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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...
May 15, 2013
Intelligent Transportation Systems program better known as ITS In 1999 the Federal Communications Commission FCC allocated spectrum in the 5 9 gigahertz band so that vehicles can someday communicate wirelessly with...engineers can find a way for both technologies to co exist in the 5 9 gigahertz band The NTIA and the FCC are currently examining whether such spectrum sharing can be accomplished and we should avoid letting...
May 16, 2012
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Sen Hutchison Urges FCC to Bring Spectrum to Market Quickly May 16 2012 Washington DC U S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Ranking...Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee today urged the Federal Communications Commission FCC to move quickly on bringing spectrum to the wireless market in order to increase competition in the...oversight hearing of the FCC follows First I want to congratulate and welcome the two newest members of the FCC Commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel Both are fine additions to the FCC and I look forward...
February 16, 2012
for a nationwide wireless broadband network Second it provides the Federal Communications Commission FCC with authority to hold new spectrum auctions including voluntary incentive spectrum auctions Key Takeaways...funding to get a nationwide wireless broadband network using D Block spectrum up and running Directs the FCC to auction underutilized government spectrum to commercial wireless providers Creates an independent...
December 8, 2011
Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Rockefeller Statement on Committee Approval of FTC FCC Nominations December 8 2011 WASHINGTON D C Chairman John D Jay Rockefeller IV issued the following...FTC and Federal Communications Commission FCC nominations to the full Senate for its consideration When it comes to putting leaders at the helm of the FTC and FCC there are no better candidates than the...confirmation Confirmed by voice vote today were Ms Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai to be Members of the FCC Ms Rebecca M Blank to be Deputy Secretary of the U S Department of Commerce and Mr Jon D Leibowitz...
November 30, 2011
YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Sen Hutchison Statement at FCC Nominations Hearing November 30 2011 Washington DC U S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Ranking Member...Communications Committee FCC nominees Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel Thank you Mr Chairman and I am thankful that we are finally going to be able to fill the two open seats on the FCC and I think that both...the requisite experience that these two both have on the FCC and on the Senate staffs understanding the processes of the Senate as well as the FCC processes so that goes a long ways There s no question that...
November 30, 2011
Rockefeller Remarks on FCC Nominations November 30 2011 WASHINGTON D C Good afternoon Welcome and congratulations to you both Being a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission FCC is one of the most...most difficult jobs in Washington Everyone in this room knows about the wide ranging authority the FCC has over everything from broadband to cell phones to television content to public safety communications...communications It s a tough job but I believe that Jessica Rosenworcel one of the President s nominees to be an FCC Commissioner is up to the task Ms Rosenworcel currently serves as the Senior Counsel for the U S Senate...
November 22, 2011
telephone service Now is the time with all of the options available for a clear reform of the program The FCC has recognized the problem and I am pleased that their reform efforts seem to be beginning to move...this issue as something that needs reform I m just going to lay out the things that I hope are in the FCC reform proposal I believe that we need to ensure the fund does not keep growing unsustainably Consumers...transition I hope the FCC will stay on course and I hope they will be measured in the reforms that they put forward and I am looking forward to working with you are experts but also with the FCC to try to address...
November 22, 2011
Commend FCC on USF Reform but More Work is Needed November 22 2011 Washington DC U S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison made the following comment today regarding the Federal Communications Commission s FCC vote...vote to reform the Universal Service Fund USF The FCC should be commended today for reforming the USF and the intercarrier compensation regime These programs have needed to be updated for many years and today...services to unserved parts of the nation I also appreciate the FCC s emphasis on halting the USF s unsustainable growth I understand the FCC still has more work to do on completing the USF reform process...
November 22, 2011
more than 3 5 million high salary jobs and about 1 trillion in economic activity Despite all this the FCC is about to reverse course and begin regulating the Internet Unless the Senate acts on a measure under...swiftly by the free market or by the FCC using the tools it already has In short Net neutrality is a big government solution in search of a problem Moreover this FCC power grab is unprecedented and in our...it comes to how private companies manage and maintain their investments In 1999 former Democratic FCC Chairman William Kennard said The fertile fields of innovation across the communications sector and...
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