Posted on 02/25/2015 10:18:49 AM PST by tcrlaf
Two prominent House committee chairs are “deeply disappointed” in Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler for refusing to testify before Congress as “the future of the Internet is at stake.” Wheeler’s refusal to go before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday comes on the eve of the FCC’s vote on new Internet regulations pertaining to net neutrality. The committee’s chairman, Representative Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah), and Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R., Mich.) criticized Wheeler and the administration for lacking transparency on the issue.
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They need to cut the power to the FCC HQ etc. Our side plays nice, the other side is scorched Earth.
Send a GD Marshall in and bring the bass turd in, in chains and an orange jumpsuit.
Under what authority does the FCC Chairman have the right to refuse to testify before Congress. Is he or is he not a Federal employee? Drag his sorry ass to the Hill and force him to testify or pull a Lois Lerner. Enough is enough.
So, The FCC can just make up rule for the entire internet?
Must be nice...
Nah, the FEC is formulating rules too... to control political speech online
The Democrats/Communists intend to WEAPONIZE the FCC, just like they did w the IRS.
Let the book burnings begin.
It’s obvious why the FCC Chairman won’t testify on this issue: there are rules in that 322-page proposal that gets the US government directly involved in what is allowed online—a direct violation of First Amendment free speech rights.
Send the sergeant at arms out along with a cadre of sworn officers to round him up by his neck if necessary and haul him in.
That’s my answer, too. You don’t want to answer to the people’s representatives? No problem, just don’t expect a paycheck this month.
DEFUND THE FCC!!
Yep, but all they need to do is hit a button and offending websites get deleted....
And issue Congressional directives.
And a government that controls who can and who can't have access to that “printing press” has the power of a tyrant....
Freedom of the press is just that.. the right to freely communicate in mass without government control
They haven’t the right to refuse the peoples congress request. Defund the FCC, and show the b-stards who it is THEY work for.
Yeah, I know.
Is the Internet the new printing “press”?..that is self evident..just by observing it replacing the old printing “press”....
Not just the chair, but the entire FCC board would receive subpoenas to appear before congress, and they would get them before bedtime. Second, there would be an explicit threat that the FCC budget will be slashed to zero unless there is cooperation with congress on these proposed regulations.
But that won't happen. And everyone knows why it won't happen, beyond the fact that Republicans in congress are whiny duplicitous cowards.
The real reason that nothing will happen is that Republicans love big unaccountable government almost as much as Democrats do. Except for a mere handful of individuals, they are all 0bamba Republicans now.
But Jeb is going to fix Detroit isn’t he?
They should’ve dragged him in in chains, or at least CAT 5 wire....
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