Congress should act on spectrum issues, said Senate Communications Subcommittee...
Congress should act on spectrum issues, said Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass. Kerry, a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, declined to comment on whether spectrum would be covered in the super committee’s final recommendations.…
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“Congress needs to deal with the spectrum issue at some point in time,” Kerry told reporters Thursday afternoon. Emergency communications depends on granting the 700 MHz D-block to public safety, he said. “So at some point outside of this agreement I'd like to see us get somewhere on spectrum.” Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., hopes the super committee will act on spectrum, Rockefeller told reporters. He’s not sure yet about next steps if the super committee does not. President Barack “Obama wants to do it, [Senate] leadership wants to do it,” Rockefeller said. “The question is if we'll be allowed to.”