The Committee on House Administration, led by Chairman Bob Ney, will hold a hearing entitled, “Political Speech on the Internet: Should it be Regulated?” at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2005, in the Committee’s Hearing Room, 1310 Longworth House Office Building. The hearing will focus on whether the Federal Election Commission (FEC) should regulate political speech on the Internet and examine the different options currently being considered in Congress and at the FEC to regulate or deregulate political speech on the Internet and the potential effects of these options. Currently, H.R. 1316, the Pence-Wynn 527 Fairness Act, is the only bill in the House being considered that would amend FECA to exclude Internet communications from being considered “public communications,” thus exempting web sites, blogs, and online advertisements from regulation under the federal campaign finance laws.