[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 19, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          NO RATE REGULATION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS ACT

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                               speech of

                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 15, 2016

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2666) to 
     prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from 
     regulating the rates charged for broadband Internet access 
     service:

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2666 the No 
Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act. Both Republicans and 
Democrats agree that the FCC should not have the authority to establish 
monthly rates for customers but I cannot vote in favor of this bill. 
Republicans crafted a poorly written and overly broad bill that 
threatens consumer protections. This is not the first time this 
Republican majority Congress has introduced legislation that is really 
a guise to strip administrative authority from agencies and to weaken 
consumer protection laws. I will continue to fight efforts to erode 
consumer rights and protections.

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