Cruz Sets Anti-Title II Speech to Music in New Video
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, remixed a recent speech lambasting Communications Act Title II reclassification and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality approach, adding a music background to his speech in a video released Friday. “The principle I’m going to suggest…
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to you is don’t mess with the Internet,” said Cruz, a member of the Commerce Committee. “Title II, as I think you know, was designed for public utilities. … I want you to think for a second about the idea of taking an 81-year-old law and applying it to something no one could possibly have envisioned.” He cited the 332-page draft net neutrality order that no one outside the Commission can yet see, mentioning FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai holding up the big document. He also suggested the order would bring about billions in new taxes, a highly contested claim. “Do not accept the promise of Washington politicians who are telling all of us, ‘If you like the Internet, you can keep your Internet,’” Cruz warned.