José E. Serrano: “Let us face it, the FCC is in a lot of trouble with some people these days because of the work they are doing on…”

“Let us face it, the FCC is in a lot of trouble with some people these days because of the work they are doing on low-power FM stations, and for that they are paying a big price. It is interesting that people who are in this profession, like ourselves, like myself, would get up to oppose the idea of an office of media relations. I mean what we do every day, the fact that we have allowed cameras in this Chamber, is in fact our desire to keep the public informed. And what we have here is an office that handles very delicate issues, issues that we deal with on a daily basis in this country, from the FCC. The whole notion of suggesting that the FCC generates this kind of information is not totally correct. The FCC and the media relations office also do a lot of work responding to many inquiries from Members of Congress, from the public in general and, yes, from the press. For instance, on a yearly basis, 39,600 average press calls come in seeking information about telecommunications issues and pending FCC cases and proceedings.”