Pallone, Eshoo Decry GOP's Politically-Motivated Attacks on the FCC

Statement

Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) issued the following statement in response to continued attacks by Republican appropriators on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Today, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2016 Financial Services and General Government bill that slashes the FCC's budget by $25 million and includes politically-motivated policy riders that attempt to block the Commission from protecting net neutrality.

"House Appropriations Committee Republicans kept up their business-as-usual attack today on the Federal Communications Commission, but these efforts hold the potential for extraordinarily bad outcomes for American consumers. The appropriations bill approved by the Committee undermines the FCC's consumer protection mission by slashing the Commission's budget and attaching a litany of partisan policy riders, even on FCC issues that the Energy and Commerce Committee has addressed in a bipartisan manner. This is yet another attempt by House Republicans to wrangle a political win at the expense of good policy for the American people."

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