Sen. Casey opposes FCC plan to boost its authority

In a June 15 letter Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski to find a "more targeted" answer to uncertainty over the agency's authority over broadband.

Sen Casey staked out his opposition to an FCC regulatory maneuver known as "reclassification" and urged Chairman Genachowski to instead reach a deal on network regulation with key stakeholders. Sen Casey also said a stakeholder deal would be preferable to waiting for a Congressional overhaul of telecommunications law to settle the legal landscape around network neutrality regulations.