Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Roger Wicker,...

Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., joined the chorus of Republicans lamenting the FCC’s intentions to reinstate net neutrality rules (CD Feb 20 p1). “It is unfortunate that the Commission is again attempting to impose unnecessary net neutrality rules,” Wicker said in a statement Wednesday night. “Further, reserving the option of applying outdated Title II regulations to modern technologies through ‘reclassification’ will only add uncertainty to the marketplace and stifle innovation. I question whether [FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s] proposals are in consumers’ best interests."