Rep Young: Pro-Net Neutrality, Anti-CRA

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) won’t be the second Republican to support Democrats’ Congressional Review Act effort to revive Obama-era net neutrality rules, a Young spokeswoman confirmed. Fight for the Future relayed an Alaskan business owner’s account of Rep Young privately pledging, she said, to sign the Democrats’ discharge petition to force a CRA floor vote. Rep. Young backs congressional action to impose bans on broadband providers blocking and throttling websites, with strong privacy protections and transparency mandates, Young’s spokeswoman said — but not through this petition. “Congressman Young sees discharge petitions as a parliamentary option that should only rarely be used because they bypass regular order in committee.” House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden opposes the CRA and he is “disappointed” in Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) backing it. He said Republicans still welcome legislating on net neutrality.