Layton Presses Eshoo on Bipartisan Net Neutrality Legislation
Roslyn Layton, fellow at Denmark's Aalborg University, wants House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., to take up bipartisan net neutrality legislation codifying the rules. “Taking leadership to preserve net neutrality in legislation once and for all could be…
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her most important congressional contribution,” Layton said in an op-ed for California newspaper the Contra Costa Times. “The window of opportunity to make this important law is quickly closing, and now is the time to act.” Recent oral argument in a net neutrality challenge before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit suggests “trouble” for the FCC’s order, Layton said. “Among the countries that have made net neutrality rules, the FCC has taken a unique and risky approach to net neutrality,” she said. “The vast majority of countries have created rules through the legislative process, including the 28 nations of the EU. Given the many issues raised in court, it is likely that some or all of the FCC's net neutrality rules will be struck down.” In May, Eshoo said the GOP draft net neutrality bill didn’t provide a genuine starting point for bipartisan negotiation (see 1505140064).