Providing for Consideration of H.R. Save the Internet Act of Providing for Consideration of H.R. Investing for the People Act of and for Other Purposes

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Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

As you know, the difficulty is, when we take away the managing of a business operation from that underlying business, the incentive to innovate and to serve consumers is likely to dissipate.

The internet, for decades, has thrived because it was not under the heavy hand of government. Because of this freedom, we are now on the brink of accessing the fifth generation of broadband technology that, when fully implemented, will eliminate the need for net neutrality regulations because latency for all content will be almost zero.

I don't think you find any disagreement that blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization are not practices that anyone wants as a part of the open internet. But classifying broadband internet as a telecommunications service under title II of the Telecommunication Act of 1934 will limit the ability of service providers to respond to consumer demands and potentially result in disruptions due to content neutrality requirements.

Republicans have introduced three proposals to preserve a free and open internet. I hope we can work together, going forward, to achieve that laudable goal.

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