Price Statement On Network Neutrality Case

Statement

Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has no authority to impose "net neutrality" rules on Internet service providers.

"Today, the D.C. Circuit Court appropriately rejected the FCC's attempt to overstep the boundaries of its authority," said Congressman Price. "Net neutrality would prohibit private companies from offering the services they want and charging the prices they believe appropriate on their own property. While perhaps well-intentioned, it is an attack on both property rights and the ability of private companies to make these decisions in a free market. The FCC has no authority to impose such restrictive prohibitions on the activities of private enterprise. "The Internet has flourished because of both its wondrous utility and the fact that it has been allowed to develop with minimal government interference. The federal government is not known for being either nimble or flexible, both qualities which would be absolutely necessary to prevent such tight restrictions on a free-wheeling medium like the Internet from doing more harm than good."

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