Dear Friend,

This is big: President Biden has nominated Acting Chair Jessica
Rosenworcel to be permanent chair of the FCC. The president has also named
former FCC advisor and advocate for the public interest, Gigi Sohn, to
fill the fifth slot—giving us the crucial majority we need to restore
internet freedom.^1

But Fox News is already mobilizing to stop these crucial nominees, and
time is running out to get them confirmed by the Senate.

We need to get both of these FCC nominees confirmed by the end of the
year, and there aren't many legislative days left. This is an
all-hands-on-deck moment for net neutrality and for broadband expansion.

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A fully functional FCC should have the authority to protect consumers in
the broadband market against abuses by Big Cable while working to bridge
the digital divide.

However, Trump's FCC chair, former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai, spent four
years hamstringing the agency. He led the demise of not only net
neutrality, but also the agency’s ability to protect consumers, so then
Big Cable could do as it pleased.^2

The pandemic taught us just how critical affordable, reliable broadband
internet is to access essential services. Congress just passed historic
legislation to address broadband affordability and accessibility for both
urban and rural communities, but we need a fully functional FCC to
implement it—and fully address the harms from Big Cable companies,
including unfair data caps and potential net neutrality violations.

If we can get Rosenworcel and Sohn confirmed right away, net neutrality,
broadband initiatives, and protections for the open internet can finally
move forward. On the other hand, if time runs out before the nominations
are confirmed, Rosenworcel’s term will run out and the situation will
become even worse.

We need to confirm Rosenworcel and Sohn to the FCC within a dwindling
number of days before time is up, which is why we need to hit the ground
running with as many resources as possible. Demand Progress has helped
bring together a coalition of dozens of organizations, and helped drive in
nearly 60,000 messages to Senators in the last week, urging a swift
confirmation. We need your help to sustain this effort for a free and open
internet.

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Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. NPR, "Biden makes 2 key, boundary-breaking FCC nominations," [ [link removed] ]October
26, 2021
2. Wired, "This Is Ajit Pai, Nemesis of Net Neutrality," [ [link removed] ]May 16, 2018
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