. >> host: gigi sohn does anyone have this proposal besides chairman wheeler, jessica rosenworcel, mignon clyburn with, michael o'rielly and ajit pai? >> guest: well, staff do. >> host: right but -- >> guest: outside of the agency? no. >> host: and when will it become public so that a gautham nagesh can report on it or the public can read it? >> guest: it will become public after february 26th. >> host: what happens on february 26th? >> guest: february 26th we will take a vote and we need two other commissioners to vote for this proposal. >> host: and do you think that mignon clyburn and jessica rosenworcel will vote for it? >> guest: i can't speak for them. >> host: what about the fact that the house of representatives and the senate have each held hearings already on net neutrality and that mr. thune and mr. upton are looking at developing bills that would, essentially make this proposal inwon sequential? >> guest: so the fcc as you know, is a creature of congress. they write our laws. they wrote the telecommunications act of 996 and the communications act of 1934. it is their prerogati

. >> after nearly two hours of discussion thursday, wheeler joined democratic commissioners jessica rosenworcel and mignon clyburn in a three to two vote along party lines. >> so let me close where i began , with a shout out to 4 million americans who took their time to share with us their views. today, history is being made by a majority of this commission as we vote for a fast, fair, and open internet. and what that, i will call for the yeas and mayes. -- nayes. the ayes have it. [applause] >> president obama welcomed the fcc's vote with a thank you letter posted online to users of reddit. their outreach along with groups like free press helped lead to an outpouring of an unprecedented 4 million comments to the fcc in favor of net neutrality. but others, like former fcc chair michael powell, complained the vote is a setback. powell is now president of the national cable and telecommunications association which is the most powerful agency representing the cable industry. he said consumers would -- "surely will bear the burden of new taxes and increased costs, and they will likely wait longer f

commissioner jessica rosenworcel. >> there has been a little noise on the way to this decision today. i we will do something radical i we will be brief. our internet economy is the envy of the world. we invented it. the applications began right here on our shores. the broadband below us and the airwaves all around us deliver its collective might into our homes and businesses all across the country. what produced as dynamic engine is dynamic engine of entrepreneurship and experimentation is a foundation of openness. sustaining what has made us innovative, fierce, and creative should not be a choice. it should be an obligation. we also have a duty a duty to protect what is made the internet the most dynamic platform for free speech ever invented. it is our printing press our town square our individual soapbox and our shared platform for opportunity. that is why open internet policies matter why i support network neutrality. we cannot have a two-tiered internet with fast lanes that speed the traffic of the privileged and leave the rest of us lagging behind. we cannot have gatekeepers who