"I have listened to those concerns, and propose eliminating sweeps week prohibition."
"Chairman Wheeler is putting the JSA cart before the media ownership horse."
"It's important to note that this provision still requires cable companies to support CableCARDs, it just gets an outdated, expensive, energy consuming provision of little or no value off the FCC's boo..."
"I have listened to those concerns and propose eliminating the sweeps week prohibition, which keeps cable operators from dropping broadcaster signals during 'sweeps' weeks."
"I am, however, very concerned by the FCC's recently announced plans to dump Joint Sales Agreements into their local media ownership calculations."
"I hope we can work together to develop a truly bipartisan Satellite Reauthorization Bill."
"The FCC Process Reform Act is bipartisan legislation that passed the House on March 11 of this year and would bring needed reforms to the commission's processes."
"I will call to order the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and thank our witnesses for being here for this first of what will be many hearings as we look to update the Communications Act."
"In these tough economic times, we as policymakers should be committed to fostering this critical sector of the economy."
"It's time for our laws to reflect our modern technological landscape--one grounded in the networks and services of our past and driven by our IP and mobile future."
"I was pleased to see the court remove the Government from the business of making management judgments."
"I believe furthers this argument by upholding the FCC's existing authority to oversee broadband services."