK1xW-X8</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Vote #1 - McNerney Amendment (7:16)</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatrzqau_og" target="_blank" class="playable"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/zatrzqau_og/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a><br> <strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/zatrzqau_og" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/zatrzqau_og</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Vote #2 - Walden Amendment (43:36)</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZ2NJIgs70" target="_blank" class="playable"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/BfZ2NJIgs70/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a><br> <strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/BfZ2NJIgs70" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/BfZ2NJIgs70</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Vote #3 - Eshoo Amendment (11:14)</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9MNavURMA4" target="_blank" class="playable"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/G9MNavURMA4/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a><br> <strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/G9MNavURMA4" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/G9MNavURMA4</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Vote #4 - Matsui Amendment (3:49)</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vlwqdyb0ZA" target="_blank" class="playable"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/6vlwqdyb0ZA/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a><br> <strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/6vlwqdyb0ZA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6vlwqdyb0ZA</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Vote #5 - H.R. 2666  (0:21)</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-7UXD2MXkE" target="_blank" class="playable"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/2-7UXD2MXkE/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a><br> <strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/2-7UXD2MXkE" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/2-7UXD2MXkE</a></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8361#respond" target="_blank">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8361#comments" target="_blank">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#dddddd;background-color:#efefef" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#f3f3f3;color:#888888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"> </p><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8361" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8361</a><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;height:3px;background-color:#43a4d0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=8361&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0"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