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Latta on Impact of FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules

Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH), Vice-Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, joined subcommittee colleagues in today’s hearing, “Common Carrier Regulation of the Internet: Investment Impacts.”

Members reviewed the economic impacts of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to implement heavy-handed utility-style regulation of the Internet. The subcommittee examined the effect of the Commission’s rule on investment, and what that means for American consumers, jobs, and innovation. 

“Before the Federal Communications Commission’s recent action to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, the regulatory framework that governed broadband service fostered a pro-consumer, pro-business environment,” said Latta. “Instead of allowing the industry to thrive unabated, the FCC chose to abandon the Internet as we know it by applying outdated rules developed for an era of monopoly telephone providers to a cutting edge broadband marketplace.  These businesses flourish on dynamism and the ability to evolve quickly to shifting market and consumer forces, yet the FCC’s actions have placed them at the mercy of a government agency. Reclassification has created uncertainty and placed unnecessary regulatory burdens on broadband providers. Subjecting this industry to more Washington bureaucracy and red tape will adversely affect innovation, investment, and consumer choice. ”

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