Congressional Democrats on Monday lamented the repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules, a change that took effect Monday after Congress failed to take any steps to stop Federal Communications Commission’s decision.
“Today, the Trump administration has set into motion the destruction of the free and open Internet,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. “Their brazen giveaway to big corporate interests will soon hit consumers and small businesses with higher costs and less choice, threatening young people’s access to the good-paying jobs of the future and jeopardizing the entrepreneurial American spirit that is the envy of the world.”
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