Democratic FCC commissioner stepping down

Published April 17, 2018 4:53pm ET



Mignon Clyburn, appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2009 to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, announced her resignation at an FCC meeting Tuesday.

While at the agency, Clyburn was part of the group that approved the net neutrality rules in 2015 and was a vocal opponent of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s efforts to repeal them in December.

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