Walden Siding With FCC on Ligado L-Band Decision
House Commerce Committee ranking member Greg Walden, R-Ore., says he’s not siding with lawmakers who opposed FCC approval of Ligado’s low-power terrestrial L-band network plans. “We need to trust the expert agencies who make spectrum decisions,” he said in a…
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statement we obtained Tuesday. “This application has been tested, reviewed, revised, and tested again. We must accept the science and the fact that the expert engineers at the FCC took into account the positions of the engineers at the other agencies.” Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees and House Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., are exploring legislative options to intervene (see 2004230001). “Both the private and public sectors have legitimate uses for spectrum,” Walden said. “We must stick to the facts and trust that engineers making spectrum allocation decisions are doing so for our economic and national security, with scientific data at the forefront of the process.”