does not choose to use it, have you made it easier for a future f.c.c., if they should so choose, to regulate broadband pricing? >> that's a scare tactic. i know folks that work for the isp's are up in wall street telling investors and others, oh, my god, this is going to lead to rate regulation. i think a perfect example is the mobile industry. there hasn't been rate regulation. there's been no rate regulation of a retail service since cable regulation, 22 23 years ago. so i think the fear is unfounded. the chairman has said we are not going to rate regulate. and hey, i don't know who the next f.c.c. chairman is. the next f.c.c. chairman may try to throw out this whole regime and do something more free market oriented or less regulatory. i don't really buy the "next chairman" argument because the rules are only as good as the guy or the gal on the eighth floor enforcing them. so we've got to do our best to set up an infrastructure that will protect consumers, that will preserve on open internet which has been the greatest driver of economic development free speech, innovation this w

even if this survives in the courts, it can be changed by a future f.c.c. commission. and so this is a very bad precedent and one that doesn't have to happen. we told the president and the white house, we told the f.c.c., we told democrats in capitol hill that we want to work with them on a solution to this that addresses the concerns that people have, the problems that perhaps could be out there, but that doesn't cede to the f.c.c. unlimited authority for them to do whatever they want and to put at great risk and in jeopardy something that has been an incredible success story for this country and for the world. that's the internet. >> today with the strong support of the american people, a bipartisan bills that been delivered to the president, the keystone x.l. pipeline. after six years of delay and obstruction, the president is finally going to have to decide where he stands. does he stand with the american people, the great majority of people who support this bipartisan bill and the energy and the jobs that come with it? to or is he going to stand with special intere

future. it's not addressing actual problems that we have today. it's not addressing actual complaints that are before the f.c.c. >> well, let me respectfully disagree. netflix is a company that has been compelled to pay to get ahead of the line. and there's a company that opposes having to make those kind of payments. let me read a statement from the ceo of netflix and what he had to say. strong net neutrality prevents charging a toll to services like netflix. they must provide significant access without charge. allowing fast lanes gives isp the per verse incentive to boost revenues. the power to pick winners and losers. so what do you say? this is a company that has been compelled to pay this to comcast, to verizon to get ahead of the line. >> i respectfully disagree. i'm afraid that what we're seeing here is just spin from netflix. netflix entered into agreements for contracts with verizon and comcast to effectively put themselves at the head of the line. in front of millions of other content providers and users on the internet. before netflix entered into that agreement it was treated the same as everybody

f.c.c. is implementing these rules within a time-tested legal framework that will allow the agency to respond to challenges to net neutrality that arise in the futureleagues have long urged the f.c.c. has recognized that broadband internet access is a title 2 service. it's a telecommunications service. last spring, i could not have predicted that we would be celebrating this victory today. the best principles are -- of our democracy have won out. it's clear that the voices of the american people have been heard. i have often called net neutrality the free speech issue of our time, and i believe that exercising our free speech rights has been the key to our success and will continue to be the key to our success. today does not mark the end of our work, the work of all net neutrality supporters to safeguard our free and open internet. some of my republican colleagues have decried the very idea of net neutrality. more recently, others have purported to embrace the concept , at the same time have tried to stop the f.c.c. from taking meaningful action. my friend, senator john thune has drafted legislation that would strip the f.c.c. of authority to regu

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future s.e.c. commission. this is a very bad precedent and one that doesn't have to happen. we have told the press and the president, we told the f.c.c., we told democrats here on capitol hill we want to work with them on a solution to this 245 address -- that addresses the concerns people have. the problems that could be out there but doesn't cede to the f.c.c. unlimited authority for them to do whatever they want and put at great risk and in jeopardy something that has been an incredible success story for this country and the world. that's the internet. >> today with strong support of the american people a bipartisan bill has been delivered to the president, the keystone x.l. pipeline. after six years of delay andobstruction, the president is finally going to have to decide where he stands. does he stand with the american people, the great majority of people, who support this bipartisan bill and the energy and the jobs that come with it? or is he going to stand with special interests and washington lobbyists. the president likes to talk but it's time for him to listen. he should listen to his state department who said this is safe.