FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFI C E O F 
T H E CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Patrick Leahy 
United States Senate 
43 7 Russell Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Dear Senator Leahy: 
August 27, 2014 
Thank you for your letter encouraging the Commission to hold Open Internet roundtables 
across the country in order to ensure that Americans have a meaningful opportunity to participate 
in the debate about this very important issue. 
The Commission announced on August 8, 20 14, that it will host a series of Open Internet 
roundtable discussions in Washington, D.C., beginning in September of this year. The 
roundtables will provide an opportunity for Commission staff and other interested parties to have 
an open discussion about how the Commission can best accomplish its goal of protecting and 
promoting Internet openness. They will be open to the public, streamed live online, and both 
online viewers and those who attend the roundtables in person will have the opportunity to ask 
questions of Commission staff and other participants. 
Over the past two months, I have engaged actively with the public to hear their views 
about the Commission's Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rule making. I have met with 
innovators, investors, and start-ups in Silicon Valley, spoken with consumer groups and public 
interest leaders while in San Francisco, California, and participated in a community forum in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of my staff, Gigi Sohn, held a Twitter town hall at Twitter 
headquarters in New York City to encourage the public to submit comments to be included in the 
record of the Commission' s Open Internet proceeding, of which- after extending the comment 
period - we have received well over one million. The roundtables announced this month are a 
continuation of my efforts to engage with all parties to hear their important views about keeping 
the Internet open. 
While my schedule for this fall has not yet been fmalized, I look forward to keeping you 
apprised of the Commission's Open Internet outreach efforts. I welcome any additional input 
you may care to share and once again thank you for being in touch with me. 
Sincerely, 
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Torn Wheeler