Citing “an agreement” on net neutrality, House Communications Subcommittee Ranking...
Citing “an agreement” on net neutrality, House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., urged a subcommittee hearing. “As far as I am concerned, given the realities of Washington, D.C., there is an agreement,” Stearns told us in a written…
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statement Friday. “In fact, there should be a hearing on this agreement.” The deal could see edits “later on,” and “some disagreements may remain,” but Stearns believes “the main principles have been agreed upon.” The pact is based on negotiations that “have been going on for over a year,” he said. Stearns and Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., had been meeting with industry stakeholders involved in talks that were being held at the FCC. The commission shut down its own talks last month. Boucher didn’t respond to a request for comment.