U.S. gold in telecom Olympics?

[SOURCE: Washington Times, AUTHOR: Sen Jim DeMint (R-SC)]
[Commentary] I have introduced the Digital Age Communications Act (S. 2113). This legislation would sweep away the archaic telecommunications rules that accumulated over the last century and open the market to all service providers who would play by the same rules. Consumers in a competitive market, not regulators in government, would decide what services best suit them. Providers would be forced to compete for customers and rather than attempt to establish new rules for every new technology, the FCC would focus its efforts on guarding consumers against any abuse of market power. We no longer live in a monopoly era. It is past time that Congress act to protect American jobs, by getting the FCC out of the way of this dynamic market. As Congress begins to debate this and other legislation that will determine the future of our high-tech sector, you can be sure that companies who enjoy government protection from competition and lawyers who profit from the current system of litigation will emerge from the woodwork to try to defend their piece of the regulatory pie. Congress must resist these pleas to pick winners and losers, and instead put the focus where it belongs: on benefiting consumers through robust competition.
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