https://www.cnet.com/news/democrats-net-neutrality-bill-survives-first-vote/ > Republicans have criticized the legislation as giving the FCC too much authority to regulate ISPs. > Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New Jersey, who chairs the full committee, said in a statement that "without this legislation there is no backstop to make sure big corporations don't use their power to undermine and silence their small competitors or their political opposition.