FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced Wednesday that the agency has launched a new large-scale deregulatory initiative. He said the agency will seek public comment on “every rule, regulation, or guidance” that it could “eliminate for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.”
“Under President Trump’s leadership, the Administration is unleashing a new wave of economic opportunity by ending the regulatory onslaught from Washington,” Carr said in a statement. “For too long, administrative agencies have added new regulatory requirements in excess of their authority or kept lawful regulations in place long after their shelf life had expired.”
“The FCC is committed to ending all of the rules and regulations that are no longer necessary,” he added.
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