H.J. Resolution 37, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices

In approving the resolution to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) open Internet rules, the Republican members of the House Communications Subcommittee (no Democrats voted to block the FCC) said they didn't care if big companies imposed unfavorable conditions on start-ups and didn't care if there was nowhere small companies could go if they felt disadvantaged.

House Republicans took the first step toward blocking the Federal Communications Commission's effort to assert authority over Internet lines, advancing one of several policy disputes GOP lawmakers have with the Obama Administration.

House Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and the other Democratic members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee sent a letter to Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) protesting their decision to deny members the opportunity to amend their legislation to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet rule.