The FCC should defer to Congress in developing...
The FCC should defer to Congress in developing its net neutrality rules, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said at the NAB State Leadership Conference Tuesday. “I've introduced legislation in the past to ensure there is open access on…
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the Internet,” Goodlatte added. But the agency should always “be looking back at the laws,” because it’s full of “unelected bureaucrats,” and shouldn’t be forging the path, he said. “That, to me, is the better way to legislate,” Goodlatte said, saying if the FCC were to advance net neutrality without looking to legislation approved by Congress, it would be a “very bad harbinger for the future of freedom and democracy in the United States.” Goodlatte said he’s not familiar with the “details of the agenda” that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined earlier this month.