FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Biden Admin. Regulations and Broadband Costs

FCC's Productive Year Under Chairman Carr

• 💡 The FCC has had a busy and productive year, focusing on delivering results for the country.
• 👏 Chairman Carr expressed pride in the FCC's dedicated staff and their accomplishments for the American people.
• 📜 The committee's work, including restoring the FCC's Spectrum Auction Authority, is highlighted as a historic legislative accomplishment.

Restoring US Wireless Leadership

• 🚀 The FCC is advancing a "Build America" agenda to unleash high-speed infrastructure, drive down prices, and restore US leadership in wireless.
• 📡 The agency has been working to free up necessary airwaves, with a new spectrum pipeline and upcoming auctions, including a proposal for 180 megahertz in the upper sea band.
• 📈 One carrier has already used newly accessible spectrum to boost 5G speeds by up to 80% for over 23,000 cell sites.

Addressing Biden Administration Policies

• ⚠️ Carr contrasts the current FCC's approach with the Biden years, stating the US fell behind in spectrum under the previous administration.
• 🚧 He criticizes the Biden administration for "layering on heavy-handed regulations" that inflated prices and hindered broadband deployment.
• 📉 The FCC has pursued deregulation, removing over 1,000 rules and terminating 2,000 inactive proceedings.

Consumer Protection and Deregulation Efforts

• 🚫 A Biden-era plan that could have increased internet prices by up to 50% for apartment dwellers has been shut down.
• 🛠️ The FCC is also cracking down on illegal robocalls and strengthening national security.
• 🤝 Efforts are underway to ensure providers adopt faster payment cycles, fairer pricing, close loopholes for foreign competitors, and improve safety.