This PowerPoint presentation was given by FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell at the Foundation’s April 14, 2010 Policy Primer on Network Neutrality at the Omni Downtown Austin Hotel.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026