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Pallone Assails Efforts to Delay IANA Transition

September 29, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on news that four Republican state attorneys general have sued to halt the imminent transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA):

“Senator Cruz failed to convince his colleagues to join in his reckless plan to derail the IANA transition, so his cronies are now turning to the courts to undo the will of Congress, which was clearly expressed less than 24 hours ago. The conspiracy theories that Senator Cruz and the extreme right have cooked up have absolutely no basis in fact, and their efforts to delay this transition are simply playing into the hands of Putin and others who want more control over the internet. I hope the court sees through this desperate last minute ploy and quickly tosses out this frivolous lawsuit.”