House Commerce Committee Democrats Urge Open Debate and Regular Order on Open Internet Legislation

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. In the letter, the members state, “The process you propose would deprive members of one of their most fundamental rights: the right to offer amendments. We recognize there is disagreement about the role of the Commission with respect to the Internet, but we do not believe that justifies denying us the right to amend your legislation.”