Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
REGARDING D.C. CIRCUIT DECISION ON FCC’S NET NEUTRALITY
RULES
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2016. — “The D.C. Circuit’s decision is more than 
disappointing, but I expect it to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court so this opinion is 
not necessarily the final say. If allowed to stand, however, today’s decision will be 
extremely detrimental to the future of the Internet and all consumers and businesses that 
use it. We all will rue the day the Commission was confirmed to have nearly unmitigated 
power over the Internet -- and all based on unsubstantiated, imaginary “harms.”
More troubling is that the majority opinion fails to apprehend the workings of the 
Internet, and declines to hold the FCC accountable for an order that ran roughshod over 
the statute, precedent, and any comments or analyses that did not support the FCC’s quest 
to deliver a political victory. It also confirms why every parliamentary trick in Congress 
was used to pack this particular court.”
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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).