WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, today issued the following statement after voting in opposition to the rule for Floor consideration of H.J. Res. 37, disapproving the Open Internet rule promulgated last year by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
 
“Consumers rely on an open Internet. Major carriers like AT&T and Comcast have no problem with the Open Internet Order. Innovators and our economy depend on it. But Republicans want to repeal it. This makes no sense.
 
“The Open Internet rule is a commonsense approach to preserving the most successful commercial and communications medium in our country’s history.  Without this rule, Broadband Barons could try to create fast lanes and slow lanes online, favor their own content over that owned by others, block access to lawful websites or take other anti-competitive, anti-consumer actions that undermine the Internet’s free and open nature. This would be disastrous for our economy, undercutting innovation and putting our recovery at risk.” 
 
Full text of a letter signed and sent today by Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in opposition to H.J. Res. 37 can be found here .
 
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