FCC Commissioner Targets Corporate Welfare for Big Tech "We could go ahead and require some of these companies to start contributing right now,” Federal Communications Commission member Brendan Carr says of requiring Big Tech to fund internet infrastructure. (Photo: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images) Federal Communications Commission member Brendan Carr says the agency should require Big Tech to fund internet infrastructure, following the introduction last week of a bill requiring the FCC to consider collecting contributions from technology companies. The bill—introduced July 21 by Senate Republicans Roger Wicker, Todd Young, and Shelley Moore Capito—instructs the Federal Communications Commission to look into charging major tech companies such as Google, Facebook, and Netflix to fund broadband networks.