{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fulcher.house.gov/2025/02/18/id-cfd266c8-3c29-47ec-a4d3-8924dab649b9/", "Fulcher Leads Resolution to End FCC Regulatory Overreach", "2025-02-18", "2025", "2025-02", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Russ Fulcher", "F000469", "fulcher.house.gov", "fulcher", "https://fulcher.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nCONTACT: Christiann\u00e9 Allen, Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\n\nCONTACT: Marisa Melton, Marisa.Melton@mail.house.gov\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher introduced a resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule expanding the E-Rate program beyond its statutory limits and to prevent similar regulatory overreach in the future.\n\nThe Senate companion for this resolution was introduced by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.\n\n\u201cE-Rate was designed to ensure schools and libraries have the connectivity they need to educate and serve their communities, not to create a backdoor entitlement program that stretches beyond the law\u2019s clear boundaries,\u201d said Congressman Fulcher. \u201cThe FCC cannot be allowed to unilaterally interpret the law in a way that fits their political agenda. The expansion of this program under the Biden administration was a blatant example of overreach that is not only unlawful but also disregards congressional intent.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nIn a partisan decision last year, the FCC approved new rules to allow E-Rate funds to subsidize Wi-Fi hotspot distribution beyond school and library grounds, extending coverage into private residences and other off-campus locations.\n\nCongressman Fulcher\u2019s resolution, H.J.Res.33, seeks to reverse this FCC decision made under the Biden administration, a move that directly contradicts the Communications Act which explicitly states that the Universal Service Fund\u2019s E-Rate program is intended to \u201cenhance . . . access to advanced telecommunications and information services for . . . school classrooms . . . and libraries.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T23:42:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fulcher.house.gov/2025/02/18/id-cfd266c8-3c29-47ec-a4d3-8924dab649b9/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9414493106305599, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}