Latta Slams FCC 'Overreach,' to TIA Board, Introduces Bill Requiring Cost-Benefit Analysis
House Communications Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, in a speech to the Telecommunications Industry Association board Tuesday, “focused on the FCC’s overreach and Commissioner [Tom] Wheeler’s misguided net neutrality approach,” his spokeswoman told us, citing legislation that Latta had…
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introduced to limit the agency’s use of Communications Act Title II. “This proposal was also included as a provision in the bill that [Hill Republicans] introduced last month.” TIA didn’t comment on Latta’s speech but tweeted a photo of Latta speaking. Latta introduced a new piece of legislation (HR-655) Monday “to reform the Federal Communications Commission by requiring an analysis of benefits and costs during the rule making process and creating certain presumptions regarding regulatory forbearance and biennial regulatory review determinations,” its longer title said. The bill text wasn't available Tuesday. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., is the bill’s one co-sponsor. It was referred to Commerce. One concern Republicans have raised about the FCC’s net neutrality proceeding has been the agency’s lack of cost-benefit analysis.