One hundred and seventy-one public interest groups asked the FCC and Senate to preserve the recent net neutrality rules. "Protecting net neutrality is crucial to ensuring that the internet remains a central driver of economic growth and opportunity, job creation, education, free expression, and civic organizing for everyone," Public Knowledge, the ACLU, Free Press and others argue in a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, and Ranking Member Bill Nelson.