“Turning the Internet over to countries with problematic human rights records, muted free speech laws and questionable taxation practices will prevent the Internet from remaining the thriving medium it has become today.”

- Rep. John Doolittle (R-Rocklin), a leader of the Congressional Internet Caucus. “The caucus has introduced a House resolution expressing the will of Congress that day-to-day control of the Internet's operations remain in the United States” (Edward Epstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/08/05).