House leadership questions industry for taking it lying down on network neutrality

House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) convened a meeting of top communications companies, where he, House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) questioned why they are not doing more to help Republicans in the fight against network neutrality rules. Participants included Peter Davidson of Verizon, Tim McKone of AT&T, Steve Largent of CTIA, Walter McCormick of U.S. Telecom, Kyle McSlarrow of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), Comcast, and Time Warner Cable, according to industry sources.