Pallone & Doyle on Net Neutrality Repeal in Federal Register

Statement

Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today issued the following statements in response to the publication of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) order repealing net neutrality in the Federal Register:

"With the official printing of the Trump FCC's net neutrality repeal, Washington Republicans are one step closer to stripping control of the internet away from the American people and handing it over to large corporate interests," Pallone said. "Nobody should be able to influence what videos you watch, which sites you read and which services you use, but the Trump FCC's action will take that decision away from all of us, jeopardizing free speech and small business innovation. The fight officially begins today to protect the free and open internet."

"Today marks another milestone in the Trump Administration's attack on the free and open internet," Doyle said. "With the publication of these rules, the FCC has taken another step towards stripping away the essential protections that make the internet an open platform for commerce, communication, expression, and innovation. Now that the order to eliminate net neutrality has been published in the Federal Register, the period of time in which legislation to overturn the order can be introduced has begun, and we can begin the legislative process to overrule the FCC and preserve net neutrality."

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