Cindy Hyde-Smith Quotes

The Internet belongs to all of us, not big telecom.

We need to make Net Neutrality the law. We need to elect a Congress that will make it a priority to keep this important principal intact - and insure equal and open access to the Internet for all.

Net Neutrality originally referred to management of the 'last mile' of the network over which data flows into a person's home, but the debate has grown beyond that in recent years.

Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.

AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period.

The FCC has made it clear it would punish a cable or phone company for deviating from providing 'neutral' access.

The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom.

You do not need the government to protect open internet; the marketplace was doing it and will continue to do it. All you are doing is adding a burden that does not need to be there.

Obama routinely pushed policy that pleased the tech-savvy, including his successful effort to keep broadband suppliers from giving preferential treatment to bigger web companies over individuals.

Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

Net neutrality is one where we the people are definitely on the ropes.

As president of Common Cause, I joined a coalition of groups ranging from the Christian Coalition to Consumers Union, and we went to Congress with over a million signatures asking that Net Neutrality be made law.

The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.

At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission to innovate.

Although the FCC has tried to introduce net neutrality rules to avoid abusive practices like favoring your own services over others, they have struggled because there has been more than one court case in which it was asserted the FCC didn't have the authority to punish ISPs for abusing their control over the broadband channel.

A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.

Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the government had a role in ensuring that Internet freedom was protected.

We support an open Internet and having rules - the right kind of rules that are legally enforceable and allow for investment and innovation.

I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.

The Open Internet principles were not legal rules adopted by the FCC; they were effectively a press statement posted on the FCC website.

I support a free and open Internet.

Notably, the FCC fact sheet regarding the net neutrality plan does not mention any accommodations for small providers.

While repealing net neutrality rules grabs headlines... net neutrality started as a consumer issue but soon became a stepping stone to impose vastly more common carrier regulation on broadband companies.

Some claim that the Obama FCC's regulations are necessary to protect Internet openness. History proves this assertion false. We had a free and open Internet prior to 2015, and we will have a free and open Internet once these regulations are repealed.

I think there wouldn't be a Net neutrality debate in this country if we really had a competitive environment for access.