Senators Call on FCC to Restore Authority Over Broadband, Net Neutrality Protections

Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) led 25 of their Senate colleagues in writing to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expeditiously reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act and restore net neutrality protections. Doing so will allow the FCC to effectively protect consumers from harmful practices online, promote affordable access to the internet, enhance public safety, increase marketplace competition, and take other important steps to benefit our nation’s digital future. The letter is cosigned by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai’i), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Patty Murray (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-II), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-II), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Angus King (I-Maine).