FCC Meeting Evidence Shutdown Stalling Deregulatory Momentum, AEI's Lyons Says
The FCC's January meeting agenda is a prime example of how the partial government shutdown is undercutting administration efforts at deregulation and needs to end, American Enterprise Institute visiting fellow Daniel Lyons blogged Friday. "Smart-siz[ing] the regulatory state" is long…
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overdue, but eliminating outdated and overly burdensome regulations requires a bureaucracy that reviews its rules, gauges their ongoing necessity and manages the legal process for changing them, he said. The shutdown means deregulatory items that had been scheduled for the meeting -- an end to Connect America Fund Phase I support in some price-cap telco areas and eliminating requirements for broadcaster midterm equal employment opportunity reports (see 1901030039) -- are now kicked down the road, Lyons said. The agency announced last week the January meeting won't have agenda items (see 1901230058). President Donald Trump reached a deal on a continuing resolution to reopen shuttered parts of the government through Feb. 15, which Congress was expected to have approved as soon as Friday night (see 1901240016).