Title II Groups Urge Picking FCC Democrat Without Industry Tie
Demand Progress, Fight for the Future and other backers of a return to FCC 2015 net neutrality rules urged President Joe Biden Thursday to appoint to the vacant commission seat previously held by ex-Chairman Ajit Pai someone lacking telecom industry…
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ties. Senate Democrats are pressing Biden to quickly name a third Democrat to cement a majority (see 2102050064). “The Biden Administration has said getting people online during the pandemic is a top priority, and if that’s the case we need a real champ appointed to the FCC, ASAP -- someone who isn’t beholden to big telecom companies because they used to work for them,” said FFTF Campaigns Director Caitlin Seeley George. “The last thing we need is some Democratic version of” Pai. “While the Biden administration has yet to announce a candidate for the fifth commissioner position, some of the names being floated include candidates with ties to the telecom industry,” among them DLA Piper’s Smitty Smith, the groups said.