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House Energy & Commerce Committee Lawmakers Send Letter About Internet Price Increases, Data Caps During COVID-19 Pandemic January 12, 2021 On Monday, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman, Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman, and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) announced that they sent letters to nine internet service providers (ISPs) to question their moves to raise prices and enact data caps during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawmakers noted that after Energy and Commerce Committee members wrote to these ISPs in March about the importance for families to have reliable and affordable broadband during the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all of the ISPs announced plans to introduce or expand efforts for affordable services, such as “free months of service, opening of Wi-Fi hotspots, and the waiver of data caps” and their voluntary Keep Americans Connected pledge, led by the Federal Communi ....