Legislative Affairs

It would be unconstitutional for the FCC to preempt prudent state laws restricting municipal broadband projects, which have largely been wastes of taxpayer dollars,

IPI recommends passage of a "clean" reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA).

Coalition letter urging Congress to act expeditiously in expressing its understanding of the proper role of the FCC in regard to regulating the Internet, and urging the FCC to wait for Congressional direction.

Letter of general support for allowing commercial enterprises to arrange themselves as they see fit in a free-market economy, and to offer our judgment that the proposed combination of Comcast and Time Warner Cable (“TWC”) poses no harm to consumers or any worrisome accumulation of market power.

Comments by Rep. Thoreson and Bartlett Cleland submitted to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology concerning an update to the federal Communications Act.  The comments are taken from ALEC’s Six Principles for Communications and Technology, adopted by the Task Force and Board in 2013.