WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after a circuit court struck down the FCC’s municipal broadband order.
“The court made the right call. The FCC’s regulatory overreach was not only ill-conceived but illegal, and this direct rebuke should serve as yet another wake up call for the commission to heed the limits of its authority," said Upton and Walden. “States have been and will continue to be best suited to determine whether municipalities should build out broadband networks using tax-payers’ dollars. The FCC should refocus its efforts on promoting private investment in broadband deployment, embracing the will of states and their citizens."
