Al Franken on net neutrality

The awesome senator from Minnesota and former Saturday Night Live star Al Franken has taken up the fight for net neutrality. In the short amount of time that he has so far been in office he has proven himself to be one of the more courageous and principled politicians in the senate, despite (or perhaps even because of) his background as a comedian.

Senator Al Franken (D)

He started this petition in favor of net neutrality, saying:

Net Neutrality is THE First Amendment issue of our time. If you want to protect the free flow of information in the country and all that depends on it, you have to help me fight this.

He also spoke at a recent public hearing with the FCC on the topic of net neutrality:

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