Groups Unite to Urge Senate to Oppose House GOP Regulatory Overhaul Bills

Several groups urged Senate leaders to oppose the Midnight Rules Review Act (HR-21), the Regulation from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act (HR-26) and the Regulatory Accountability Act (HR-5), all of which cleared the House in partisan votes this month. Common Cause, Fight for the Future, the Media Mobilizing Project, National Hispanic Media Coalition, OpenMedia, Public Knowledge and United Church of Christ joined to send the letter Wednesday. The measures would hurt federal agency enforcement powers, the groups said. “Nowhere is this more dangerous than in the media and communications sector,” they said. “Paralyzing the consumer protection agencies in this sector would likely increase the prices consumers pay, undermine citizens’ health and safety, and bring enormous legal and regulatory uncertainty to one of our country’s most critical pieces of infrastructure: the nation’s communications network.”