Sharan Burrow Quotes

The public should have access to unfettered communication and commerce, and the Internet is increasingly the medium where that takes place.

Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.

I support a free and open Internet.

As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software.

Allowing a handful of broadband carriers to determine what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the features that have made the Internet such a success, and could permanently compromise the Internet as a platform for the free exchange of information, commerce, and ideas.

Saving the Internet requires a greater sense of shared ownership and fewer bystanders accepting whatever today's Internet has to offer.

Much of the civil rights work of this century will entail championing digital rights.

Republicans want to keep the open Internet safe from big government. Democrats want to keep it safe from big corporations. I say we agree to agree and move ahead.

The Internet is fundamentally free, and when faced with the decision to use something free, we, as humans, always seek to grab all we can.

The most important thing to remember here is that the Internet is not broken, and all of the innovation that we've seen since inception has been based on it being free and open.

Political divisions may be fierce, but there is at least one issue that most Americans agree on: net neutrality.

The Internet eco-system should be such that users should not pay for Internet connection, content, or anything that is basic.

The Internet belongs to all of us, not big telecom.

Information technology is a formidable enabler of freedoms. For example, it lowers barriers to freedom of expression and allows people to get a better grasp of their lives. It should not be used to reduce the freedom of people.

Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does reach into the Internet.

I think we should not control the Internet.

The war for the Internet has begun. Hollywood is in control of politics. The government is killing innovation.

The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.

I have been a strong supporter of a free and open Internet and have indicated this both prior to and subsequent to being sworn in as chairman of the F.C.C. I believe it is important to take concrete and reasonable steps to protect the freedom of users and entrepreneurs and businesses both small and large on the Internet.

I fear that light touch regulations that have allowed the Internet to prosper will now be replaced by a heavy hand that stifles innovation and does not adapt well to change. The Internet is not broken.

Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.

We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with liberty, they ultimately depend on it.

Increasingly, I'm finding myself uncomfortable about how the Internet's developing, who's influencing its development, and who is not.

Turning the Internet over to the U.N. or some other phony international organization would be a disaster, and I am not willing to stand by and let it happen.

As more and more people reach the Internet by mobile phone, we should make sure users are getting the open access they believe they're paying for.