Rep. Doug Collins Introduces Measure to Cancel FCC Regulations

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Today, Congressman Doug Collins (GA09) introduced a Resolution of Disapproval that would cancel new Federal Communications Commission Internet regulations. It would require only a simple Senate majority to pass under special procedural rules of the Congressional Review Act.

Collins said his resolution would be the quickest way to stop heavy-handed agency regulations that would slow Internet speeds, increase consumer prices and hamper infrastructure development, especially in his Northeast Georgia district. "Resources that could go to broadband deployment will go to federal taxes and fees," he said. "We'll all be paying more for less."

Collins underscored that small Internet providers will be unable to compete in a shrunken marketplace, due to the FCC's reclassification of broadband as a public utility. "The agency is stretching old definitions to fit its regulatory agenda," he explained. "Only businesses with the greatest resources will survive Washington, D.C.'s latest bureaucratic expansion into a growing and dynamic industry, particularly mobile broadband."

At a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing, the Republican member questioned the timing of the FCC's rules. "The FCC likely forged its net neutrality solution under political pressure and will continue to attempt to grow its power in secret, despite Congress' authority in this matter," he said.

"My House colleagues and I want a Free and Open Internet, one that increases access and participation, but legislating solutions needs to happen in public, in the halls of Congress," he added.

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