Here's a List of the Members of Congress Who Just Told Ajit Pai to Repeal Net Neutrality

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Wednesday afternoon, 107 Republican members of Congress sent Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai a letter supporting his plan to repeal net neutrality protections ahead of the commission’s Thursday vote.

“The record is exhaustive, every viewpoint is well represented, and the time has come for the Commission to act,” the letter says. The current regulations, of course, are widely popular with the American people, and there have been widespread public protests urging the FCC to keep the protections in place.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Communications and Technology released the letter, and it is signed by 107 lawmakers. Many of their signatures are illegible, and the committee did not release a typed list of the members who signed it. A call to the committee was not immediately returned.

Motherboard staff has attempted to compile a list of names on the letter. The full letter is embedded below. So far, we have been able to read 84 names; if you can read any that we have missed please tweet at us or email us ([email protected]). We will be updating this list throughout the night.

We have also listed the amount of money they have received in donations from the telecom industry since 1989, as compiled by The Center for Responsive Politics and The Verge.

If net neutrality is an issue that is important to you and the name of your representative is on this list, you may want to consider whether they should continue serving you the next time they are up for reelection.

Mo Brooks, Alabama, $26,000 Ron Estes, Kansas, $13,807 Thomas Massie, Kentucky, $25,000 Ralph Norman, South Carolina, $15,050 John Moolenaar, Michigan, $25,000 Neal Dunn, Florida, $18,500 Mike Bishop, Michigan, $68,250 Alex Mooney, West Virginia, $17,750 Glenn “GT” Thompson, Pennsylvania, $70,500 Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri, $105,000 Paul Gosar, Arizona, $12,250 Richard W. Allen, Georgia, $24,250 Kevin Cramer, North Dakota, $168,500 Greg Walden, Oregon, $1,605,986 Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, $600,999 Billy Long, Missouri, $221,500 Gregg Harper, Mississippi, $245,200 Brett Guthrie, Kentucky, $398,500 Bill Johnson, Ohio, $196,666 Jeff Duncan, South Carolina, $41,830 Earl “Buddy” Carter, Georgia, $39,250 Susan Brooks, Indiana, $168,500 Gus Bilirakis, Florida, $234,400 Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma, $141,750 Mimi Walters, California, $161,500 Joe Barton, Texas, $1,262,757 Bill Flores, Texas, $127,500 Pete Olson, Texas, $220,500 Morgan Griffith, Virginia, $198,900 Tim Walberg, Michigan, $131,850 Fred Upton, Michigan, $1,590,125 Joe Wilson, South Carolina, $104,750 Martha McSally, Arizona, $84,936 Blake Farenthold, Texas, $64,250 Steve Womack, Arkansas, $104,750 Tom Marino, Pennsylvania, $130,700 Louie Gohmert, Texas, $85,055 Walter Jones, North Carolina, $72,800 Leonard Lance, New Jersey, $290,550 Steve Chabot, Ohio, $332,083 Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, $815,099 Andy Biggs, Arizona, $19,500 Mark Walker, North Carolina, $35,750 Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin, $21,200 Ken Buck, Colorado, $79,350 Larry Bucshon, Indiana, $71,750 Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee, $42,00 David Rouzer, North Carolina, $34,300 Paul Mitchell, Michigan, $18,000 Hal Rogers, Kentucky, $360,450 Doug Collins, Georgia, $103,600 Ralph Abraham, Louisiana, $27,300 Mark Meadows, North Carolina, $14,500 Michael McCaul, Texas, $216,500 Jeb Hensarling, Texas, $270,198 Mike Simpson, Idaho, $125,200 Tom Emmer, Minnesota, $28,500 Randy Weber, Texas, $13,750 Rob Woodall, Georgia, $60,250 Ted Budd, North Carolina, $15,500 Ken Calvert, California, $219,212 Diane Black, Tennessee, $104,750 Virginia Foxx, North Carolina, $115,700 Sam Johnson, Texas, $219,785 James Comer, Kentucky, $22,750 Trey Gowdy, South Carolina, $83,250 Lamar Smith, Texas, $810,462 Steven A King, Iowa, $210,810 George Holding, North Carolina, $97,750 Rob Wittman, Virginia, $57,250 John Lee Ratcliffe, Texas, $53,950 Jason Lewis, Minnesota, $21,050 Jim Banks, Indiana, $16,303 Bill Huizenga, Michigan, $34,000 Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, $202,500 Steven Russell, Oklahoma, $23,500 Adrian Smith, Nebraska, $165,834 Jody B Hice, Georgia, $21,000 Richard Hudson, North Carolina, $136,750 Douglas L Lamborn, Colorado, $110,543 Chris Collins, New York, $151,060 Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Washington, $673,530 Brad Wenstrup, Ohio, $33,750 Andy Barr, Kentucky, $51,100

Rebecca Flowers contributed to this report.

faRawrie on December 14th, 2017 at 13:38 UTC »

Virginia Fox, that's classic. After I emailed her she sent me a letter stating she was for net neutrality. Fucking liar.

Sedu on December 14th, 2017 at 13:09 UTC »

And barely 30 asked him not to.

What kills me more than anything is how cheaply so many of them were bought. Our freedoms aren’t even worth a decent bribe.

Edit: a word

tikifire86 on December 14th, 2017 at 12:50 UTC »

Ajit has laws if you have coin