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Most Americans agree that net neutrality principles are good for the internet and for our economy.
Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Speaker Ryan, and Minority Leaders Schumer and Pelosi:
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
To: Ms. Marlene DortchSecretaryFederal Communications Commission445 12th Street, NWWashington, DC 20554 Re: In the Matter of Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Development (WC Docket 17-84). Dear Ms. Dortch:
To: Ms. Marlene DortchSecretaryFederal Communications Commission445 12th Street, NWWashington, DC 20554 Re: Restoring Internet Freedom (WC Docket No. 17-108) Dear Ms. Dortch:
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING To: U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of the General Counsel1000 Independence Ave SW, Room 6A245Washington, DC 20585(Regulatory.Review@hq.doe.gov) Re: Request for Information on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs; Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 102 (Tuesday, May 30, 2017)
To: Barbara Foster and Michael Pease Program Implementation and Information Division Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Mail Code 5303P U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, Dc 20460 Re: Comments on Proposed Rule, Financial Responsibility Requirements under CERCLA §108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry, 82 Fed. Reg. 3388 (Jan. 11, 2017)
RE: WC Docket No. 17-108; Restoring Internet Freedom Dear Ms. Dortch: We, the undersigned organizations and trade associations, thank the Commission for taking a leadership role in restoring internet freedom. We believe that it is possible to have a free and open internet without treating broadband like a public utility under Title II of the rotary-phone era Communications Act of 1934.
Statement for the Record of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ON: Hearing on “Examining Policy Impacts of Excessive Litigation Against the Department of the Interior” TO: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations DATE: June 28, 2017
The Waters of the U.S. rule amounted to a massive grab of regulatory authority.
