The House should reject FCC process reform legislation, former White...
The House should reject FCC process reform legislation, former White House official Phil Weiser said in a letter Tuesday to House Commerce Committee leaders. The House was expected to vote on the GOP-sponsored HR-3309 on Tuesday (see separate report in…
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this issue.) “Even with some worthy ideas in the legislation, the bill is deeply flawed for both failing to acknowledge the importance of the Commission’s progress on the key issues the bill addresses and for pressing some proposals that would give rise to most unfortunate and unintended consequences,” said Weiser, who worked in the Obama administration. Weiser said he “can see no reason other than delay to require a Notice of Inquiry before commencing a rulemaking.” And “the requirement that a regulation impose ‘no burden’ goes far past cost/benefit analysis and would invite litigation to define exactly what that new standard entails,” he said. The bill would also make it tougher for the FCC to work with the Justice Department, he said