Sen Leahy: FCC should hear whole nation on net neutrality

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) wants more than just Beltway views heard as the rules governing Internet traffic are rewritten.

“Holding roundtables across the country will help ensure that Americans have a meaningful opportunity to participate” as the Federal Communications Commission tries to fix its network neutrality rules, Sen Leahy wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.

Sen Leahy called the roundtable discussions scheduled by the FCC for September and October “a welcome and much needed step” as the agency looks to rewrites its rules.