Congressman Biggs Praises the End of Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal the Obama administration's Open Internet Order rule (also known as net neutrality). Congressman Biggs released the following statement:

"Under Chairman Ajit Pai's leadership, the FCC has rightly stopped federal regulators from controlling our internet. The Obama administration's net neutrality rule was one of the many examples of executive overregulation. Due to this interference, all internet consumers would see price increases, and the success of smaller Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would be stifled. Now, internet freedom has been restored.

"The action by the FCC does not absolve Congress' responsibility to codify these free-market protections into law. I am pleased to support Senator Mike Lee's "Restoring Internet Freedom Act," a one-paragraph bill that prevents the FCC from this type of overreach in the future. I will continue to work with my colleagues to pass this legislation on the House side."

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Congressman Andy Biggs is a first-term Representative from Arizona's Fifth Congressional District, representing parts of Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Queen Creek. Congressman Biggs is a member of the House Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology committees, and is the chairman of the Environment Subcommittee. He lives with his wife, Cindy, in Gilbert.