Americans for Prosperity Slams FCC's Internet Takeover Attempt
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Posted on June 17, 2010 at 11:49:01 AM
Americans for Prosperity Slams FCC's Internet Takeover Attempt
FCC uses open meeting to announce new NOI for re-classifying the Internet as a public utility
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Phil Kerpen, vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity (AFP), released the following statement in response to the Notice of Inquiry announcement today by the Federal Communications Commission:
"Today marks a troubling and dangerous step forward in the Federal Communications Commission's ongoing effort to take over the internet. The FCC's Notice of Inquiry is an aggressive step in their reckless effort to force decades-old Title II public utility regulations on Internet providers.
"Such a radical change undoes a remarkable decade of success with a free-market, hands-off Internet. No wonder we have seen mounting bipartisan opposition to reclassification from consumers worried about the impact Title II would have on innovation and competition, small businesses worried about a sudden drop in investment, and free-market allies worried about the increased role of the federal government in internet policy.
"Despite the outcry from nearly 300 Democrats and Republicans, President Obama's FCC is determined to regulate. We therefore urge Congress to step in immediately to stop the Commission's dangerous efforts to get regulatory control of the Internet."
AFP's new website -- http://www.NoInternetTakeover.com -- provides information and tools for Americans to engage their members of Congress on this critical issue.
Americans for Prosperity(TM) (AFP) is committed to educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing those citizens as advocates in the public policy process. AFP is an organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state and federal levels. The grassroots members of AFP advocate for public policies that champion the principles of entrepreneurship and fiscal and regulatory restraint.
http://www.AmericansforProsperity.org
Source: Americans for Prosperity
CONTACT: Lisa Burgess, +1-202-257-0983, for Americans for Prosperity
Web Site: http://nointernettakeover.com/
FCC uses open meeting to announce new NOI for re-classifying the Internet as a public utility
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Phil Kerpen, vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity (AFP), released the following statement in response to the Notice of Inquiry announcement today by the Federal Communications Commission:
"Today marks a troubling and dangerous step forward in the Federal Communications Commission's ongoing effort to take over the internet. The FCC's Notice of Inquiry is an aggressive step in their reckless effort to force decades-old Title II public utility regulations on Internet providers.
"Such a radical change undoes a remarkable decade of success with a free-market, hands-off Internet. No wonder we have seen mounting bipartisan opposition to reclassification from consumers worried about the impact Title II would have on innovation and competition, small businesses worried about a sudden drop in investment, and free-market allies worried about the increased role of the federal government in internet policy.
"Despite the outcry from nearly 300 Democrats and Republicans, President Obama's FCC is determined to regulate. We therefore urge Congress to step in immediately to stop the Commission's dangerous efforts to get regulatory control of the Internet."
AFP's new website -- http://www.NoInternetTakeover.com -- provides information and tools for Americans to engage their members of Congress on this critical issue.
Americans for Prosperity(TM) (AFP) is committed to educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing those citizens as advocates in the public policy process. AFP is an organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state and federal levels. The grassroots members of AFP advocate for public policies that champion the principles of entrepreneurship and fiscal and regulatory restraint.
http://www.AmericansforProsperity.org
Source: Americans for Prosperity
CONTACT: Lisa Burgess, +1-202-257-0983, for Americans for Prosperity
Web Site: http://nointernettakeover.com/