Wyden joins Senator Markey, Rep. Eshoo in Amicus Brief Supporting FCC Net Neutrality Rules

Statement

Senator Wyden (D-Ore.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and 26 members of Congress today in filing an Amicus Brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Open Internet rules. The Amicus supports the FCC's decision that broadband Internet access is a telecommunications service and lies at the heart of the Commission's Title II authority to put in place strong Open Internet rules.

"The FCC has done precisely what Congress intended the Commission to do -- classify broadband Internet access service according to its best understanding of the technology of the day, and how consumers use that technology," write the members of Congress in their brief. "In light of the FCC's findings -- findings which are amply supported by evidence -- this Court should uphold the FCC's reasonable reclassification order."

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