Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) chastised Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Tuesday for not responding to a series of questions he submitted about the agency’s plan to auction spectrum.
“I am deeply disturbed that an agency created by Congress so often and so willfully fails in its duty to respond in a substantive manner to Congressional requests for information,” Dingell said in a statement. “With respect to voluntary incentive auctions, it is imperative that Members of Congress know what effect they will have on the broadcast industry and their constituents’ ability to receive free, over-the-air local programming.”
“By keeping this information from Congress,” Dingell wrote, “you force me to conclude that you in fact are concealing from Congress the true nature and consequences of future agency actions.”
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