Reps Waxman and Eshoo Request Hearing on Open Internet Disapproval Resolution

Rep Henry Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Commerce Committee, and Rep Anna Eshoo, Ranking Member of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, sent a letter to House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) requesting regular order in the subcommittee’s consideration of H.J. Res. 37, a resolution disapproving the Federal Communication Commission’s open Internet rule. In the letter, Reps. Waxman and Eshoo request that the subcommittee hold a legislative hearing before convening a markup of the bill.