Hutchison Takes Wait and See Approach on Network Neutrality Rules

Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee and candidate for governor of Texas, is taking a trust but verify approach to proposed new Network Neutrality rules. Soon after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his plan to expand and codify the rules, Sen Bailey threatened to introduce a bill to block funding for them, but held off after the chairman's office reached out to her. She suggested Friday that the bill is still an option. But she also said she would first need to closely review the text of the FCC's proposed rules. Sen Hutchison plans to leave the Senate in the next month to focus on challenging Texas's incumbent Republican governor, Rick Perry.