Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he’s moving to “step two” of his...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he’s moving to “step two” of his investigation into the FCC’s handling of the LightSquared wireless project. During a speech given on the Senate floor Tuesday Grassley said, “We need to talk to key FCC…
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personnel” involved in the incident. “However long the process takes I will continue to press for transparency at the FCC.” Grassley would not specifically say whom at the FCC he wanted to speak with but told us later he wanted to ask two things: “We want to know contacts made on how [LightSquared] would operate and the extent they would want to know whether there would be interference or not or had an OK to go ahead.” Grassley added that he was more personally interested in determining if there were any “political connections” related to the FCC’s decision-making. Last month Grassley released his hold on FCC nominees Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel after a year-long row with the commission over documents he requested related to LightSquared’s plan to offer terrestrial broadband service using satellite spectrum.