Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON THE MAJORITY STAFF REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ENTITLED 
“REGULATING THE INTERNET: HOW THE WHITE HOUSE BOWLED 
OVER FCC INDEPENDENCE”
WASHINGTON, March 01, 2016. — “I appreciate the work of Chairman Johnson and 
the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to shed additional 
light on the details of the Commission’s abrupt about-face on Title II. It crystallizes what 
most people knew in their hearts: the facts and process were thrown overboard in order to 
capitulate to the improper influence of the Administration. The final order is a discredit 
to the agency’s independence and the rule of law. Whether through the courts or a future 
Commission, this illegitimate net neutrality regime must go.”
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).