Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON ENFORCEMENT BUREAU CITATIONS OF LYFT AND FIRST 
NATIONAL BANK
WASHINGTON, September 11, 2015. — Today’s Enforcement Bureau action 
showcases once again the Commission’s complete cluelessness when it comes to the tech 
economy, missing the point about how these free, popular, and entirely optional services 
actually work. The Bureau is targeting two innovators who are putting power in 
consumers’ hands to pay for their groceries or locate a safe ride directly from their 
mobile phones, for communicating with their customers on mobile phones.
These citations are sure to be just the first of many harmful real-life effects of the 
Commission’s march to drastically expand the scope of the TCPA. No one likes 
unwanted robocalls, but tech-savvy Americans are in for an unpleasant shock when they 
find the Commission’s action is slowly but surely eviscerating innovations they have 
come to rely on, and stopping future mobile breakthroughs in their tracks.
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
Twitter: @MikeOFCC
www.fcc.gov/leadership/michael-orielly
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).