Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai applauded Congress on Wednesday for not voting to overturn his repeal of the agency's Obama-era net neutrality rules, according to The Hill.
The Senate had passed a bill in May to reinstate the open internet rules in a bipartisan vote, only to see the resolution stall in the House, which had until the end of the session to vote on it.
"I'm pleased that a strong bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives declined to reinstate heavy-handed Internet regulation," Pai said in a statement. "They did the right thing--especially considering the positive results for American consumers since the adoption of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order."
The bill to reinstate the rules rode a popular backlash against Pai's repeal of net neutrality in December. The bill surprisingly passed in the Senate after three Republicans crossed the aisle in support.
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