Jack, sign and send a petition to President Biden: We still need a functioning FCC. Fill the final commissioner's seat.

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I'm devastated to report that after 16 months, three confirmation hearings, more than 1 million letters in support, and a dishonest multi-million dollar smear campaign financed by Comcast, Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has withdrawn her name from consideration.

Sohn, who helped draft landmark net neutrality rules in 2015, may have been the most qualified nominee in FCC history. This is a huge loss for American consumers and a massive win for Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and the detractors they funded to sink her nomination.

Most importantly, the fifth and final commissioner's seat on the FCC remains vacant, continuing more than two years of partisan deadlock.

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Comcast, Verizon, AT&T think they have the right to choose their own regulators. Wealthy phone, cable and broadcast corporations have enjoyed a sweetheart deal since the Trump years and do not want to be held accountable by a pro-consumer watchdog.

But just as it was a mistake to allow railroad barons to dictate their own rules, it is a mistake to allow Big Telecom to keep the FCC in stalemate. A hamstrung FCC comes at a real cost to communities who need equal access and fair service.

For example, Democrats worked hard to craft rules preventing digital discrimination on broadband access in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The rules would ensure that companies like Comcast and Verizon can't discriminate based on the income level or predominant race or ethnicity of the people living in an area. If Big Telecom has its way, rural communities will continue to suffer from lack of broadband at the bare minimum speeds, hindering economic development, and access to healthcare and education.

With the current stalemate, the FCC—which is charged with implementing the IIJA—cannot ensure strong rules or strong enforcement. And it doesn't stop at closing the digital divide or ending digital discrimination. We need a functional FCC to reinstate net neutrality protections, protect our privacy, and ensure taxpayer money is being used effectively.

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Keep fighting,
Monique Teal, Daily Kos