FCC Commissioner Clyburn breaks silence on Internet rules

Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn of the Federal Communications Commission said she is “pleased” that the network neutrality order tracks closely to her prior recommendations. During a speech at the Federal Communications Bar Association, she said she was breaking her policy to not publically discuss proposed orders before a vote is held because of the importance of the net neutrality proposal. "The Open Internet item vote is clearly one of the most important and consequential decisions this Commission will be called to make,” she said. “The gravity of it all is not lost on me.” “My office is still in discussions with [FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's] office about the item and I will not divulge those specifics,” she said. “But what I will say, is that it is imperative that the order strikes the right balance.”