Mignon Clyburn是联邦通信委员会的五名委员之一，也是网络中立的坚定支持者，她在该机构工作了八年多，今天宣布决定辞去她的职务。民主党人克莱伯恩可能会被FCC官员杰弗里·斯塔克斯（Geoffrey Starks）取代。据报道，斯塔克斯是参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer，纽约民主党人），他一直希望在共和党控制的FCC中获得两个民主党席位中的第二个。FCC委员通常代表执政党，唐纳德·特朗普总统于2017年1月任命共和党人阿吉特·派为主席。

虽然克莱伯恩的离开是意料之中的，但网络中立倡导者的丧失确实进一步削弱了FCC监管互联网服务提供商的意愿。去年，Pai领导了一场投票，废除了根据1934年《通信法》第二章将电信重新分类为公用事业的开放互联网法令，成功地扼杀了网络中立性。2013年，在奥巴马提名的汤姆·惠勒（Tom Wheeler）正式任职之前，克莱本曾短暂担任FCC的第一位女主席，任期六个月，三年前，世卫组织Clyburn帮助FCC通过了迄今为止最严格的网络中立规则。

在担任主席期间，Clyburn在智能**解锁、低收入和少数族裔社区互联网接入、监狱囚犯长途电话每分钟费率上限等领域取得了许多支持竞争和支持消费者的进步。去年惠勒被Pai取代后，他开始策划恢复网络中立性，Clyburn积极争取保留消费者互联网保护。她经常在公共论坛上向**者发表演讲，为互联网的神圣性而战，并公开谴责废除惠勒命令的决定。

“但我们——也就是FCC——应该在这里保护消费者在通信和其他服务方面的体验和利益，”Clyburn去年12月告诉CNET我们被认为是企业和个人机遇的推动者。在监管消费者保护、促进创新和投资方面，我们如何才能最好地平衡规模？我们使用法律上可持续的道路规则，因此有一名警察在巡逻，能够并将执行这些规则。”

在一份声明中，联邦通信委员会代理委员杰西卡·罗森沃尔塞尔（Jessica Rosenworcel）在给Gizmodo的一份声明中表示支持Clyburn和她为保护互联网所做的工作：

Commissioner Clyburn has been a forceful advocate for change, for equal opportunity, and for closing the digital divide. It was a privilege to support her history-making leadership as Acting Chairwoman. It has been an honor to work alongside her to put c***umers first and bring connectivity to those at greatest risk of being left behind — urban, rural, and everywhere in between. I am proud to have worked together with her to support net neutrality and grateful to have been her partner in her unwavering work to remedy the grave injustice of exorbitant prison phone rates. As she departs this agency, she should know her legacy is intact because so many who work on communicati*** policy will continue to be guided by her outstanding example. I c***ider myself among them.

In short, Commissioner Clyburn is a dynamo. She represents the best of public service. I am proud to call her both a colleague and a friend.

Pai今天也发表了一份声明，祝贺Clyburn留下的遗产，但承认他们在“政策上意见不一致”：

I congratulate Commissioner Clyburn on her distinguished tenure at the FCC. She has been a tremendous leader and a committed public servant throughout her time here. As the first woman to head the agency, she led skillfully through a transition and put her [own] stamp on the Commission, including through her steadfast leadership in telehealth, media diversity, and digital inclusion. I have enjoyed working with her and, even when we have not seen eye-to-eye on policy, I have always held her candor and thoughtfulness in the highest regard. She’s been a wonderful colleague and friend. I wish her nothing but the best and sincerely thank her for her service.