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Jul 10, 2014
Press Release
Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman issued the following statement today on the Federal Communications Commission’s pending adoption of a Report and Order modernizing the E-Rate program:
Jun 11, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled “Media Ownership in the 21st Century.”
Jun 10, 2014
Press Release
Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo, and Rep. Doris Matsui sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Greg Walden requesting hearings on the Comcast/Time Warner Cable and AT&T/DirecTV mergers. These multi-billion dollar transactions could have significant impact on American consumers and competition in the...
May 15, 2014
Press Release
Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman issued the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission's adoption of a Report and Order implementing the broadcast incentive auction:
May 14, 2014
Press Release
Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler urging the FCC to move forward with a vote on proposed net neutrality rules this week. Rep. Waxman supports Chairman Wheeler's proposal to seek comment on adopting no blocking and nondiscrimination rules based on the FCC's authority under Section 706 of the 1996 Telecommunications...
Mar 10, 2014
Press Release
Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo today released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report showing that small businesses operating in areas with federally-funded broadband networks experienced higher quality networks at lower costs, faster and more reliable...
Feb 11, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing scheduled for Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed to a date and time to be determined. The hearing is entitled “Lessons Learned from the Broadband Stimulus.”
Feb 3, 2014
Press Release
Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman and Anna G. Eshoo introduced H.R. 3982, the Open Internet Preservation Act, with a Senate companion bill to be introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, to protect consumers and innovation online. Last month, the D.C. Circuit struck down the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet rules preventing broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against...
Jan 16, 2014
Press Release
In August 2013, Committee leaders Reps. Upton, Waxman, Walden, and Eshoo wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in request of data regarding funding distribution and reform efforts in the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Excerpt: We are writing to ask that the Commission provide an update to that earlier information request. Since the committee’s last request, the FCC has...
Jan 15, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled “#CommActUpdate: Perspectives from Former FCC Chairmen.”