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July 19, 2013
Rockefeller Commends FCC on E Rate Vote July 19 2013 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV today released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission FCC voted to formally...with the FCC on updating E Rate because every child deserves to be connected to the opportunities that this technology can provide https www commerce senate gov 2013 7 rockefeller commends fcc on e rate...
July 17, 2013
our communications laws it could better reflect today s digital reality Like you I am pleased the FCC plans to move forward on Friday with a rulemaking to begin the modernization of E rate Online activity...universal service and I look forward to seeing how the FCC addresses this reality through E rate reform I also want to draw particular attention to FCC Commissioner Pai s speech delivered yesterday in which...holding today s hearing I look forward to working with you to continue our committee s oversight of the FCC and its E rate rulemaking Thank you https www commerce senate gov 2013 7 thune statement on future...
July 17, 2013
evolve so must the E Rate program Several months ago I called on the FCC to begin the process for creating E Rate 2 0 I want to commend the FCC for moving quickly on this A program designed nearly seventeen...our communications laws it could better reflect today s digital reality Like you I am pleased the FCC plans to move forward on Friday with a rulemaking to begin the modernization of E rate Online activity...universal service and I look forward to seeing how the FCC addresses this reality through E rate reform I also want to draw particular attention to FCC Commissioner Pai s speech delivered yesterday in which...
June 28, 2013
Jay Rockefeller today released the following statement on Acting Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn s announcement that she intends to circulate a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...and libraries Rockefeller first called on the FCC to update E Rate at an FCC oversight hearing this March where he received public commitments from all five FCC Commissioners to work with him to strengthen...transformative power of technology in their schools and libraries I look forward to working with the FCC on preserving and strengthening E Rate as it holds the promise of a brighter future for our youngest...
June 18, 2013
Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Urges Wheeler to Strengthen E Rate at FCC June 18 2013 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV today gave an opening statement at the...Transportation hearing on the nomination of Mr Thomas Wheeler to be Chairman Federal Communications Commission FCC Below are his prepared remarks Mr Wheeler when confirmed you will lead an agency that has the most...Telecommunications Act I do not say this lightly The decisions the Federal Communications Commission FCC makes under your leadership will shape the future of the Nation s telephone network public safety the...
June 18, 2013
ago As my colleagues may be aware you have written that t he Communications Act and its enforcer the FCC are analog legacies in a digital world and that r egulation designed around early 20th Century technology...work with Congress and seek to amend the law where it may be inadequate or outdated The two previous FCC chairmen both chose to intervene in the broadband market based on questionable legal theories rather...Second will you conduct agency business transparently You have been criticized for suggesting that the FCC use merger conditions to create de facto regulation for an entire industry or at a minimum underscoring...
June 18, 2013
Telecommunications Act I do not say this lightly The decisions the Federal Communications Commission FCC makes under your leadership will shape the future of the Nation s telephone network public safety the...called for several months ago and the President echoed in his recent remarks in North Carolina the FCC can help to make sure our schools and libraries can meet the data and connectivity needs necessary...its relevance in a digital age But I think the agency is more important than ever At its core the FCC is a regulatory agency I believe that too many have forgotten that the agency s fundamental responsibility...
June 6, 2013
libraries through the E Rate program Today President Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission FCC to build next generation broadband inschools and libraries to give students access to the latest technology...libraries and agree the FCC should update the successful E Rate program to meet that goal At a recent oversight hearing of the FCC I received public commitments from all members of the FCC to work with me to...to update and strengthen the E Rate program Today I join the President and renew my call on the FCC to fund and adapt E Rate to meet the needs of a data driven society In its almost two decades the E Rate...
June 4, 2013
Chairman Walden and my other colleagues in the House who challenged this perspective in a letter to the FCC in April I believe the Commission should not pick winners or losers among individual companies but...instead let all interested participants freely compete against one another in the open market The FCC began using spectrum auctions because we recognized that the free market is more effective at allocating...activity in rural areas during the auction is to offer licenses in a variety of geographic sizes The FCC should not be distracted by proposals that could lead to less spectrum being made available and less...
June 4, 2013
Chairman Walden and my other colleagues in the House who challenged this perspective in a letter to the FCC in April I believe the Commission should not pick winners or losers among individual companies but...instead let all interested participants freely compete against one another in the open market The FCC began using spectrum auctions because we recognized that the free market is more effective at allocating...activity in rural areas during the auction is to offer licenses in a variety of geographic sizes The FCC should not be distracted by proposals that could lead to less spectrum being made available and less...
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