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May 14, 2014
YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Bipartisan Senate Leaders FCC Must Maximize Spectrum Auction Participation and Revenue May 14 2014 WASHINGTON D C Today U S Senators...John Thune R South Dakota and Sherrod Brown D Ohio sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urging him to maximize the amount of spectrum that is reintroduced into the market...efficiently and effectively is a high priority for businesses and consumers alike On Thursday the FCC is scheduled to hold an open meeting to consider two rulemakings that will establish many of the rules...
May 13, 2014
YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Senate Republican Leaders to FCC Leave Internet Open and Free May 13 2014 WASHINGTON D C U S Senate Republican leaders including Leader...Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran R Kansas today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urging the Commission to abandon any efforts to impose so called net neutrality...their letter the senators underscore the politically corrosive nature of the FCC s contemplated regulations and urge the FCC to reject calls to impose Title II regulations on the nation s competitive and...
May 6, 2014
YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Klobuchar Lead Letter to FCC on Rural Broadband May 6 2014 WASHINGTON D C U S Senators John Thune R South Dakota Ranking Member...their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler calling on the FCC to implement a policy change that permits Universal Service Fund USF support...support for carriers that provide rural consumers with broadband only services Under current FCC rules if a rural consumer buys voice services with or without accompanying broadband services from a small rural...
March 31, 2014
Statement on FCC Media Ownership Action March 31 2014 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV today released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission s FCC action on media...media ownership Rockefeller has called on the FCC to closely examine the use of Joint Sales Agreements JSA and Shared Services Agreements SSA by broadcasters and has asked the Government Accountability...competition and consumers I thank the FCC for answering my call to rein in the misuse of broadcast television sharing agreements which has threatened the integrity of the FCC s media ownership rules Today s...
March 6, 2014
Statement on FCC Chairman s Media Ownership Proposal March 6 2014 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV today released the following statement on Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman...Chairman Tom Wheeler s media ownership proposal Rockefeller has called on the FCC to closely examine the use of Joint Sales Agreements JSAs and Shared Services Agreements SSAs by broadcasters and has asked the...Government Accountability Office GAO to study how JSAs and SSAs impact competition and consumers I thank FCC Chairman Wheeler for putting forth proposals that address many of the concerns I and others have expressed...
February 19, 2014
Commerce Science and Transportation released the following statement on Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler s announcement today Chairman Wheeler s announcement today is a bit of déjà...virtually free the Commission from its congressional tether The Chairman must have little faith that the FCC s latest attempt to regulate the Internet will hold up under legal review otherwise why bother keeping...
February 4, 2014
with important digital learning tools and services and I look forward to working with them and the FCC on the larger effort to update and strengthen the successful E Rate program Every child in America...
January 30, 2014
Statement on FCC Action on Technology Transitions January 30 2014 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV today released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission s FCC action...rates for everyone in this country no matter who they are or where they live I am pleased that the FCC under Chairman Wheeler s leadership is taking a thoughtful and deliberative approach to understanding...living in rural areas I remain convinced that smart regulation and strong consumer protection by the FCC is as necessary today as it was when the Communications Act was passed almost 80 years ago And I agree...
January 28, 2014
the Federal Communications Commission FCC to ask for the agency s permission to discontinue its telegraph offering a service that is literally obsolete Another FCC regulation requires telephone companies...s dorm room wasn t burdened by such government micromanagement Unnecessary laws like these at the FCC and throughout the U S Code have piled up over decades While they seem trivial their accumulated burdens...
January 14, 2014
down part of the Federal Communications Commission s FCC controversial 2010 net neutrality rules We have consistently said the Obama Administration s FCC exceeded its legal authority by imposing unnecessary...unnecessary and unjustified net neutrality regulations We are pleased the D C Circuit in striking down the FCC s net neutrality restrictions recognized that traditional monopoly era telecommunications regulation...and open Internet We are however troubled that the court appears to have simultaneously granted the FCC in the words of Senior Circuit Judge Silberman virtually unlimited power to regulate the Internet under...
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