Bill Blocking Net Neutrality Approved by Financial Service Subcommittee

"We are disappointed by today’s vote and urge the full House Appropriations Committee to fix this legislation at the next markup," said Joshua Stager, policy counsel for New America’s Open Technology Institute. "As currently drafted, the bill jeopardizes our digital economy by tilting the Internet’s level playing field in favor of entrenched cable and telephone companies. A vote for this bill is a vote against consumers and small businesses, plain and simple.”