{"id":95635,"date":"2017-11-22T08:36:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=95635"},"modified":"2017-11-22T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T13:36:07","slug":"latta-fcc-to-vote-on-internet-draft-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/11\/22\/latta-fcc-to-vote-on-internet-draft-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta: FCC to vote on Internet draft order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0&#8212;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after Federal Communications\u00a0Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai\u2019s\u00a0announcement that the commission will vote on his draft\u00a0Restoring Internet Freedom Order\u00a0at the FCC\u2019s Open Meeting on December 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend the current FCC for its commitment to a free and open Internet with a lighter regulatory touch, and today\u2019s announcement is a major step in that pursuit,\u201d Latta said. \u201cThe Internet has been a powerful tool for private enterprise and economic growth since its inception thanks to a relatively hands-off government approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a staunch believer in net neutrality principles such as no blocking, no throttling, and no paid prioritization,\u201d he added. \u201cHowever, top-down regulation of the Internet is not the best way to ensure user access to content\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0in fact, it\u2019s counterproductive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latta noted that, ultimately, the most effective path to providing certainty for consumers, providers, and businesses that rely on the Internet is to find common ground in Congress and pass legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision by the Wheeler-led FCC to use the Title II framework to regulate the Internet was misguided from the start,\u201d Latta stated. \u201cUsing an 80-year old law meant for monopoly-era telephone companies doesn\u2019t make sense for technology as dynamic and ever-changing as the Internet. This heavy-handed approach stifles investment, curbs innovation, and\u00a0limits consumer choice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after Federal Communications\u00a0Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai\u2019s\u00a0announcement that the commission will vote on his draft\u00a0Restoring Internet Freedom Order\u00a0at the FCC\u2019s Open Meeting on December 14. \u201cI commend the current FCC for its commitment to a free and open Internet with a lighter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 12:53:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}