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December 11, 2014
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Commends FCC Vote to Raise E Rate Funding Cap Chairman helped create the E Rate program and has worked tirelessly...Transportation Committee today released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission FCC voted to invest an additional 1 5 billion into E Rate the next generation high speed Internet program...in recent years encouraged the FCC to strengthen and expand the program to keep up with the evolving technology demands of today s classrooms and libraries With the FCC s action today it expanded E Rate...
November 17, 2014
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Statement on FCC E Rate Announcement November 17 2014 WASHINGTON D C Senator John D Jay Rockefeller IV Chairman of the...Transportation Committee today issued the following statement on Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler s proposal to raise the E Rate program s funding cap The E Rate program is one...wrote a letter to Chairman Wheeler urging the FCC to raise E Rate s permanent funding cap https www commerce senate gov 2014 11 rockefeller statement on fcc e rate announcement Home Privacy Policy Facebook...
November 12, 2014
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print House and Senate Republicans Warn FCC Against Regulating Internet Like a 20th Century Monopoly Letter Comes on the Heels of President s Net...today led Republicans on their respective committees in writing to Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission s consideration of regulations that would impose 20th...suggested that the FCC can use its authority under Title II of the Communications Act to create legally enforceable rules to regulate Internet access We believe this is beyond the scope of the FCC s authority...
November 10, 2014
Federal Communications Commission FCC to use Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to craft additional net neutrality regulations The president s call for the FCC to use Title II to create new net...protected As it crafts new rules the FCC should recognize the benefits of its highly successful light touch regulatory approach to Internet policy and most importantly the FCC must follow the law In May Thune...Thune and the entire Senate Republican leadership team sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler saying Rather than attempting further legal contortions to encumber modern communications networks with last...
November 10, 2014
Obama urged the Federal Communications Commission FCC to implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality I have repeatedly called on the FCC to use its full statutory authority to preserve...Millions of Americans have urged the FCC to carry out its longstanding statutory obligation to protect consumers and competition I join the President s call for the FCC to preserve net neutrality by using...of its authority including Title II subject to appropriate forbearance It is now critical for the FCC to act expeditiously and I know Chairman Wheeler is already engaging all stakeholders for input on...
October 8, 2014
Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Statement on Major Cramming Settlement Between AT T FTC FCC and 51 Attorneys General In July Rockefeller released a staff report revealing that wireless cramming...Today s wireless cramming settlement speaks volumes about the diligent and determined work of the FTC FCC and Attorneys General around the country to combat billing fraud on consumers phone bills and I congratulate...www commerce senate gov 2014 10 rockefeller statement on major cramming settlement between at t ftc fcc and 51 attorneys general Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower...
September 17, 2014
makes several targeted pro consumer reforms to existing video policy For example the bill allows the FCC to make consumer focused changes to satellite television markets just as it already can for cable This...authored to allow manufacturers to use electronic labels to show that their devices are compliant with FCC radiofrequency standards This proposal takes advantage of new technology to lower productions costs...
July 30, 2014
McSweeny who is here for the first time since her confirmation Mr LeBlanc of the FCC and Attorney General Sorrell The FTC FCC and state attorneys general play a key role in fighting cramming with their law...
July 9, 2014
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Statement Ahead of FCC E Rate Vote July 9 2014 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator John Thune R South Dakota Ranking Member of the...Transportation today made the following statement on the upcoming July 11th Federal Communication Commission FCC vote on reforms proposed by Chairman Wheeler to E Rate a program intended to support communications...schools particularly in rural areas While I disagree with some of my Democrat colleagues who believe the FCC should simply increase the existing cap on E Rate funding they are correct that Wi Fi s impact cannot...
June 25, 2014
competition and provided a light regulatory touch for information services Bipartisan leadership at the FCC reinforced the light touch for the Internet when implementing the law All of this fostered an era of...dynamic and competitive broadband marketplace Because of this any Internet regulations issued by the FCC based on either statute will be tied up in courts for years thus creating more uncertainty for businesses...commercial use both licensed and unlicensed as quickly as possible The upcoming spectrum auctions at the FCC are critical steps in the right direction and I will be following them closely but we need to start...
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