Thune Staffer Pitches Hill Priorites, FCC Fears to South Dakota Stakeholders
David Quinalty, GOP tech and telecom policy director for the Senate Commerce Committee, spoke to tech stakeholders in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Friday and gave a speech similar to one Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., gave at Lincoln…
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Labs’ Reboot Congress event last week (see 1502120059). In what was often the same language as Thune, Quinalty described the problems with Communications Act Title II reclassification of broadband and the need for Thune’s net neutrality legislation. “Finding a legislative solution,” he said at the Trendigital summit, “is a top priority for the senator.” He joked initially that the BlackBerry is “not quite dead” on Capitol Hill and is the device of choice for Thune and “the majority of my colleagues.” Quinalty also warned of “numerous proposals” floated at the FTC and elsewhere that pose a danger in the realm of online privacy. He spoke favorably on data breach notification legislation. “This is something that Senator Thune is working on right now,” Quinalty said. He, like Thune, warned about forthcoming White House privacy legislation. He also stressed Thune’s role on the Finance Committee and his commitment to overhauling the tax code, which he said will help these businesses.