{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/sen-whitehouse-applauds-presidents-defense-of-net-neutrality", "Sen. Whitehouse Applauds President’s Defense of Net Neutrality", "2014-11-10", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.10.14\n\t\t\t Sen. Whitehouse Applauds President\u2019s Defense of Net Neutrality \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tProvidence, RI \u2013 Today President Barack Obama released a statement calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ensure a free and open internet by upholding the principles of net neutrality and reclassifying consumer broadband service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act \u2013 a step which would enable the FCC to prevent internet service providers from creating \u201cfast lanes\u201d for certain websites.\u00a0 U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who joined 11 other Senators on a letter to the FCC supporting Title II reclassification, released the statement below applauding the President\u2019s action:\r\n\u201cA free and open internet that functions equally for all users and developers \u2013 from the biggest businesses to the smallest startups \u2013 is absolutely essential.\u00a0 It\u2019s this principle that enabled Google to go from a small operation in a garage to one of the world\u2019s iconic corporations, and that will allow the web to continue to serve as an incubator for innovation for generations to come.\u00a0 I thank the President for supporting this goal and for his strong advocacy on behalf of net neutrality.\u201d\r\n\u00a0###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/sen-whitehouse-applauds-presidents-defense-of-net-neutrality"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.335439970716834, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}