In Utah visit, Chairman Pai says Congress — not FCC — should pass rules on ‘net neutrality’

During a visit to Utah, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai called for Congress, not his agency, to write “network neutrality” rules regulating businesses that connect consumers to the internet. “We need Congress to set the rules of the digital road,” Chairman Pai said, standing with Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) who made a similar call. Their public comments came after the pair met privately with Utah rural internet providers as part of an FCC outreach on how to extend and improve their services. Chairman Pai said if Congress would give some permanency to rules, it would provide “the certainty we need to move forward with some of the bipartisan initiatives that we all agree on: [improving] rural broadband and promoting digital opportunities” where they now do not exist.