<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Here's more news on net neutrality.  The FCC is set to vote on this proposal on February 26.  Watch for more news after that vote.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">If you are looking for background information and want to learn more about what you can do related to net neutrality, visit the Net Neutrality Toolkit prepared by OLA:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=500:intellectual-freedom-net-neutrality&catid=20:site-content">http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=500:intellectual-freedom-net-neutrality&catid=20:site-content</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">​</div>><((((º>·´¯`·.¸ .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>·´¯`·.¸<br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Garnetta Wilker</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br>Co-chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> Library Association<br>K-12 Representative, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> Statewide Database Licensing Advisory Committee</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Forwarded from Senator Ron Wyden's office:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://wyden.senate.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0406B.63A68480" alt="Senator Ron Wyden" border="0" height="120" width="600" class=""></span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif;font-variant:small-caps"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif;font-variant:small-caps">For Immediate Release: February 4, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif;font-variant:small-caps">Contact: Keith Chu  <a href="tel:202.224.0537" value="+12022240537" target="_blank">202.224.0537</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif;font-variant:small-caps">Rebecca Steele <a href="tel:202.224.3789" value="+12022243789" target="_blank">202.224.3789</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif">Wyden Praises Wheeler for net neutrality proposal that will “Save the Internet”<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif;font-variant:small-caps">Washington, D.C.</span></i></b> <span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif">– Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to protect the freedom to compete online by reclassifying broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1996:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif">“<b>Millions of American small businesses, consumers and innovators spoke and Chairman Wheeler listened. Without the open Internet, start-ups will never leave the garage,” </b>Wyden said. <b>“The FCC should adopt this proposal and ensure that monopolies are never allowed to slam the door American innovation.”<u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif">For more than 20 years, Sen. Wyden has fought to protect the open Internet and expand America’s digital economy<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">. </span>Over the past year he <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/17/fcc-net-neutrality-ron-wyden-telecoms" target="_blank">repeatedly urged</a> </span>the FCC to create new rules to protect net neutrality. He authored the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which protects the Internet from multiple and discriminatory taxes. He continues to stand for policies that preserve the Internet as a platform for learning, speech and commerce and a level-playing field for businesses.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif">Learn more about Sen. Wyden’s fight for the free and open Internet here: <a href="http://www.wyden.senate.gov/net-neutrality" target="_blank">http://www.wyden.senate.gov/net-neutrality</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:'Palatino Linotype',serif">###</span></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helv"><font face="Helv">

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