Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, plans to object to the nominations...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, plans to object to the nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as FCC commissioners because the commission hasn’t given Grassley documents he wants on LightSquared, Grassley said Thursday. The documents cover communications between the FCC,…
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Harbinger and the White House. Grassley is ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I will object to proceeding to the nomination because the FCC continues to stonewall a document request I submitted to the FCC over six months ago on April 27, 2011, regarding their actions related to LightSquared and Harbinger Capital,” Grassley said in a statement submitted to the Senate record. “During the course of my correspondence with the FCC, the FCC has made it clear that it will not voluntarily turn over documents to the 99.6 percent of the Members of Congress and Senators who do not chair a committee with direct jurisdiction over the FCC.” Grassley said that “sets a dangerous precedent for a federal agency to unilaterally set the rules on how it engages with Congress” and “prevents any meaningful ability for the vast majority of Congress to inform themselves of how an agency works.” Grassley said he previously was successful getting Justice Department documents when he placed a hold on James Cole’s nomination to be deputy attorney general.