During the hearing in the hearing in the House of Representatives, Kurt repeated to the members of the Sub-committee on Communications and Technology the seven-years hard work of the internet community in developing the program. He emphasized that the expansion of new TLDs is a measured rolled out with much better trademark protection mechanisms, it will create more jobs and promotes competition and innovation. In his testimony, he sent a message to the Congress and to the critics of the program that the internet governing body has no intention of delaying its implementation which was scheduled on January 12, 2012.<ref>[http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/Hearings/Telecom/121411/Pritz.pdf TESTIMONY OF KURT PRITZ, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, HEARING ON ICANN’s TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME PROGRAM]</ref> | During the hearing in the hearing in the House of Representatives, Kurt repeated to the members of the Sub-committee on Communications and Technology the seven-years hard work of the internet community in developing the program. He emphasized that the expansion of new TLDs is a measured rolled out with much better trademark protection mechanisms, it will create more jobs and promotes competition and innovation. In his testimony, he sent a message to the Congress and to the critics of the program that the internet governing body has no intention of delaying its implementation which was scheduled on January 12, 2012.<ref>[http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/Hearings/Telecom/121411/Pritz.pdf TESTIMONY OF KURT PRITZ, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, HEARING ON ICANN’s TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME PROGRAM]</ref> |