YearlyKos Convention 2006 Keynote Speech by Senator Barbara Boxer
Boxer addresses the importance of expanding the media with the use of blogs and lifting up new voices through the democratization of the Internet in this keynote address at the YearlyKos convention in Las Vegas, NV. She also touches on the heavily-debated theory of net neutrality, which follows the notion that all Internet traffic should be treated the same way by service providers, no matter how bandwidth is being utilized. Video coverage by Link TV.
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Bio
Senator Barbara Boxer
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, Senator Barbara Boxer is now preparing for a tough race against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina. Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Senate Ethics Committee, Boxer is the only U.S. senator to chair two committees. She also serves on the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation as well as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator Boxer was a strong supporter of President Obama's 2009 economic stimulus plan and co-authored the bipartisan Invest in the U.S.A. Act, to encourage companies to bring overseas profits back to the United States to create jobs here. She wrote the first-ever law to authorize federal funding for afters-chool programs.
I agree whole heartedly that the White House is "dangerously incompetent." Boxer is right on about a "cowardly" attempt to go publicly attack Amb. Wilson's family. Our privacy is in danger, that is one of our most urgent issues, I appreciate Boxer for commenting on it.
In a bold speech, Senator Boxer describes a “dangerously incompetent†White House and a Republican-controlled Congress “far too eager to write a blank check.†She also decries the “Foxificationâ€/consolidation of the media and emphasizes the importance of blogs and net neutrality for a free and open society.
In light of the House of Representatives’ rejection of the net neutrality amendment in the COPE Act on Thursday and Attorney General Gonzales’ pressuring of ISPs to keep records of customer’s web activities, it certainly does appear as if the internet is threatened.