Doyle Sees 'Historic' Web Investment, Return to '15 Net Neutrality Under Biden
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle, D-Pa., emphasized what he views as a stark difference in telecom policymaking that will occur depending on whether President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the November election. A Biden White House…
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and Democratic-controlled Congress “will work to connect all Americans” and plans to “make a historic investment in our broadband infrastructure,” Doyle, a Biden supporter (see 1912130043), said Tuesday at Incompas' event. Biden and the Democrats will also address broadband affordability, “will restore” now-rescinded 2015 FCC net neutrality rules and will “work to combat the flood” of online misinformation, he said. If Trump wins, “I don’t see us addressing any of these issues. I see our government continuing to work to appease the whims of a narcissistic individual. I see the digital divide continuing to grow,” Doyle said. He and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., cited the continued need for Congress to include broadband funding in the next COVID-19 aid bill (see 2009150068). FCC Chairman Ajit Pai defended the commission’s approval of Ligado’s L-band plan and predicted the upcoming C-band auction will be “massive” (see 2009150069).