It's not been a good month for the FCC. They've made several trips to Congress, testifying before various committees, and it's not gone well. Just yesterday, they went before the House Appropriations Committee, the folks who provide their funding, and they were told that they're trying to do too much. Here's what Tom Taylor reported today:
“We believe the FCC should do less with less,” says Rep. Ander Crenshaw.
There you have the philosophical divide in the House, from Appropriations subcommittee chair Crenshaw, a Republican from northern Florida. He tells visiting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai “we have kept your funding purposely low, in hopes that” it would focus on fewer items and do them the way Congress wants.
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So for those of you who dream of radio re-regulation, or want the FCC to take a more active role in policing radio stations, pirates, and the broader range of communications, you now can see why those days are gone.
This is simply an extension of the smaller government mantra the Republicans have been chanting for 30 years. Those of you in conservative talk radio know what they're talking about, but you probably never expected it to have an affect on radio regulation. This is an example of how it does.
Today, the FCC goes to the Judiciary Committee, where they'll be slammed about their Net Neutrality proposals.
“We believe the FCC should do less with less,” says Rep. Ander Crenshaw.
There you have the philosophical divide in the House, from Appropriations subcommittee chair Crenshaw, a Republican from northern Florida. He tells visiting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai “we have kept your funding purposely low, in hopes that” it would focus on fewer items and do them the way Congress wants.
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So for those of you who dream of radio re-regulation, or want the FCC to take a more active role in policing radio stations, pirates, and the broader range of communications, you now can see why those days are gone.
This is simply an extension of the smaller government mantra the Republicans have been chanting for 30 years. Those of you in conservative talk radio know what they're talking about, but you probably never expected it to have an affect on radio regulation. This is an example of how it does.
Today, the FCC goes to the Judiciary Committee, where they'll be slammed about their Net Neutrality proposals.
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