Whoa…where did this come from? The Telecom and Antitrust Task Force of the House Judiciary Committee is slated to hold a hearing tomorrow on net neutrality. The line-up of witnesses is evenly divided between pro- and anti-net neutrality reguations:
—Walter B. McCormick - president and CEO, U.S. Telecom Association
—Earl W. Comstock - president and CEO, COMPTEL
—Paul Misener - vice president, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com, Seattle, Wash.
—Timothy Wu - professor of law, Columbia Law School, New York, N.Y.
The Judiciary Committee had been slated a few weeks back to hold hearings on phone company mergers (the hearing was cancelled due to scheduling matters) but this hearing on net neutrality is a sure-fire, clear shot across the bow of the House Commerce Committee’s Telecom and Internet subcommittee, which is well along in advancing its own telecom reform bill with net neutrality provisions (before anyone attacks me, I know you believe the current Barton bill’s net neutrality provisions are worthless, but they do exist nonetheless).
The scheduling of this hearing is further proof of a turf battle between two of Congress’ most powerful committees. The hearing will be available on the committee’s website. You can also watch it on C-SPAN 3 via TV or online at C-SPAN’s web site. (C-SPAN should give a raise to Peter Kiley. Thanks Peter.)
Cynthia Brumfield at 4:49 PM|Comments(0)
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