Broadband deregulation agenda at Commerce Department set to save $21 billion: Lutnick

Published December 29, 2025 4:52pm ET



The Trump administration’s emphasis on broadband reform is saving taxpayers billions of dollars, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. 

Lutnick announced on Monday that the deregulation agenda is on track to cut $21 billion in bureaucratic and politicized policies regulating broadband, which he said were pushed by the Biden administration. 

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