Legislators aren’t likely to take up broadband regulations in the lame-duck...
Legislators aren’t likely to take up broadband regulations in the lame-duck session, said former Rep. Albert Wynn, who was a member of the House Commerce Committee and now lobbies for Dickstein Shapiro. Lots of work has been put into the…
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net neutrality proposal by Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Wynn said Thursday on a USTelecom webinar. Hearings may be held early next year, he said. Wynn said members who supported net neutrality generally didn’t fare well in Tuesday’s election. Cybersecurity could be the subject of legislative action, but not much can be done in the lame-duck session, he said. Congress may take up the issue in the first half of next year, said David Hoppe, president of Quinn Gillespie & Associates. Tuesday’s election sent a clear message -- jobs and the economy, said Alan Roth, a senior executive vice president with USTelecom. Hopefully the FCC gets the message too and focuses on improving investment environment in stead of regulations over Internet, he said. It’s necessary to maintain a bipartisan approach for the industry, he said, saying establishing bipartisan consensus is key to move important telecom issues forward.