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Submitted: June 9, 2006 - 7:27am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 2:37am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 2:37am
During the debate, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), chairman of the House Commerce Committee, said COPE sought to "strike the right balance between ensuring that the public Internet remains an open, vibrant marketplace and ensuring that Congress does not hand the FCC a blank check to regulate Internet services. "We don't need anybody to be the first secretary of the Internet," he added.
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