Ex-Commerce Official Ehrlich Presses Manchin on Net Neutrality Legislation
Telecom consultant Ev Ehrlich is continuing to press Congress for net neutrality legislation. He targeted Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in an op-ed for The Charleston Gazette Monday, repeating arguments he has made in other opinion pieces. Ehrlich, a Commerce Department…
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official in the Clinton administration, slammed the FCC’s net neutrality order and said “a bipartisan group of Senators have produced a bill that ensures all the consumer protections advocated for by President [Barack] Obama, but without the legal and political risks of regulation.” He was referring to draft legislation from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., which lacks Democratic support. “It’s everything the Obama Administration asked for, only it avoids the utility treatment of the Internet,” Ehrlich said. “But will Sen. Manchin, a known compromiser and member of the Commerce Committee with jurisdiction in this matter, help to advance the bill? He certainly should.” Manchin has said he's receptive to bipartisan legislation on net neutrality.