The agency has so far removed 1,108 rules and regulations under its initiative.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is undertaking the “largest deregulatory effort in the agency’s history,” eliminating waste, improving efficiency, and modernizing operations, agency chairman Brendan Carr said in a Jan. 14 testimony before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
In March 2025, Carr launched the “Delete, Delete, Delete” deregulation initiative.
“Since then, the FCC has been reviewing every rule, regulation, and guidance document for the purpose of eliminating unnecessary regulatory burdens, and we sought feedback from stakeholders to get their perspectives as well,” Carr said.
“To date the FCC has removed or teed up for removal 1,108 rules and regulations, 134,928 words, and 312 pages of the Code of Federal Regulations. The FCC has also worked to close out inactive dockets and has terminated a record 2,048 inactive proceedings.”
Carr listed various domains in which deregulation was being beneficially implemented, including the end of “regulatory overreaches” from the previous administration that made it harder to build high-speed communication infrastructure in the United States.
One proposal from the previous administration that the FCC stopped was the “bulk billing” arrangement that could have raised the price of internet service for apartment dwellers by up to 50 percent, according to Carr.
Furthermore, the FCC is looking to offer a “predictable regulatory framework” for the private sector in the space industry that will focus on four principles—speed, simplicity, security, and satellite spectrum abundance.
The FCC’s deregulation push is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to ensure that agencies eliminate unnecessary regulations.
In January last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing agencies to limit the number of regulations they impose and eliminate 10 existing policies for every new rule they enact.
“This practice is to ensure that the cost of planned regulations is responsibly managed and controlled through a rigorous regulatory budgeting process,” Trump wrote.
The president’s deregulatory push has drawn criticism from various quarters.
On June 3, environmental group Sierra Club criticized the Interior Department’s decision to revoke 18 federal rules. The department justified the decision, calling the rules “obsolete or redundant,” and stating that slashing them would boost economic growth on public lands.
