Reps. Chaffetz, Polis Receive CCIA's High Tech Defender Award
Washington CCIA presented its high tech defender award to
two western Congressmen starting their second term Jared Polis, D-Colo., and
Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah during its 39th Washington Caucus reception
last night.
As Judiciary Committee members, both helped
prevent this Congress from making a big "generational mistake"
on overreaching and harmful copyright legislation.
Their voices and actions on SOPA are proof
positive that "doing the right thing" in Congress need not be
polarizing or even partisan.
Chaffetz was quoted by multiple media outlets for saying Were going
to do surgery on the Internet without bringing in the nerds.
Polis, who was a successful online entrepreneur
before coming to Washington, was helped explain cybersecurity issues to his
colleagues and how the SOPA bill would Balkanize Internet
"creating a separate Internet that Americans users would experience. It is
simply the wrong solution to a very real problem."
The reception followed an all day meeting between
tech company executives and members of Congress and the administration.
CCIA, which turns 40 this year, also hosted a
photo booth where members and staffers posed with vintage tech equipment.
