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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, has released an implementation timeline on ObamaCare. Click here for a copy.

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Committee Republicans Tell FCC to Stop Net Neutrality Efforts

November 19, 2010

WASHINGTON – Nineteen members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including the 18 returning members, led by Ranking Member Joe Barton, today called the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to vote on network neutrality “a mistake.”

“We have much we can do together on matters such as spectrum and universal service reform that will have a significant positive impact on the economy,” the lawmakers wrote to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. “Reigniting the network neutrality debate will only distract us from that work and further jeopardize investment, innovation, and jobs. We ask you not to circulate such an order.”

A copy of the letter can be found here.
 

U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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