{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-slams-gutting-of-net-neutrality", "Whitehouse Slams Gutting of Net Neutrality", "2017-12-14", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.14.17\n\t\t\t Whitehouse Slams Gutting of Net Neutrality \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t FCC votes without investigating millions of fake comments calling for net neutrality repeal\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Washington, DC \u2013 U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) slammed today\u2019s vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to repeal net neutrality in a major victory over consumers handed to corporate interests by the Trump administration.\u00a0 The vote comes without a federal investigation into the millions of fake public comments filed with the FCC calling for the consumer protections to be rolled back.\r\n\u201cRepealing net neutrality is a blow to a free and fair internet and the jobs that depend on it,\u201d Whitehouse said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s also a move based on a process that lacked basic transparency and a record full of fake or fraudulent comments that clearly don\u2019t represent the views of the American people.\u00a0 The FCC is bowing to special interests and bots.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the question: who\u2019s behind the bots?\u201d\r\nWhitehouse earlier this month called for the delay of today\u2019s vote to allow federal investigators to look into the sources of the millions of apparently fake public comments on net neutrality that were submitted to the FCC and analyzed by the Pew Research Center.\u00a0 Whitehouse has joined Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) in announcing a plan to introduce a resolution that would undo today\u2019s action by the FCC and restore net neutrality rules.\r\nNet neutrality rules are Obama-era rules protecting internet access for the public by requiring internet service providers to treat all online content alike.\u00a0 Once the repeal of net neutrality goes into effect, internet service providers will be allowed to deliberately slow down traffic to some websites and charge some consumers more for better and faster service to benefit the biggest companies.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-slams-gutting-of-net-neutrality"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.230187041684985, "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"}