… “I hope that Chairman Hundt will read Shakespeare and understand that `discretion is the better part of valor.’ And if he doesn’t read Shakespeare, I hope that he reads Sections 251 and 252 of the Act. Not only has he been told that he is wrong by people like myself, but now the federal judiciary who did read the Telecommunications Act of 1996 say that his interpretation is wrong.”
… “Chairman Hundt is not an elected official. His responsibility is to enact regulations pursuant to congressional intent. He does not have the luxury or authority to write the regulations as he wants or as one of his staff may want.”
… “If the interconnection order is not a simple and honest mistake, and Chairman Hundt was willful and intentionally disregarded the specific language of the Act and the intent of Congress, then he should step aside. He should resign or the president should appoint someone else who can read and understand that his role as chairman is as an implementer of a law passed by Congress and signed with great fanfare by President Clinton.”
… “If Chairman Hundt does have a wanton disregard for the intent of Congress, I can predict with great certainty that his life at the FCC will be miserable as the next Congress organizes and the congressional oversight of the FCC begins. And I might add that his life will be made miserable in a bipartisan manner-it won’t just be Republicans asking the tough questions.”
… “No one, including the chairman of the FCC, has the right to undo or tip the balance of a very delicately crafted piece of legislation which was passed in a bipartisan fashion for the good of our consumers and, I might say, for our workers.”
