Reps. Gene Green, D-Texas, Fred Upton, R-Mich., and 46 other...
Reps. Gene Green, D-Texas, Fred Upton, R-Mich., and 46 other members introduced a House resolution Friday opposing FCC reclassification of broadband transport for regulation under Title II of the Communications Act. “Currently, Congressional Leadership is working on crafting targeted legislation…
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aimed at broadband Internet,” Green said in a written statement. “It is important that the FCC gives Congress time necessary to complete its work.” Meanwhile, two more House Democrats opposed reclassification of broadband transport for regulation under Title II of the Communications Act. In a letter Thursday to Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., said Genachowski should be “an active participant in Congressional efforts to assign the [FCC] appropriate authority” over broadband. In a July 23 letter to Genachowski, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., said he’s “extremely concerned that the Commission’s approach impinges on the prerogatives of the Congress.” If the commission goes forward with its plan without Congress’s direction, “it is engaging in anti-democratic behavior that is contrary to our system of government,” Grayson wrote. More than half the House opposes the FCC’s proposed reclassification, including 171 Republicans and 78 Democrats. In the Senate, 38 Republicans and three Democrats have expressed opposition.