Commissioners Slam FCC, FEC for In-Tandem Attempts to Regulate Internet

(CNSNews.com) – Commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) joined forces to criticize their independent agencies for their latest in-tandem attempts to expand federal regulation of the Internet.

In a Monday op-ed co-authored for Politico, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman wrote that “Internet regulation isn’t the solution to a problem. Internet regulation is the problem."

The FCC is set to vote Thursday on “net neutrality” rules that would regulate Internet Service Providers as utilities. Polling has found that only nine percent of Americans support the proposed rules.

Pai and fellow Republican Commissioner Michael O’Rielly have been outspoken in opposing passage, but they are outnumbered by the three Democrats on the FCC who are expected to vote for more regulation of the Internet.

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