Heidi Heitkamp: “I think one of my concerns--and it goes back to what I said, longstanding agency interpretation and deference.”

Sohn is wrong for the FCC and rural America.

I think they have a sense that something is happening out there, that has created now an opportunity for other Republicans to step forward.

Given the significant progress that has been made in closing the rural digital divide in recent years and all the important work that remains to fully close the gap, this deeply cynical view of rural broadband by Gigi Sohn does not inspire…

Oh, I think it`s absolutely self-preservation. They see the handwriting on the wall that in the annals of history, this is not going to look well.