Ensign Responds to Net Neutrality Proceedings

In response to the Federal Communications Commission's announcement to seek further comment on network neutrality issues, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) pushed his agenda on Internet regulation. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski should put his plans to reclassify broadband "on the shelf indefinitely," said Sen Ensign, the ranking member on the Commerce Committee's Communications Subcommittee. Sen Ensign affirmed his commitment to working with colleagues, the FCC, and industry, to "establish light-touch policies that will protect consumers, will foster innovation and investment and will safeguard the open Internet." Sen Ensign staunchly opposes Genachowski's proposal to reclassify parts of broadband under Title II of the Communications Act, a more stringent regulatory regime.