Putting The 'T' In ReTardlican
If you too have an idiot for a US Congresshuman, send them this link to the US Constitution's Bill of Rights:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights
Direct them to the Fourth Amendment which states:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Yes, this refers to ALL citizen's persons, houses, papers and effects including those on the Internet.
Oh and this statement is not exactly correct:
'He went on to praise broadband providers because they had "invested an awful lot of money" in building up networks'
What actually happened is:
(A) Honest broadband providers invested an awful lot of money and then cashed in from the resulting customer commerce.
(B) Dishonest broadband providers invested an awful lot of money but demanded more from the government to continue building broadband infrastructure. And so they were by way of being allowed to add a fee to customer bills. Except these dishonest broadband providers ate that fee and never used it to build further broadband infrastructure. Seeing as said government was puppeted by these dishonest broadband providers, they never demanded the money be returned to the customers. This is known as a 'crime'.