we are joined by david hatch, of congress daily, who will be joining on the questioning. senator dole is joining us from capitol hill. congressman shimkus, why are you opposed to reclassifying broadband from title 12 title to? >> there is no problem now. the internet has been a boon for a decade. we are afraid that as the national government intervenes to make decisions to control the pipe that there will be less intervention, less innovation, and less job creation. it is like in 1933 regulation. trying to use those laws to force a digital age is crazy talk. >> democrats in both chambers have announced plans to update the communications act. do you support that effort, and is there any chance that telecom legislation could emerge this year? >> not this year. the last rewrite took about six to eight years. we have been talking about it even when republicans are a majority, but the s.e.c. is broken up. they are still packed into an environment that does not reflect the digital age. i would be excited about it. i think it would help the ssa in their day-to-day management of