Daines Slams Obama Administration’s Doublespeak on Internet Regulation
March 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Steve Daines today slammed the Obama administration’s empty rhetoric on job creation and innovation following the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) recent move to impose unprecedented regulations on the Internet. During today’s Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on the Fiscal Year 2016 budget request for the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Transportation, Daines stressed the importance of a free and open Internet and shed light on the severe contradictions between President Obama’s stated mission and the recent actions taken by his administration. “The Internet is unconstrained innovation. However, I think many of