Remarks of Commissioner O'Rielly Before the American Legislative Exchange Council's Spring Task Force Summit

The members of the American Legislative Exchange Council can serve an important role as the new Federal Communications Commission seeks to restore free market principles to broadband offerings.

Many of you know all too well of the pressure on us to buckle and acquiesce to the whims of the misinformed screaming for Network Neutrality. You likely face it at your respective statehouses as you debate the various matters before you. The “progressive agenda” being pushed in so many settings is really an effort to use government as a means to redistribute hard earned assets from one group of people to favored interests. Do not let your voices go unheard as Net Neutrality advocates slowly, but surely, seek to drag the US economy toward socialism. This debate is just one component in a larger and much more pernicious effort to vanquish capitalism and economic liberty.