House Commerce Committee
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Sen Wicker Raise Concern Over Secretary Raimondo’s Statement on BEAD Program
Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) would consider an area “as unserved until [it is] actually served” when determining areas eligible for BEAD program funding, raising the potential for overbuilding unfinished federally-subsidized projects. Not only would this approach undermine the success of this program, it would ignore congressional intent, waste taxpayer dollars, complicate already-strained broadband supply chains and workforce shortages, and leave rural America further behind. Moreover, it coul
House and Senate Republican Commerce Committee Leaders Share Broadband Program Priorities with NTIA
House Reps Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Robert Latta (R-OH), along with Sens Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John Thune (R-SD), sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Alan Davidson outlining their priorities for implementation of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) broadband programs. The legislators call on the NTIA to:
House Commerce Leaders Request Briefings From Search Engines, Online Platforms Following Reports of Website Encouraging Suicide (House Commerce Committee)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 12/21/2021 - 12:05Republicans Demand Oversight of Democrats’ FCC Funding
House Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairman Michael Doyle (D-PA) urging them to hold a Federal Communications Commission oversight hearing to address the unprecedented influx of funding to the commission. Democrats provided an additional $25 billion to the FCC through their partisan American Rescue Plan and infrastructure packages and want to give the agency more funds in another partisan Reconciliat
House of Representatives Passes Four Bipartisan Bills to Strengthen US Telecom Infrastructure
The House of Representatives passed four bipartisan communications and technology bills on October 20:
Rep McMorris Rodgers on Infrastructure Bill: On broadband, this bill fails to target funds to unserved areas based on accurate m (House Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 09/28/2021 - 06:41Recap of Americans At Risk: Manipulation and Deception In The Digital Age (House Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 09:20House Commerce Republicans Announce Big Tech Accountability Agenda
Republican Representatives on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced a comprehensive package of discussion draft bills to hold Big Tech accountable by improving transparency and content moderation accountability, reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, promoting competition, and preventing illegal and harmful activity on their platforms. The members also released a Big Tech Accountability Platform, guided by four principles:
Chairman Pallone announces new top staff for House Committee on Energy and Commerce
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.