A Ted Cruz led committee will today Wednesday, September 14th hold a hearing on “Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications of Ending U.S. Oversight of the Internet”. This follows the plans to complete IANA Stewardship Transition steps on October 1, 2016. This is unless House and Senate Republicans are successful in their calls to delay the transition and extend the IANA functions contract which will otherwise expected to expire September 30, 2016.
The hearing details are as follows
Witnesses:
Panel I
The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling
Assistant Secretary For Communications And Information And Administrator
National Telecommunications And Information Administration (NTIA)
United States Department Of Commerce
Washington, DC
Mr. Göran Marby
CEO And President
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers (ICANN)
Los Angeles, CA
Panel II
Mr. Berin Szoka
President
TechFreedom
Washington, DC
Mr. Jonathan Zuck
President
ACT The App Association
Washington, DC
Ms. Dawn Grove
Corporate Counsel
Karsten Manufacturing
Phoenix, AZ
Ms. J. Beckwith (“Becky”) Burr
Deputy General Counsel And Chief Privacy Officer
Neustar
Washington, DC
Mr. John Horton
President And CEO
LegitScript
Portland, Oregon
Mr. Steve DelBianco
Executive Director
NetChoice
Washington, DC
Mr. Paul Rosenzweig
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary For Policy
U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
Washington, DC
Subcommittee members
Republicans:
Senator Cruz, Chair
Senator Grassley
Senator Hatch
Senator Sessions
Senator Flake
Senator Graham
Senator Lee
Senator Vitter
Democrats:
Senator Coons, Ranking Member
Senator Feinstein
Senator Durbin
Senator Schumer
Senator Whitehouse
Senator Klobuchar
Senator Blumenthal