Report about FCC Chair Tom Wheeler testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee March 17 about net neutrality.
News report for March 18, or can run in the days after. See newsroom.wgxc.org or newsroom.free103point9.org for more information. Story contains audio excerpts from the hearing from C-Span.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the FCCâs relationship with the Obama administration March 17. The hearing was about the FCCâs 3-2 approval along party lines of ânet neutrality,â rules designed to prohibit internet service providers from blocking or discriminating against legal content moving through their networks. Republicans focused their questions on their theory that President Obama ordered or coordinated the Democrats on the Commission to favor the rules that they previously did not all support. Committee chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) opened explaining those views. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), countered that the four million comments from the public weighed more than the single comment from President Obama. Chaffetz then questioned Wheeler on any coordination with the White House. Chaffetz also announced at the hearing that the FCCâs Inspector General has launched an investigation into how the agencyâs net neutrality rules were crafted. Amy Schatz at re/code reports, âThe FCCâs Inspector General isnât exactly known for investigating the conduct of commissioners, so this might not amount to much. FCC investigators mostly focus on stopping fraud in the FCCâs multi-billion dollar federal subsidy program for phone and Internet services.â
FCC Chair Wheeler testifies at Oversight hearing 20150318
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