Net Neutrality Disapproval Resolution 'Most Direct Route' to Kill Order, Collins Says
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., is preparing a Congressional Review Act resolution to attempt to dismantle the FCC’s Feb. 26 net neutrality order. The White House would likely veto such a resolution -- and passage of such resolutions is rare. “My…
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Resolution of Disapproval would be the most direct route to combat the FCC’s new rules, overriding them by an expedited legislative process,” Collins told us in a statement Tuesday. “My bill would require only a simple Senate majority to pass. No filibuster could stop it from reaching the president’s desk. And I’d like to hear [President Barack Obama] explain why century-old telephone regulations are necessary for our modern Internet -- and why rural districts like mine might never see broadband investment, money that will instead go to pay compliance costs and bureaucrats’ salaries.” Collins is a member of the Judiciary Committee and is one of the 21 Republicans, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who recently said they “plan to support and urge” passage of such a resolution targeting net neutrality.