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July 30, 2013
Content Research Act will be a critical resource in this process The FCC has been a strong partner in this area Unfortunately the FCC has been without a Chairman for more than two months now even though...Tom Wheeler is well qualified to be FCC Chairman with a distinguished career in the communications industry He ably demonstrated his knowledge of the issues the FCC will face in the coming years at his...Committee who believe that we should wait to vote on Mr Wheeler s nomination until there is a Republican FCC nominee But I would remind my colleagues that this Committee moved FTC Commissioner Josh Wright s unpaired...
July 25, 2013
future services to go unoffered because of unpredictable or inadequate universal service support The FCC is directed by law to provide predictable and sufficient mechanisms to preserve and advance universal...our nation s communications system is uncompetitive In laying out a strategic plan for the FCC in 1999 former FCC Chairman William Kennard proclaimed that W e must resist imposing legacy regulations on new...
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 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 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...
April 5, 2011
isolated and not connected to road systems I am very pleased the Federal Communications Commission FCC has taken an active interest in identifying and working to meet the needs of Native communities through...interest to Native communities last month is a testament to these efforts I also appreciated the time FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Mr Blackwell spent in Hawaii learning first hand about the special...to hearing from our distinguished panel of witnesses on these important issues and working with the FCC and Native communities to achieve our common goals Testimony Mr Geoffrey C Blackwell Chief Office of...
September 23, 2010
priority access to use the commercial network in an emergency The Federal Communications Commission FCC has indicated that it believes a priority access arrangement can meet public safety s needs while allowing...spectrum to be used to further innovation in the commercial wireless market The FCC is represented here today and I would like the FCC witness to address how such a framework would operate and for our public...
June 24, 2010
universal service reform We are going to talk about how we should change the system we have at the FCC and make it work for consumers We are going to talk about how the agency can better target universal...those in more urban areas That is not just my opinion It is the law In 1996 Congress directed the FCC to make sure that comparable services are available at comparable rates for everyone in this country...
May 26, 2010
the willing participation of advocates for the disabled various industry players and experts at the FCC in the lead up to this hearing preparations that included the introduction of legislation largely modeled...
April 14, 2010
of broadband and A broadband plan for the nation developed by the FCC It s the broadband plan that we are here to discuss today The FCC released the National Broadband Plan last month And like many of my...need real broadband solutions for real people And we need them now A mere menu of options for the FCC and the Congress with far off timeframes is not good enough I believed that in October and I believe...no action It is long on vision but short on tactics So I am going to challenge the FCC I am going to challenge the FCC to make the hard choices that will help bring broadband to every corner of this country...
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