The ranking Republican on the House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee said he doesn’t think there will be any congressional action on a la carte or network neutrality in this session of Congress and advised that unless it wanted to kill innovation and upset a vibrant marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission shouldn't do anything, either.

That was music to the ears of cable operators gathered in Washington, D.C., Wednesday for a National Cable & Telecommunications Association-sponsored day to meet and greet legislators and the FCC.

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) -- who got a standing ovation from a roomful of about 300 operators attending a breakfast session at a hotel just steps from FCC headquarters -- said he thought House Telecommunications Subcommittee chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) would focus more on energy policy as head of a new select subcommittee.

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