A key Senate Democrat said the FCC should...
A key Senate Democrat said the FCC should take on process changes internally before Congress intervenes and mandates changes. The House Commerce Committee cleared the FCC Process Reform Act in a unanimous committee vote Wednesday (CD Dec 12 p2). “Any…
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measures to improve how the FCC carries out its statutory duties must help the agency protect consumers and competition,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said in a statement. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler “has formed an internal working group to look at process reform issues, and I think Congress should get the guidance of the expert agency before undertaking significant reforms to the FCC’s operations,” he said. Rockefeller did not name the House bill in his statement.