FCC Heads Should Follow Departure Precedent, Thune Tells South Dakota Telecom Association
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., spoke to telecom officials in his state Monday, citing the precedent that FCC chairs step down at the end of a given administration, an aide told us. Thune’s exchange came at the South…
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Dakota Telecom Association during its annual meeting in Brookings. Thune has pressed FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to step down at the end of the Obama administration and said Wheeler's reluctance to make that commitment contributed to the GOP holds on the reconfirmation of Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. Thune also spoke about net neutrality and how that issue is affecting the landscape and on USF and the status of stand-alone broadband support, the aide said. Thune called such stand-alone support an achieved matter following years of pressure but pledged to monitor the more comprehensive rate of return overhaul the FCC adopted this year.