FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said he visited the White House...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said he visited the White House about 20 times since he was confirmed as chairman. In an April 6 letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the FCC chairman said Issa was “incorrect” that…
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Genachowski made 81 visits from January 2009 to year-end 2010. White House visitor logs show more than 80 scheduled visits by Genachowski to the White House or Old Executive Office Building between January 2009 and December 2010. He’s listed as arriving at 41 White House meetings in that time frame, but only 20 meetings took place after his June 25, 2009, confirmation. The White House logs fail to specify a time of arrival for the rest of the scheduled visits, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t happen. FCC General Counsel Austin Schlick met April 4 with majority and minority committee staff, Genachowski said in the letter, released by the commission last week. “As I further understand the General Counsel discussed with staff, the visitor records made publicly available by the White House, and my appointments calendar for the corresponding times, indicate that since being confirmed as Chairman I visited the White House complex on approximately 20 occasions through 2010, including ceremonial and widely attended events,” Genachowski said. Genachowski said his staff would arrange a follow-up talk with committee staff. The meeting hasn’t been scheduled, said a spokeswoman for Oversight Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Issa, who has tied the White House visits to the FCC’s net neutrality order, said last week that he planned to call the FCC in for a hearing on the matter (CD April 15 p2) OR (WID April 15 p8).