mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker. the house is still not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. members will please take their conversations from the floor. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the legislation and to insert extraneous material on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. walden: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. members and staff will please take their conversations from the floor. the gentleman is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. in a representative democracy, federal agencies may impose regulations only to the extent authorized by the united states congress, the elected representatives of the american people. i introduced h.j.res. 37 which enjoys bipartisan support because congress is not authorized the federal communications co

mr. walden: would the gentleman yield? mr. polis: i would like to submit a record, court rejects suit over net neutrality rule. mr. walden: will the gentleman rule on the prior point? mr. polis: i'll be happy to discuss it on your time. i want to move on to the point. i will be happy to enter a colloquy with you on your time. the star tribune says court rejects suit over net neutrality rules. federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit by verizon. the challenge the federal government's communications rules. what i want to point out is like many newspaper sites, this was -- cites, this was a decision between me and the newspaper about how i would get access. some newspapers want to charge for access. others don't. i was happy the "minneapolis star tribune" allowed me access because i wasn't about to pay. how do they pay for it? they have a couple ads in here. apparently bill mayor will be at miss particular lake hotel and casino. i won't be there. and then there's something called license to thrill, also at miss particular lake ca

mr. walden: i would not. the issue that the f.c.c. points out is that, oh, we -- we're not going to allow that to happen under these rules. you can't have a separate internet provider that's just set up for its own subscribers, that just wants to have a filter on the internet, if you will, for those who want to subscribe to that for their religious beliefs. already you see a government getting involved at the head in. we've seen it in egypt where the government is