Sen Booker cheers move against Web ‘special interests’

Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) is cheering news that the Federal Communications Commission will bar two states from enforcing laws to prevent communities from building out their own broadband Internet services.

"I’m pleased the FCC is standing up for the rights of municipalities over special interests that may not find it profitable to invest in low-income and rural areas,” he said in a statement, hours FCC officials confirmed the upcoming action. “This FCC action is an important step forward as America seeks to leverage its strengths in the digital age.”