Senator Clinton to co-sponsor Internet neutrality law

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Senator Clinton to cosponsor Internet neutrality law RAW STORY

Published: Thursday May 18, 2006

 

Senator Hillary Clinton plans to co-sponsor the Dorgan and Snowe Internet

neutrality law. Clinton announced her intentions in a release issued earlier

today. The release, as obtained by RAW STORY, follows:

# STATEMENT OF SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON ON NET NEUTRALITY

Washington, DC – “I support net neutrality. The open architecture of the

Internet has been the critical element that has made it the most revolutionary

communications medium since the advent of the television.

Each day on the Internet views are discussed and debated in an open forum

without fear of censorship or reprisal. The Internet as we know it does not

discriminate among its users. It does not decide who can enter its marketplace

and it does not pick which views can be heard and which ones silenced. It is the

embodiment of the fundamental democratic principles upon which our nation has

thrived for hundreds of years.

I have always, and will continue to strongly and unequivocally support these

principles. As I have worked throughout my Senate career to make broadband

access readily available throughout New York State and our nation, I believe

that maintaining an open Internet coupled with more broadband access is

necessary if we are to meet the promise and the potential of the Internet to

disseminate ideas and information, enhance learning, education and business

opportunities for all Americans and improve and uplift our citizenry.

We must embrace an open and non-discriminatory framework for the Internet of

the 21st century. Therefore, it is my intention to be an original cosponsor of

the Dorgan and Snowe net neutrality legislation to ensure that open, unimpaired

and unencumbered Internet access for both its users and content providers is

preserved as Congress debates the overhaul of our nation’s telecommunications

laws. Any effort to fundamentally alter the inherently democratic structure of

the Internet must be rejected.

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