{"id":5261,"date":"2017-06-12T06:19:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T13:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2021-07-28T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T05:00:00","slug":"8-members-congress-support-fccs-net-neutrality-repeal-received-4-5-million-telecom-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/8-members-congress-support-fccs-net-neutrality-repeal-received-4-5-million-telecom-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 members of Congress that support the FCC&#8217;s net neutrality repeal received over $4.5 million in telecom donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the FCC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/today-fcc-votes-fate-net-neutrality\/\">voted<\/a> to begin dismantling net neutrality and handing over such regulation to the Federal Trade Commission. Mignon Clyburn, the only pro net neutrality FCC commissioner, called the action a first step towards \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/fcc-just-voted-begin-destroying-internet-freedom-overturn-net-neutrality\/\">Destroying Internet Freedom<\/a>.\u201d In the US Congress, eight members, both Senators and House Representatives, have come forward in support of the FCC\u2019s net neutrality \u201cupdate\u201d with a formal statement of support or by contributing to party\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/embed.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3728775-GOP-Member-Toolkit-FCC-Open-Internet-Order-5-2017\/?embed=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti net neutrality talking points<\/a>. These eight politicians have received over 4.5 million from telecommunication companies and internet service providers (ISPs). All eight of these politicians were also involved in Congress\u2019s destruction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/us-senate-votes-50-48-away-broadband-privacy-rules-let-isps-telecoms-sell-internet-history\/\">internet privacy rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The members of Congress that support the FCC\u2019s plan to kill net neutrality have received millions from telecoms and ISPs<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/act.represent.us\/sign\/Net_neutrality_contributions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Represent.Us<\/a>, over the years, these House Representatives have received millions of dollars from telecom companies including Comcast and Verizon. Below are the names and the amount of telecom money that these members of Congress have received.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR): $1,278,436<br>\nRep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): $620,649<br>\nRep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): $504,536<br>\nRep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA): $519,930<br>\nSen. John Thune (R-SD): $562,483<br>\nRep. Bob Latta (R-OH): $423,250<br>\nSen. Roger Wicker (R-MS): $434,650<br>\nRep. Tom Graves (R-GA): $176,500<\/p>\n<p>These are the 8 members of Congress that have publicly supported the FCC\u2019s plan to destroy net neutrality. Others, specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/9-senators-proposed-bill-kill-net-neutrality-called-restoring-internet-freedom-act\/\">9 Senators<\/a>, have also attacked net neutrality with submitted legislation, but haven\u2019t backed the FCC\u2019s plan specifically. This is the same net neutrality battle where the FCC seems to be ignoring millions of real human comments speaking out in favor of net neutrality, while listening to obviously fake, bot-generated comments asking for net neutrality\u2019s repeal. While FCC commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/ajit-pai-whether-comments-net-neutrality-change-fccs-mind-repealing-title-ii-open-mind\/\">Ajit Pai<\/a> has stated that the comments could sway the FCC\u2019s final decision in August, things don\u2019t look like they\u2019re changing.<\/p>\n<p>A recent survey conducted by Mozilla showed that the majority of Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, support net neutrality. If only politicians actually listened to what their constituents think. Shunned by their supposed representatives, constituents from around the country are banding together for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/july-12th-internet-planning-day-action-save-net-neutrality-just-like-sopa-blackout-internet-slowdown\/\">day of action<\/a> on July 12th, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarchForNetNeutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March for Net Neutrality<\/a>\u00a0in August. The next few months will determine what happens to net neutrality \u2013 now is the time to let your voice be heard. Tell your elected officials that they are supposed to represent us, not large corporations that line pockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the FCC voted to begin dismantling net neutrality and handing over such regulation to the Federal Trade Commission. Mignon Clyburn, the only pro net neutrality FCC commissioner, called the action a first step towards \u201cDestroying Internet Freedom.\u201d In the US Congress, eight members, both Senators and House Representatives, have come forward in support &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/8-members-congress-support-fccs-net-neutrality-repeal-received-4-5-million-telecom-donations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The 8 members of Congress that support the FCC&#8217;s net neutrality repeal received over $4.5 million in telecom donations&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,130],"tags":[268,376,156,539],"class_list":["post-5261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-governments","tag-fcc","tag-house-representatives","tag-net-neutrality","tag-senators"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 8 members of Congress that support the FCC&#039;s net neutrality repeal received over $4.5 million in telecom donations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last month, the FCC voted to begin dismantling net neutrality and handing over such regulation to the Federal Trade Commission. 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