Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., plans to focus...
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., plans to focus on FirstNet and unveil his vision for the future of the E-rate program at Tuesday’s FCC oversight hearing, a committee spokesman told us Monday. Rockefeller plans to tell all five…
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commissioners that they must evaluate the success of one of his key education accomplishments, the E-rate program, and address its future needs at the 2:30 p.m. hearing in 253 Russell. The last time all the commissioners faced the panel was in May, shortly after the nominations of commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel were confirmed by the Senate. Only Chairman Julius Genachowski and Republican Robert McDowell will offer opening remarks at the hearing, several industry lobbyists told us. The Telecommunications Industry Association separately asked lawmakers to urge the FCC to “promptly” implement the voluntary spectrum incentive auction, reallocate federal spectrum for commercial wireless use, reform USF and streamline FCC regulations, in a letter sent Monday.