GOP chairman responds to Obama’s Internet plans

{mosads}“The President said we have an incomplete high-speed broadband network, but his Federal Communications Commission is protecting its turf instead of joining us to free up airwaves to build the next generation communications networks,” Upton said in a statement. “And while he acknowledged that some regulations are outdated, unnecessary, or too costly, the reality is that the vast federal bureaucracy continues to churn out some of the most expensive rules in history, putting jobs at risk and driving up prices for middle class families.”

Both chambers of Congress are pushing legislation that would restructure how the country uses its airwaves, but Genachowski has argued that the Republican version of the bill would micromanage his agency and could lead to the largest wireless carriers buying up all of the available airwave licenses.