Why Congress must prioritize restoring net neutrality

It’s been 18 months since President Joe Biden was inaugurated. Yet restoring crucial net neutrality rules that are the foundation for an open internet continues to languish in Washington (DC). The problem stems from Democratic lawmakers’ inability to confirm Biden’s nominee, Gigi Sohn [Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society], to the Federal Communications Commission. She is needed to break the 2-2 deadlock on the FCC that continues to block action on net neutrality and broadband privacy regulations. Democrats should force a vote in the Senate on Sohn’s nomination. And Congress should quickly pass legislation that would ensure that the FCC provide basic broadband consumer protections that ensure an open internet.