Press Release
Senators and Strange Bedfellows Come Together to Save the Internet
Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838
Senators Snowe and Dorgan, MoveOn.org and Christian Coalition to hold press conference in support of 'Internet Freedom Preservation Act'
WHAT: Press conference on growing, nonpartisan support for "Internet Freedom Preservation Act" and delivery of 1 million petitions and letters to the Senate
WHERE: "Senate Swamp" (across from the Russell Senate Office Building, Constitution & Delaware)
WHEN: Wednesday, June 14, 1:45 p.m.
WHO:
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
Michele Combs, Christian Coalition
Joan Blades, MoveOn.org
At a press conference on Capitol Hill tomorrow, the SavetheInternet.com Coalition will deliver more than 1 million petitions and letters from average Americans concerned about Internet freedom. The petitions represent rising public pressure on Congress to pass meaningful protections for Network Neutrality as part of any major telecommunications legislation.
The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is a broad, grassroots effort that has brought together more than 750 groups, including Free Press, MoveOn.org, the Christian Coalition, Consumers Union, Common Cause, the National Religious Broadcasters, the Service Employees International Union, True Majority, the American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union. Other supporters of meaningful Net Neutrality legislation include AARP, the League of Women Voters, and numerous Internet companies and small businesses.
To learn more, visit www.SavetheInternet.com
The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is a grassroots, nonpartisan alliance of hundreds of groups, thousands of bloggers, more than a million concerned Americans who have joined together to protect Internet freedom and Network Neutrality. No corporation or political party funds the coalition. Statements by the SavetheInternet.com Coalition are not necessarily endorsed by every participating organization.
WHAT: Press conference on growing, nonpartisan support for "Internet Freedom Preservation Act" and delivery of 1 million petitions and letters to the Senate
WHERE: "Senate Swamp" (across from the Russell Senate Office Building, Constitution & Delaware)
WHEN: Wednesday, June 14, 1:45 p.m.
WHO:
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
Michele Combs, Christian Coalition
Joan Blades, MoveOn.org
At a press conference on Capitol Hill tomorrow, the SavetheInternet.com Coalition will deliver more than 1 million petitions and letters from average Americans concerned about Internet freedom. The petitions represent rising public pressure on Congress to pass meaningful protections for Network Neutrality as part of any major telecommunications legislation.
The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is a broad, grassroots effort that has brought together more than 750 groups, including Free Press, MoveOn.org, the Christian Coalition, Consumers Union, Common Cause, the National Religious Broadcasters, the Service Employees International Union, True Majority, the American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union. Other supporters of meaningful Net Neutrality legislation include AARP, the League of Women Voters, and numerous Internet companies and small businesses.
To learn more, visit www.SavetheInternet.com
The SavetheInternet.com Coalition is a grassroots, nonpartisan alliance of hundreds of groups, thousands of bloggers, more than a million concerned Americans who have joined together to protect Internet freedom and Network Neutrality. No corporation or political party funds the coalition. Statements by the SavetheInternet.com Coalition are not necessarily endorsed by every participating organization.
