FCC Chair Defends Biden Broadband Policy From Republican Critics

Republican lawmakers clashed with Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel on Thursday over the agency’s recent push to fulfill Democratic-led priorities, including restoring net neutrality and preventing digital discrimination.

Rosenworcel “has pursued a federal government takeover of the internet” since the agency gained a Democratic majority two months ago, Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio), chair of the House Energy and Commerce’s communications and technology subcommittee, said during the acrimonious oversight hearing.

“The Biden FCC’s takeover of broadband is an extraordinary federal reach,” Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the full committee, told the agency’s five commissioners. “Clearly we’re going to ...