Washington, DC – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement in reaction to the news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken the final step to enact net neutrality regulations for the Internet:

“I’m very disappointed that the FCC has decided to move forward with its misguided net neutrality order.  Companies and industries that use broadband communications have flourished over the last decade without government intervention, yet the FCC has chosen to ‘fix’ a problem that does not exist.  Rather than imposing new, unnecessary regulations on one of the few thriving sectors of our economy, government should get out of the way, and allow new jobs and investment in broadband technologies.  In order to turn back the FCC’s onerous net neutrality restrictions, I will push for a Senate vote this fall on my resolution of disapproval.” 

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