Communications Act Update Must Contain 'Strong Net Neutrality Protections,' Reid and Other Democratic Senators Say
Congress should maintain “strong net neutrality protections” in any update of the Communications Act, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and 10 other Democratic senators said in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Commerce Committee…
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ranking member John Thune, R-S.D. Thune has said he hopes a Communications Act rewrite will be part of the agenda when he becomes Senate Commerce chairman next month (see 1412120057). In the letter, released Friday, Reid and the letter’s other signers said they believe the FCC should “take strong action” on net neutrality but stopped short of calling for Title II reclassification. “We would forcefully oppose any reforms that would undermine the FCC’s authority” on net neutrality, the senators said. The letter’s other signers included Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who will both be on the Senate Commerce Committee in the 114th Congress.